Outrage over plan to livestream US military firing squad execution

Condemnation of the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the firing squad execution of a convicted military base mass shooter escalated Friday, with the UN saying it would amount to torture and US lawmakers from both parties slamming the move.Nidal Hasan’s execution — which is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he gunned down 13 people in 2009 — is set to be the first by US military firing squad since 1945.