美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在广泛反弹之后取消了国防部长计划直播前军官处决的决定。
US President Donald Trump canceled his defense secretary’s plan to livestream the execution of a former military officer after widespread backlash.
超过70名退役军事领导人谴责了这一“野蛮”的命令。美国最后一次公开处决发生在1936年，目前只有伊朗和阿富汗仍然定期进行此类处决。《纽约客》杂志的德克斯特·菲尔金斯回忆了他在喀布尔观看塔利班组织的处决，他写道：“我看到的与众不同，但差别不大。”
More than 70 retired military leaders condemned the “barbaric” order. The last known US public execution was in 1936, and only Iran and Afghanistan still regularly perform them. The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins recalled watching a Taliban-staged execution in Kabul, writing: “What I saw was different, but not by much.”
赫格塞思认为公开处决可以威慑类似行为，但一位历史学家指出，“美国在建国时期就曾就这一前提展开辩论。”一名曾研究处决视频的前军官写道，“没有正常人会享受观看处决……为了娱乐这种粗俗目的而这样做更糟。”
Hegseth suggested a public death would deter similar actions, but a historian argued that “Americans at the republic’s founding debated that premise.”A former military officer who studied execution videos wrote, “no sane person enjoys looking at an execution… to do so for the crass purpose of entertainment is even worse.”