美国国防部决定对福特胡德大规模枪击案凶手尼达尔·哈桑的处决进行现场直播。此举将焦点聚焦在美国最臭名昭著的处决之一——近90年前肯塔基州的雷尼·贝塞亚处决上。如果哈桑的处决按计划进行，这将成为美国历史上首次公开广播处决，也是自1961年以来首次美国军方处决，以及自二战以来首次军方使用火刑队执行死刑，根据死刑信息中心（DPIC）的说法。
The US Defense Department’s has decided to livestream the scheduled execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan. The decision has put focus on one of America’s most infamous executions – that of Rainey Bethea in Kentucky nearly 90 years ago. If Hasan’s execution proceeds as announced, it would mark the first publicly broadcast execution in US history, the first US military execution since 1961 and the first military execution by firing squad since World War II, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC).Amid Nidal Hasan's live streamed public execution, Rainey Bethea’s 1936 hanging is widely remembered as the country’s last major public execution.
在尼达尔·哈桑的处决将进行现场直播之际，雷尼·贝塞亚1936年的绞刑被广泛铭记为美国最后一次重大公开处决。特朗普与俄罗斯达成重大柴油交易，旨在中期选举前降低美国燃油价格。雷尼·贝塞亚是谁？雷尼·贝塞亚是一名26岁的黑人男子，于1936年8月14日在肯塔基州欧文斯伯勒被公开绞死。贝塞亚承认在闯入她家后强奸并杀害了70岁的利希亚·爱德华兹。
Trump strikes major diesel deal with Russia in bid to lower US fuel prices ahead of midtermsWho was Rainey Bethea? Rainey Bethea was a 26-year-old Black man executed by public hanging in Owensboro, Kentucky, on August 14, 1936. Bethea confessed to raping and killing 70-year-old Lischia Edwards after breaking into her home.
然而，根据当时肯塔基州的法律，他仅因强奸罪被起诉，因为强奸仍然是死罪，而谋杀罪当时已不再适用死刑。当局在一个停车场架设了绞刑架，预计会有大量民众前来观看。根据死刑信息中心的数据，估计有2万名观众聚集观看处决。据报道，报纸描述该事件具有类似嘉年华的氛围。摊贩售卖食物和纪念品，数千人前往欧文斯伯勒。
However, under Kentucky law at the time, he was prosecuted only for rape because it remained a capital offense, while murder no longer carried the death penalty. Authorities erected the gallows in a parking lot in expectation of a huge public turnout. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, an estimated 20,000 spectators gathered to watch the execution. According to reports, newspapers described the execution a carnival-like atmosphere. Vendors sold food and souvenirs as thousands travelled to Owensboro.
该事件深深震惊了许多目击者，华盛顿邮报曾有报道。瑞秋·阿博特当时五岁，曾目睹处决，后来她告诉WKU公共广播电台，自己多年都噩梦不断。“我想起它时仍会流泪，”她数十年后回忆道。虽然贝塞亚的处决常被描述为美国最后一次公开处决，但死刑信息中心指出，罗斯科“红”杰克逊于1937年在密苏里州被公开绞死，现场约有500名观众。
The event deeply disturbed many witnesses, the Washington Post reported. Rachel Abbott, who attended the execution as a five-year-old, later told WKU Public Radio that she suffered nightmares for years. “I still have tears running when I think of it,” she recalled decades later. Although Bethea’s execution is commonly described as America’s last public execution, the DPIC notes that Roscoe “Red” Jackson was publicly hanged in Missouri in 1937 in front of about 500 spectators.
该组织认为此次处决是该国最后一次公开处决。1776年，中国木荷被认为传入美国；最初被视为肥皂工业的潜在资源，如今已侵占得克萨斯州东南部超过234,000英亩的土地。纳达尔·哈桑的处决国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯宣布，哈桑原定于12月3日在得克萨斯州福特胡德的处决将进行现场直播。哈桑是前美国陆军少校，因在2009年福特胡德枪击事件中造成13人死亡、32人受伤，于2013年被判处死刑。
That execution is regarded by the organization as the nation’s final public execution. In 1776, Chinese tallow is believed to have arrived in the US; once eyed for a soap industry, it now infests over 234,000 acres in southeast TexasNidal Hasan’s executionDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Hasan’s scheduled execution on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, will be live streamed. Hasan is a former US Army major, was sentenced to death in 2013 after killing 13 people and injuring 32 others during the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
《华盛顿邮报》报道称，此前从未有过美国对公众公开直播处决的案例。贝西娅的绞刑引发广泛批评后，公开处决在美国基本消失。史学家表示，人们对公开场面、失控人群以及处决失误的担忧日益增加，促使各州将处决转移至监狱内部进行。科罗拉多大学博尔德分校荣誉退休教授、死刑问题专家迈克尔·拉德莱特告诉美联社，官员们越来越将公开处决视为娱乐而非正义。
The Washington Post reported that no known US execution has ever been live streamed to the general public. Public executions largely disappeared in the United States after Bethea’s hanging generated widespread criticism. Historians say growing concerns over public spectacle, unruly crowds and botched executions pushed states to move executions behind prison walls. Michael Radelet, professor emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder and an expert on capital punishment, told AP that officials increasingly viewed public executions as entertainment rather than justice.
即使在备受关注的现代案例中，访问权限也始终受到严格限制。2001年，俄克拉荷马城爆炸案嫌疑人蒂莫西·麦克维被执行死刑时，约有230名受害者亲属和幸存者通过闭路电视观看，但该处决未向公众广播。国防部尚未公布关于哈桑处决的详细后勤计划，而特朗普总统告诉记者，他尚未决定是否对该处决进行广播。
Even in high-profile modern cases, access has remained tightly restricted. When Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was executed in 2001, about 230 victims’ relatives and survivors watched through closed-circuit television. The execution was not broadcast publicly. The Defense Department has not yet released detailed plans explaining the logistics around Hasan’s execution, while President Donald Trump told reporters that he's not yet decided whether the execution will be broadcast at all.