Executions of any kind should not be viewed by anyone except those that will validate the death on the death certificate.
By Amy B Wang and Aoife Walsh
The Defense Department (click here) said in a statement Thursday that the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be live-streamed for the public to watch.
The announcement came after earlier comments Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made indicating he wanted the execution to be public.
“He’s going to get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview with far-right political activist Jack Posobiec. “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it. That it’s public. Because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things.”...
His parents live in the West Bank. It is mental cruelty of others that cared for him at any time in his life. It is simply wrong. His family did not commit the crime and should not be subject to the execution. That is disgusting. Any public display of his execution will inspire martyrs and not only Hamas either.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro
In the West Bank, (click here) Palestinian relatives of the alleged Fort Hood shooter are shocked and saddened by the mass killings in Texas. Born in Virginia, Nidal Malik Hasan made his first visit to the Palestinian territories a dozen years ago, and had been in touch with relatives in the town of El Bireh on numerous occasions since then....
In the West Bank, (click here) Palestinian relatives of the alleged Fort Hood shooter are shocked and saddened by the mass killings in Texas. Born in Virginia, Nidal Malik Hasan made his first visit to the Palestinian territories a dozen years ago, and had been in touch with relatives in the town of El Bireh on numerous occasions since then....
