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On October 8, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it would livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army doctor sentenced to death for killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army base in Texas. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had previously said the execution would be carried out “publicly.” On the Japanese forum 5channel, discussion ranged from technical debates over whether hanging or a firing squad causes less suffering, to criticism that a public execution puts the U.S. on the same level as China or Iran, to counterarguments that Japan’s own death penalty system—which hides the execution process from outside view—is actually less transparent. Opinions clashed over the transparency of executions.
Oct 9 (Fri), 8:19 AM
AFP-Jiji
[AFP-Jiji] A U.S. Department of Defense official revealed on the 8th that the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan—the former Army doctor sentenced to death on murder and other charges after a 2009 shooting rampage that killed 13 people at Fort Hood Army base in southern Texas—will be livestreamed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had previously stated that the inmate would be executed “publicly.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Which one's actually better?
I heard that with hanging, the carotid arteries get compressed and you drop instantly, so you don't actually feel the suffocation
Might be a surprisingly painless way to go, honestly
When it was my turn it was hanging, and it was pretty easy
Apparently hanging isn't really strangulation so much as it is dislocating your neck
Kids should be made to watch it as a warning
People like this should have their name, address, and face published
You should drop that idea — copycat kids and idiots will start doing vigilante "justice"
Unimaginative morons like you are a menace, because you think in shallow, knee-jerk terms and just blurt out whatever pops into your head
Making it public is actually the healthier approach
Even setting the livestream aside, the U.S. lets reporters and victims' families attend
and interviewing the condemned the day before is normal there too
Japan's secrecy is the scary part — only prison officers and prosecutors are allowed to attend, and even the execution date is kept secret until the day itself
They should just carry out executions openly
Iran does public executions too, you know, and there are idiots out there defending Iran as supposedly "pro-Japan"
So you're saying America is on the same level as Iran?
And we're the colony of an America that's no better than that Iran lol
Ceaușescu: "Hurry up and join me, Trump!" ^^ (referencing Romania's dictator, executed by firing squad in 1989)
I was in elementary school at the time, but it was shown on the morning news
and it was seriously shocking footage
This is insane
America isn't a role model for the world anymore
America isn't just needlessly huge — the North and South think completely differently too. It's not a monolith
Does a blank round even have recoil?
That's way too high a chance
Make it 10 shooters with 4 of them firing blanks instead
Honestly, I want it in 4K
I doubt they'll bother with that kind of consideration
He's fully intending to change the law and go for a third term
Regardless of the midterm election results, until his term ends — or until he's assassinated
Background and Key Points of This Topic
In the U.S., execution methods vary by state — lethal injection, hanging, or firing squad — and Texas has opted for the firing squad. Hasan is the former Army doctor sentenced to death for killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. The thread split over whether livestreaming the execution is just as barbaric as public executions in China or Iran, or whether it actually reflects American-style transparency. As a counterpoint, some commenters noted that in Japan, executions aren’t announced even to the condemned or their families until the day itself, and reporters aren’t permitted to witness them. There was also mention of a firing-squad procedure in which some of the shooters fire blanks, though actual practice varies by state and facility and shouldn’t be taken as a confirmed, official procedure.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (News Flash+) thread “[Dec 3] U.S. Military to Livestream Firing Squad Execution.”
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