国防部长皮特·赫格塞特周四表示，公众将能够观看胡德堡枪击案凶手被行刑的过程，行刑方式为由士兵组成的行刑队执行枪决。
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday the public will be able to watch the execution of the Fort Hood shooter by firing squad. Why it matters:
为何此事备受关注：美国已有90年未曾举行过公开处决，赫格塞特的这一言论引发了诸多疑问：军方究竟会如何允许公众观看行刑过程？目前尚不清楚此次行刑是向普通公众开放、通过流媒体或电视转播，还是仅限特定人员观看。
The U.S. hasn't held a public execution in 90 years and Hegseth's remarks raise questions about how the military would allow people to watch. • It's unclear if Hegseth's remarks mean the execution will be open to public spectators, broadcast on streaming or TV, or made available to select individuals. Driving the news: Hegseth was asked about Nidal Hasan, the man convicted of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
事件背景：赫格塞特是在被问及尼达尔·哈桑的情况时作出上述表态的。哈桑因2009年在得克萨斯州胡德堡基地枪杀13人而被判有罪，他定于12月3日在胡德堡接受行刑队的枪决。
• Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3 at Fort Hood. What they're saying: Hegseth told Real America's Voice that Hasan is "gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be."
相关言论：赫格塞特在接受《Real America's Voice》采访时称：“哈桑将由一群士兵组成的行刑队处决，理应如此。我们会确保公众能够观看这一过程，因为这是公开的——民众需要明白此类罪行必将付出沉重代价。”
• "We'll make sure that people are able to watch it. That it's public. Because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things."
现状与疑问：国防部暂未对赫格塞特的言论作出回应，因此公众究竟如何观看行刑仍存在诸多未解之谜。据美联社报道，陆军方面也尚未公布行刑队执行枪决的具体方案。
State of play: The Department of Defense declined to comment on Hegseth's remarks, leaving many unanswered questions about how the public could watch the execution. • The AP reports that the Army has not shared how it intends to conduct the firing squad execution.
历史背景：此次行刑也将成为1961年以来美国军方首次执行的死刑。据NPR报道，美国军方最后一次以行刑队方式处决犯人是在1945年，当时士兵埃迪·斯洛维克因在法国擅离职守而被枪决。
Zoom out: This would also be the first U.S. military execution since 1961 • The last U.S. military execution by firing squad was in 1945, when Pvt. Eddie Slovik was shot for desertion in France, according to NPR. Death by firing squad
行刑队处决在美国极为罕见：据死刑信息中心统计，目前仅有爱达荷州、密西西比州、俄克拉荷马州、南卡罗来纳州和犹他州允许采用行刑队方式执行死刑。去年，南卡罗来纳州实施了该州乃至美国15年来的首次行刑队处决。
are rare in the U.S. • Only Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah authorize the method, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. • Last year, South Carolina executed a prisoner by firing squad for the first time in the state and the first time in the U.S. in 15 years.
美国最后一次公开处决： 1936年，被判定强奸白人女性的黑人男子雷尼·贝西亚在肯塔基州被绞死，这也是美国历史上最后一次公开处决。
The last public execution in the U.S. was in 1936, when Rainey Bethea a Black man convicted of raping a white woman, was hanged in Kentucky.