Eugene R. Fidell

He's scheduled to be killed on December 3rd by firing squad, something the US military has not done since 1945.

Eugene Fidell is an American lawyer and military expert.

Today, with very rare exceptions, countries don't have executions in public.

I've done a little research.

He's scheduled to die by firing squad December third, something the US military has not done since nineteen forty-five.

Eugene Fidell is an American lawyer and military expert.

Today, with very rare exceptions, countries don't have executions in public.

I've done a little research.

You know, I was, uh, reading a article from Reuters about the execution of, uh, Nidal Hasan, uh, which I think is December 3rd, is what it's scheduled for right now, and whether it should be live streamed.

And he said, "Look, the Supreme Court," this, uh, was Eugene Fidell, a lawyer, author, military law expert, lectures at Yale.

Uh, and, and said, uh, you know, "This has never been adjudicated or, you know, by the, uh, Supreme Court.

They've never looked at this." Supreme Court might say, "Well, we allotted back in 1790 public executions, so there is no law against it." Again, I did see some arguments saying, no, it's against the rules of the Army.

"Experts offer mixed reactions on the plan.

Hasan could choose to resist execution and file a habeas petition, a legal request to review the liga- legality of a d- of a, uh, detention in civilian court, which could significantly delay the execution, and frankly might outlast the current administration, and who knows if the next one will have the same penchant for executions,' said, uh, Eugene Fidell, a visiting lecturer at Yale.

Deborah Denno, a death penalty expert and law professor at Fordham, said live streaming an execution could make the process much more transparent and inform the public about all that capital punishment entails.

'I think it could possibly be a good idea, because it would be transparent and the public would be fully aware that it's happening.'" Uh, the i- the idea behind all of this is, you know, you wanna stop terrorists from terrorizing people, and maybe if they understand the consequences, maybe if they understand that they don't just go to jail for life, but they actually get publicly executed by firing squad, maybe that would deter people.

Hassan could choose to resist the execution and file a habeas pos- petition, a legal request to review the legality of a detention, the civilian court, which could significantly delay the execution, experts said.

It frankly might outlast the current administration, and who knows if the next one will have the same penchant for execution, said Eugene R. Fidell, a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School specializing in military law.

Deborah Denno, a death penalty expert and law professor at Fordham University, said the live streaming and execution could make the process much more transparent and inform the public about all that capital punishment entails.

There are, those are benefits that she said would be useful at a time when Pike's, uh, that's the gal in Tennessee, when Pike's botched execution has raised fresh questions about the matter by which criminal defendants are put to death for their crimes.

I don't understand this.

Uh, Eugene Fidell, a visiting lecturer at Yale University, at Y- Yale Law School, specializing in military law, said, "It frankly might outlast the current administration, and who knows if the next one will have the same penchant for executions." That being, uh, this is gonna get appealed, no doubt.

Uh.

But what's going on here? Why are we doing this? For one thing, to have it be, uh, to have it be the firing squad is one thing.

He told a conservative media outlet this week that he wants the public to be able to watch.

Asked about any final requests from Hasan, he said, "We'll see him on December third." Eugene Fidell is a military law expert who lectures at Yale Law School.

He said that as far as he knew, livestreaming an execution would be unprecedented.

He said Hasan would need to sue in federal court to block it.