WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON-U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's push to publicly execute the perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting:
"The Fort Hood shooting was a horrific act of violence that took 13 innocent lives and devastated military families. The perpetrator was convicted and sentenced to death, and nothing changes the gravity of his crimes. But there is a fundamental difference between carrying out a lawful sentence and turning an execution into a public spectacle.
"Public executions are the hallmark of authoritarian regimes like Iran a...