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The Pentagon announced that the execution of the Fort Hood shooting attacker will be carried out by firing squad and livestreamed publicly, a decision defense officials say is intended to be transparent. Legal experts have called the move "unprecedented" and warned it rests on "uncertain legal terrain," raising questions about execution protocols and public broadcast of capital punishment. The announcement has reignited broader debate over execution methods in the US, following recent controversy over a botched lethal injection in Tennessee. It comes amid heightened scrutiny of military and state execution practices nationwide.