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Legal Defense Fund Condemns Plan to Livestream Firing Squad Execution

Original: LDF Forcefully Denounces U.S. Secretary of Defense Decision to Livestream Execution by Firing Squad

The Legal Defense Fund has forcefully denounced a decision by the U.S. Secretary of Defense to livestream an execution by firing squad. The civil rights organization says broadcasting a state killing is an unacceptable escalation of the death penalty, drawing attention to capital punishment practices and government transparency debates in the United States.

Why now: The announcement of an unprecedented publicly livestreamed firing squad execution has sparked outrage and debate over the death penalty.

Legal Defense FundU.S. Secretary of DefenseUnited States

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