WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
Legislation would prohibit public broadcasts of military executions and prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to record or publicly distribute execution footage
Today, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly introduced the No Public Executions in America Act to prohibit the public broadcasting of military executions and prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to record or publicly distribute footage of executions carried out under federal law.
The legislation comes after Secretary Hegseth announced plans to publicly broadcast the execution of Nidal Hasan, a military prisoner who was sentenced to death for killing 13 people and wounding dozens more in the 2009 Fort Hood sho...