自上次美国公开处决已经过去近100年，但今年12月3日，情况可能会有所改变。
It’s been nearly 100 years since the last public execution in the US, but on 3 December this year, that could change.
美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞思上周表示，尼达尔·哈桑的处决——即在福特胡德杀害13人的凶手——将是一场公开事件，这一说法后来被国防部官员证实。
The US secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, said last week that the execution of Nidal Hasan, the man who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, will be a public event – a claim that was later confirmed by a defence department official.
周六，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，他尚未决定是否允许该直播进行。
On Saturday, the US president, Donald Trump, said he had yet to decide whether to let the livestream go ahead.
华盛顿分社主编大卫·史密斯向雷格德·艾哈迈德解释了为什么美国国防部长希望世界看到一次枪决死刑。
Washington bureau chief David Smith tells Reged Ahmad why the US secretary of war wants the world to see a death by firing squad