72名退役的美国将军、海军上将及其他高级军官联合敦促当局取消直播福特胡德基地枪手尼达尔·哈桑被枪决的计划，并提出了相关的法律论点以及此类直播可能带来的危险后果。
A group of 72 retired US generals, admirals, and other high-ranking military officers have urged authorities to cancel plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan – bringing legal arguments and the dangerous consequences such a broadcast would have.
死刑专家指出，政府从未对任何处决进行过直播，而自1945年以来，美国军方也未曾使用枪决方式执行过任何死刑。
A government execution has never been broadcast or livestreamed, according to death penalty experts, and the US military has not executed anyone by firing squad since 1945.