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Reaction to US plans to livestream an execution

The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad.

The US Defence Department is coming under increasing criticism for its plan to livestream the execution by firing squad of a man convicted of killing 13 unarmed soldiers. It is believed it would be the first public execution in the US in almost a century. We hear reaction from around the world, and we speak to people who have witnessed executions.

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Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: An undated handout image of Nidal Hasan that was released in 2012. Credit: Bell County Sheriff's Office/Handout/Reuters)

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