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The Pentagon plans to livestream an execution. Some Republicans are having second thoughts.

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

Trump reportedly has misgivings about the plan, while House Speaker Mike Johnson warned the footage could become a terrorist recruiting tool

Last week, in news almost too shocking to believe, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that an execution would be livestreamed for the American people to view. Army Maj. Nidal […]

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