Who be US former Army major wey dem plan to livestream im firing squad execution
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Di public go fit watch di execution of one former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth tok.
One Defense Department official tell di BBC say di execution of Nidal Hasan, wey shoot and kpai 13 unarmed US sojas for Fort Hood for 2009, go dey livestreamed.
Belief be say dis go be di first public execution for di US in almost almost 100 years. Di decision to livestream am "neva happun bifor for modern era" and "on uncertain legal terrain," John Mills tok. Mills na lawyer wey dey work wit inmates wey dem sentence to death.
"We go make sure say pipo dey able to watch am, say e dey public," Hegseth tok.
"Pipo need to understand say serious consequences for dis types of tins dey."
Hegseth tok inside interview wit conservative TV outlet Real America's Voice say Hasan "go get a firing squad of sojas. As e suppose be".
Wen dem ask am if Hasan don make any final request or reach out to President Donald Trump, Hegseth say: "I no care. We go see am on December 3rd."
One Pentagon tok-tok pesin on Monday say Trump bin approve di defence secretary recommendation. Di BBC don ask White House whether Trump support livestreamed public execution.
Na more dan 2,700 executions dey across 17 kontris last year, and na only two kontris carry dem out publicly.
Eleven public executions dey known say Iran bin carry out for 2025, and anoda six for Afghanistan, according to Amnesty International.
Di execution dey scheduled to happun for Fort Hood for Texas on 3 December, na so di secretary of di US Army tok on Tuesday. E go be di first military execution by firing squad wey dem go do since di end of World War Two.
For court, Hasan tok sorry for "any mistakes". E tok dis one for im court martial for 2013. E say e bin tink say e dey protect Muslims and di Taliban for Afghanistan.
According to military law, military execution need approval from di US president. E also need appellate review wey be wen higher court come look di decision and give final judgement on weda e dey legal.
Mills say di appellate process for Hasan no dey ova as e dey like to seek review of im conviction and sentence for federal court, wey fit pause di execution.
But Mills say e go surprise am if dem do di execution.
E bin add say "to try make am as livestream, somtin wey be firing squad execution, be like attention seeking by di Trump administration and be like say e no go happun or say dat kain tin no go resemble justice".
Eugene R Fidell wey be visiting lecturer for Yale Law School tell BBC say na "really unfortunate decision".
E say, "To livestream execution na somtin wey dem bin dey do for Middle Ages. We don pass dat level as society, abi na so I bin dey reason am till today."
Fidell tok say if Hasan carry di mata go court, di mata go long and go pass President Trump time for White House.
Some states need dsome kain public viewing for dia executions. Plenti states need tori pipo dem to dey present and di pesin wey dem wan kpai fit invite im own pipo join. Oda states dem allow ordinary pipo come volunteer as witness.
But Deborak Denno wey be law professor for Fordham University wey dey study US execution styles tok say, "dem neva do livestreamed execution",
She add say livestreamed execution go "force di kain transparency wey we neva see bifor for dis kontri".
"Ova half di kontri wan death penalty and even dat one don dey reduce, so dem fit argue say 'if you wan death penalty we go show you koro-koro how dem dey do ma for dis kontri'. And pipo go den need see wetin dey happun for way wey dem don dey ignore am bifor".
Denno tok say dia be important tins to consider for livestream, like weda e go dey age restricted.
Pipo wey dey under 18 years no dey permitted to watch military executions for di Army regulation 190-55, wey be wetin dey regulate how dem dey do dem and who fit watch dem.
Di BBC bin ask di Pentagon and US Army weda di rules restrict who fit watch go dey removed and wetin dem go take use to stop young pipo from seeing di stream.
Amnesty International data show say, di kontris wey get di highest number of executions from most na China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and di US.
Donald Trump overturn di brake wey Joe Bidem bin match on federal executions wen e come back office for White House.
According to Pew Research wey dem do for July, 66% of Americans support executions for murder. Dis number don grow by six points in di last five years.
Di last military execution fden- or di kontri bin hold for 1961, wen US Army private bin dey hanged afta dem convict am say e rape one 11 year old Australian girl.
Na di den- President Dwight D Eisenhower bin approve am and bin hold even tho di victim family bin ask di president afta am John F Kennedy, for clemency.
Who be Nidal Hasan?
Wia dis foto come from, Bell County Sheriff's Office/Reuters
Nidal Hasan na former US Army major and psychiatrist wey dem convict say e carry out one of di deadliest shootings for US military installation.
On 5 November 2009, Hasan open fire at di Soldier Readiness Processing Center for Fort Hood military base for Texas, and kpai 13 pipo and wound 32 odas. Dat time, di sojas bin dey undergo preparations for deployment.
Hasan, wey bin dey work as Army Army psychiatrist, also chop bullet from one police officer and dis one paralyse am.
During im trial, Hasan admit say im carry out di shooting and link im actions to im opposition to US military operations for Muslim-majority kontris, including Afghanistan.
For August 2013, one military jury find am guilty of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. Dem sentence am to death.
