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Fort Hood survivor on Pentagon plan to broadcast killer’s execution: ‘This is not acceptable’

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The Pentagon is facing fierce backlash over plans to publicly livestream the upcoming execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. Retired Army Staff Sergeant Alonzo Lunsford—who survived being shot seven times during the massacre—says he fully backs the death penalty by firing squad but strongly opposes broadcasting it to the world. Sgt. Lunsford tells Kate Bolduan, 'it's not something that should be rejoiced.... we don't want to be where It's a public spectacle.'

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