Opinion: Watching an execution can bring long-lasting consequences

If people who witness murders are traumatized, what would a public firing squad do?

Army includes area Fort Hood survivor as it makes arrangements for execution of Nidal Hasan

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In 1936, thousands gathered to witness America’s last public execution in a gruesome spectacle

A historic community event from 1936 remains the final instance of capital punishment conducted openly before citizens in American history. Historical records and judicial archives confirm that the ...

Trump backs firing squad execution of Fort Hood killer — but Vance won’t watch livestream

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday backed the Department of War’s decision to execute the Fort Hood mass shooter by ...

Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Could Face Challenge in Federal Courts

Legal experts say the former Army officer convicted in a 2009 mass shooting could face a narrow, rushed path to appeal a ...

Trump approved the military's 1st firing squad execution since WWII. Why now?

The Pentagon says Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 people in 2009.

Only 2 countries held known public executions last year. The U.S. is preparing for its first in 90 years.

The execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted in the 2009 killings of 13 people at Fort Hood, will be livestreamed, the Defense ...

Jury selection begins in federal death penalty trial of Buffalo supermarket mass shooter

Payton Gendron, already serving life in prison for a state conviction, faces a potential death penalty in a federal trial ...
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She Survived Her Execution. Should the State Try Again?

Tennessee injected a woman with two lethal doses and she lived. Roger Olson argues no execution method is foolproof and ...