Donald Trump has announced a U-turn on the controversial plan to live stream an execution by firing squad.
The US president confirmed today that the proposed live stream of Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan would not happen.
The move comes after Pentagon came under fire for the suggestion to allow people to watch as the 56-year-old mass killer would be put to death in Texas by a firing squad.
It drew criticism from United Nations, while Pope Leo weighed in on the death penalty in the US in the wake of the uproar.
Trump said on his Truth Social platform: ‘I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan but, many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device.
‘He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed.’
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