Military execution in Texas: US plans livestream in December

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In early December, the US plans to carry out its first military execution in over 60 years — and to broadcast it via livestream. A US Department of Defense official confirmed this to the German press agency dpa.

According to the report, a death-row attacker is to be executed by firing squad at a military base in the state of Texas. The US Secretary of Defense had previously announced that the execution would be public — confirmation of the livestream has now come from the Pentagon.

In plain terms: if you want, you can watch online in early December as a person is executed at a US military base. Here's an overview of what's known so far and which details are still missing.

The planned execution by firing squad of a death-row attacker at a military base in the US state of Texas is to be broadcast via livestream.

Why the planned execution would be historic

The last military execution in the US dates back more than 60 years, according to the available reports. Federal executions in the US are almost always carried out as civilian executions — most often by lethal injection, more rarely by electrocution or firing squad. With the execution by firing squad announced for December, the Pentagon would be resuming a practice that has not been used in decades.

What's known about the procedure so far

The execution is to take place in early December at a military base in Texas. The condemned is described in the dpa reports as an "attacker" — no specific name, the underlying proceedings, or the exact base are named in the available sources.

What's clear so far: the execution involves a firing squad, a military base in Texas, a death-row attacker, and an earliest possible date in early December. The execution is to be broadcast via livestream.

What remains open

The reports so far are silent on the exact day, time, and platform for the livestream. It is also unclear whether the stream will be accessible worldwide and without restrictions. The Pentagon official's confirmation to dpa is limited to the basic announcement.

It also does not emerge from the sources whether journalists will be allowed on site and how the condemned's identity is to be communicated before the execution. The Pentagon has so far provided no further details.