U.S. to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter. Should it be done?

The Pentagon has announced that it intends to livestream the execution of a convicted mass shooter by firing squad on Dec. 3.

But is this even legal? Can executions be broadcast to the masses?

In short, yes. Now, a U.S. law prohibits the recording or broadcasting of executions in the federal prison system.

The military, on the other hand, has not applied that same restriction to its own executions.

But let’s take a step back. Who is this convicted shooter?

Nidal Malik Hasan was an army major that opened fire at an army processing centre in Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.

Hasan was convicted of premeditated murder by a military jury in 2013 following a court-martial.

He was charged with killing 13 people and wounding 32 more during the shooting spree.

An army psychiatrist stated he carried out the attack to prevent soldiers from deploying to Afghanistan and killing fellow Muslims, shortly before his own scheduled deployment.

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