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反对公开处决的声浪高涨,特朗普私下表示疑虑2. Public execution opposition grows as Trump expresses private misgivings

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10月6日,特朗普总统在马里兰州斯帕罗斯角与国防部长皮特·赫格塞思握手。照片:吉姆·沃森/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社President Trump shakes hands with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on Oct. 6. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

计划对被定罪的胡德堡枪击案凶手执行死刑并进行直播的举措,正引发天主教会、《国会山报》以及枪击案幸存者们的强烈不满。

The plan to livestream the firing squad execution of the convicted Fort Hood shooter is garnering mounting discomfort from the Catholic Church, the Hill and survivors of the shooting.

据Axios网站的马克·卡普托报道,在收到来自两党的诸多担忧与反对意见后,特朗普总统似乎也对在美国近九十年来首次公开执行死刑一事心存顾虑。

The big picture: President Trump even has apparent qualms over holding the first public execution in the U.S. in some nine decades after receiving a deluge of bipartisan concern, Axios' Marc Caputo reported.

天主教会高层对此决定态度鲜明地表示反对,他们反对死刑的态度具有普遍性。就连美军大主教蒂莫西·布罗格里奥也持此立场。

Case in point: Catholic clergy leadership have been outspoken against the decision — and the death penalty broadly — including the military's archbishop, Timothy Broglio.

他在周一发表声明称:“我有责任表达自己对于在由我负责精神引导的教区内执行恐怖分子尼达尔·哈桑死刑这一提议的反对态度。”

"It is my duty to express my disapproval of what is proposed regarding the execution of the terrorist [Nidal] Hasan in the Archdiocese entrusted to my spiritual care," he said in a Monday statement.

他还就公开处决可能带来的风险提出了一系列疑问,比如:“我们真的要效仿世界各地的恐怖分子,把残忍杀害对手的过程变成一场公开闹剧吗?”

He raised a series of questions about the potential dangers of publicizing an execution, such as, "do we really want to imitate the terrorists of this world and make a public spectacle of barbarically killing our adversaries?"

五角大楼方面拒绝对外界的反对声音作出回应,不过有官员重申,此次死刑执行过程确实会进行直播。

What they're saying: The Pentagon declined to comment on the backlash, but an official reiterated that the execution would be livestreamed.

并非只有布罗格里奥大主教对此心存顾虑。作为特朗普的忠实支持者,众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党人迈克·约翰逊在接受CBS新闻采访时也表达了担忧,他认为相关录像可能会“成为未来恐怖分子招兵买马的工具”。他还附和副总统J.D.万斯的说法,称如果这类录像真的播出,自己也不会观看。

Zoom out: He's not alone in his wariness. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), a staunch loyalist to the president, expressed concern in an interview with CBS News that the footage could be "a recruiting tool for future terrorists." He echoed Vice President JD Vance in saying he wouldn't watch it if it were aired.

参议员丽莎·默尔科夫斯基(共和党-阿拉斯加州)周五在X平台上表达了她的反对意见,她写道:“我们执行正义的方式与正义本身同样重要,因此我敦促五角大楼撤销这一令人毛骨悚然的决定。”

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voiced her opposition on X Friday, writing, "How we carry out justice matters just as much as the justice itself, so I urge the Pentagon to reverse this gruesome decision."

众议员罗布·布雷斯纳汉(共和党-宾夕法尼亚州)也在周五发声,警告不要“将处决变成娱乐”。

Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) also spoke out Friday, warning against "turning an execution into entertainment."

快速回顾:这一强烈反弹发生在国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯周四接受《真实美国之声》采访时表示,12月3日的处决将是“公开”的之后。随后多家媒体报道称,五角大楼表示该处决将进行直播。

Catch up quick: The swift backlash came after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Real America's Voice in a Thursday interview that theDec. 3execution would be "public." Multipleoutlets later reported that the Pentagon said the execution would be livestreamed.

特朗普最初明确支持该计划,但他私下表示这可能不会发生——一位消息人士告诉Axios,他听起来对这件事并不“特别热情”。

Trump initially gave the plan a clear endorsement, but he's privately expressed that it might not happen — and a source told Axios he doesn't sound "particularly enthusiastic" about it.

摩擦点:一些2009年军事基地袭击事件的幸存者——在那次事件中,哈桑杀害了13人——支持执行死刑,但他们对将其公开化的想法提出了质疑。

Friction point: Some survivors of the 2009 military base attack, where Hasan killed 13 people, are on board with the execution — buthavequestioned the idea to make it public.

退役陆军军士长阿隆佐·伦斯福德那天在哈桑的暴行中多次中枪,他告诉CNN:“雇佣枪手处死是应得的。”

Retired Army Staff Sergeant Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot multiple times in Hasan's rampage that day, told CNN "death by hiring squad is warranted."

但他补充道:“让他被处死,并且把这件事变成公众表演。不,我不同意这一点。这不应该像按次付费观看的活动那样。”

But he added, "For him to be put to death and it to be made a public spectacle. No, I disagree with that. It's not something where it's like a pay-per-view event."