The Dangerous Spectacle Of An Almost-Public Execution

On December 3, Nidal Malik Hasan, the man responsible for murdering 13 people and wounding 32 others at Fort Hood in 2009, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad. And up until today when President Trump announced that the execution would not be live-streamed, the American public was invited to watch.

Live-streamed. For anyone with an internet connection. Thankfully this will not happen, but the culture that allowed it in the first place still exists, and those involved in the actual execution will still pull the trigger.