The Execution Will Not Be Televised . . . Probably

Jim Geraghty argues that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan to live-stream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan conflicts with Army regulations requiring media-witness procedures and barring anyone under 18 from witnessing executions. Hegseth told Real America's Voice the public should watch to understand there are serious consequences. Geraghty disputes that rationale, notes the regulations must be changed rather than ignored, and calls it strange that a pro-death-penalty administration wants to televise executions.