美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯宣布将直播执行前军医尼达尔·哈桑的枪杀刑3。哈桑是2009年德州胡德堡军事基地枪击案的凶手，当时他射杀了13名手无寸铁的美国士兵3。这项直播计划将标志着美军自1945年以来首次采用行刑队处死3。
该计划立即引发广泛质疑。特朗普私下表达了对直播执行的疑虑2。Yale法学专家和军事司法专家等人提出了法律和伦理问题1。美国国土安全部为该计划进行了辩护，声称不存在"升高的风险"1。澳大利亚公开拒绝了这一方案2。
这一决定反映出特朗普政府在联邦层面恢复死刑后推动的更广泛转变。美国近年来多次死刑执行失败，促使各州重新授权多种行刑方法3。过去50年间，美国共进行了1683次死刑，其中64次失败，包括51次失败的致命注射3。2022年，克里斯塔·派克的致命注射失败，10天后从医院出院回监狱3。德克萨斯州于1982年首次采用致命注射3。
目前，多个州已重新启用或授权了其他行刑方式。阿拉巴马州自2024年1月以来已用氮气执行了7人3。截至今年，9个州批准了电椅执行，南卡罗来纳州将其作为默认方式3。爱达荷州于7月成为首个以行刑队为主要方式的州3。
特朗普在行政令中表示，"资本惩罚是威慑和惩罚那些会犯最凶恶罪行和对美国公民进行致命暴力行为的人的必要工具"3，并呼吁将死刑扩大到大规模毒品贩子、人口贩子和杀害警察的人3。
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 unarmed soldiers 3. This would mark the first time the U.S. military has carried out an execution by firing squad since 1945 3.
The proposal has sparked considerable controversy. President Trump has privately expressed doubts about livestreaming the execution 2, while the Department of Homeland Security has defended the plan, arguing there is no "elevated risk" associated with it 1. The announcement reflects the Trump administration's broader push to restore capital punishment at the federal level and expand execution methods across the country 3.
The shift toward alternative execution methods comes amid a history of problematic lethal injections. Over the past 50 years, the United States has carried out 1,683 executions, of which 64 have failed, including 51 failed lethal injections 3. One notable case involved Krista Peck, whose lethal injection execution failed in 2022; she was discharged from the hospital 10 days later and returned to prison 3. Texas pioneered the lethal injection method in 1982, but growing concerns about execution failures have prompted several states to authorize alternative methods 3. Alabama has executed seven individuals using nitrogen gas since January 2024 3, nine states have approved electrocution 3, and Idaho became the first state to make firing squad the primary execution method as of July 3. South Carolina has adopted electrocution as its default execution method 3.
The Trump administration has framed capital punishment as essential policy. In an executive order, Trump's office stated that "capital punishment is a necessary tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and commit deadly violence against Americans" 3. The administration is also calling to expand the death penalty to include major drug traffickers, human traffickers, and those who kill law enforcement officers 3.
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