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Pope Leo decries death penalty as Hegseth's public execution plan sparks backlash

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday called capital punishment "inadmissible" on World Day Against the Death Penalty, amid the Pentagon’s plans to livestream the December execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan in Texas. “The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,” the pontiff wrote on...

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Commentary: Public executions are the work of tyrants. Now, the U.S. is joining inShould plans for the live stream of Nidal Malik Hasan's killing become a reality, our peers will be countries that the U.S. has long held up as the worst of the worst.

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Pete Hegseth Likes Killing And Wants You To Like It TooNo country in the world livestreams executions. That’s something terrorists do.

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Utah Sen. John Curtis says Pentagon should ‘reconsider’ livestreaming the death penalty

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