{"id":626101,"date":"2026-10-10T05:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T05:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/626101\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T05:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T05:14:11","slug":"vance-expresses-doubts-about-pentagon-plan-to-livestream-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/626101\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream execution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on Friday whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter<\/a> Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, \u201cI\u2019m not going to be watching it\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Republican vice president said, \u201cI don\u2019t know that that\u2019s actually going to happen\u201d, when asked about the plans that the Pentagon confirmed on Thursday. But Vance then tried to set aside the controversy over the shocking plans for a public execution and said Hasan\u2019s crimes should not be forgotten.<\/p>\n

Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting spree at the military base in 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo whatever the controversy is about the method of the execution, I hope that people don\u2019t forget that this is a guy who brutally murdered a lot of innocent people,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, that said, I mean, look, if it\u2019s ultimately livestreamed, I\u2019m not going to be watching it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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This undated photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff’s Department shows former Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan. (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n

Vance is a convert to the Catholic Church, which has long opposed capital punishment.<\/p>\n

Earlier Friday morning, the head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned the US government\u2019s decision to livestream Hasan’s execution.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War\u2019s decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan. <\/p>\n

“Our God is the God of life. In no way can Hassan\u2019s actions be condoned, but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered,\u201d said Archbishop Paul S Coakley, president of the Conference, in a statement.<\/p>\n

Earlier, President Donald Trump told a White House event that Hasan will be getting \u201cthe death penalty through firing squad. And he deserves it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Trump, who approved Hasan’s execution, called him \u201ca maniac”. <\/p>\n

The president approved the method of execution by firing squad days after a failed attempt to execute Christa Pike<\/a> by lethal injection late last month pushed Tennessee\u2019s governor to halt further executions in that state this year.<\/p>\n

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military hasn\u2019t executed a service member by firing squad since World War II. The last military execution took place on April 13, 1961, when Army Pvt John Bennett was executed by hanging.<\/p>\n

Trump, who has long been a vocal supporter of capital punishment, didn\u2019t mention the plans that the Pentagon has announced to livestream the execution so that the broader public can see it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on Friday whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[67,42,43,64,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-626101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-north-america","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}