Explainer-How the US plan to livestream an execution compares with global practice
Oct 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. military plans to livestream the Dec. 3 execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.If carried out as planned, death penalty experts said it would mark the first known broadcast or livestream of a lawful execution.Executions are generally conducted behind prison walls, and internet platforms and governments have spent years trying to limit the circulation of violent execution footage.
