2026-10-12T16:58:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
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更新于：2026年10月12日 / 美国东部时间下午5:00 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
美国军方大主教表示，任何被指派参与对胡德堡枪击案凶手尼达尔·哈桑的直播行刑队处决的天主教服役人员，都应申请免除任务——这是对国防部长皮特·赫格斯计划的最新反对。
大主教蒂莫西·P·布罗格洛周一发表声明，“表达我对针对恐怖分子哈桑的行刑提案的反对”，他指的是赫格斯上周宣布的，将于12月公开观看哈桑的处决。
布罗格洛指出了天主教会对死刑的反对立场。他还警告称，被赋予行刑任务的服役人员可能会遭受“道德创伤”，并问道：“我们真的想要效仿世上的恐怖分子，将野蛮杀害对手的场面公之于众吗？”
“美国军方在世界上总体上享有良好声誉，”布罗格洛写道。“将一名坐轮椅男子的行刑画面向全世界直播，把美军和恐怖分子混为一谈，这真的有意义吗？这项决定是否体现了人的尊严？”
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三天前，教皇利奥十四世在社交媒体上表示，死刑“不可接受，因为它侵犯了人的不可侵犯性和尊严”。教皇并未明确提及哈桑的计划行刑，也未提及克里斯塔·派克此前失败的注射死刑处决，该帖子发布恰逢世界反对死刑日。
赫格斯上周表示，军方计划公开处决，“因为人们需要明白，这类行为会带来严重后果”。
2013年，哈桑在军事法庭上被定罪并判处死刑，罪名是在德克萨斯州胡德堡的陆军基地杀害13人，造成30多人受伤。这位前陆军精神病医生在庭审中承认自己对枪击事件负责，称他向战友开枪是为了保护美国军方打击的伊斯兰叛乱分子。
哈桑的案件可能是自1961年以来美国军方首次处决美国人，也是自1945年以来首次使用行刑队。行刑队在民事法庭中也极为罕见。
公开行刑在美国现代史上几乎闻所未闻：美国上一次大规模公开行刑似乎是在90年前，当时雷尼·贝西亚在肯塔基州约2万名民众面前因强奸罪被绞死。其他被认为会公开处决囚犯的国家包括伊朗、阿富汗和朝鲜。
赫格斯直播行刑的计划遭到了两党议员的批评，其中包括越来越多的国会共和党人。阿拉斯加州参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基表示：“我认为这只有恐怖分子和独裁者才做得出来，但不该出现在美国。”北达科他州参议员凯文·克拉默称“死刑不是娱乐”。
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，他的一些众议院共和党同僚“存在担忧”，他计划将这些担忧提交给白宫。
“担忧在于，这段视频可能会成为未来恐怖分子的招募工具。我们必须全面思考这项政策的所有影响，”约翰逊在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻记者罗伯特·科斯塔采访时表示。“如果播出的话，我不会观看。但对此有很多不同意见，还有一些时间可以讨论这个问题。”
副总统JD·万斯是天主教徒，他上周对记者表示：“如果最终进行直播，我不会观看。”
埃莉诺·沃森对本文亦有贡献。
Military’s archbishop criticizes plan to livestream execution: “Do we really want to imitate the terrorists?”
2026-10-12T16:58:00-0400 / CBS News
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Updated on: October 12, 2026 / 5:00 PM EDT / CBS News
The archbishop for the U.S. military says any Catholic service members who are assigned to participate in the livestreamed firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan should ask to be excused — the latest pushback against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan.
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio released a statement Monday to “express my disapproval of what is proposed regarding the execution of the terrorist Hasan,” referring to Hegseth’s announcement last week that Hasan’s execution in December would be publicly viewable.
Broglio pointed to the Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty. He also warned of “moral injury” to service members who are tasked with carrying out the execution, and asked: “Do we really want to imitate the terrorists of this world and make a public spectacle of barbarically killing our adversaries?”
“The US military generally enjoys a good reputation in the world,” wrote Broglio. “Is there really a value to throwing them in the same boat with terrorists by broadcasting the image of the execution of a man in a wheel chair to the whole world? Does this decision reflect the dignity of the human person?”
The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Three days earlier, Pope Leo XIV wrote on social media that the death penalty is “inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.” The pope did not explicitly reference Hasan’s planned execution or the botched lethal-injection execution of Christa Pike in his post, which coincided with the World Day Against the Death Penalty.
Hegseth said last week the military plans to make the execution public “because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things.”
In 2013, Hasan was convicted by court-martial and sentenced to death for killing 13 people and injuring more than 30 at the Army installation in Fort Hood, Texas. The former Army psychiatrist acknowledged at trial that he was responsible for the shooting, claiming he opened fire on fellow service members in an attempt to protect Islamic insurgents from the U.S. military.
Hasan’s case could mark the U.S. military’s first execution of an American since 1961, and its first use of a firing squad since 1945. Firing squads are also rare in civilian courts.
Publicly viewable executions are virtually unheard of in modern U.S. history: The country’s last large-scale public execution appeared to take place 90 years ago, when Rainey Bethea was hanged for rape in front of a crowd of about 20,000 in Kentucky. Other countries that are believed to carry out public executions include Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea.
Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution has drawn criticism from members of both parties, including a growing number of congressional Republicans. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said “I would expect this from terrorists and dictators, but not here in America,” and Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota said the “death penalty is not entertainment.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson told CBS News some of his House Republican colleagues have “concerns,” which he plans to bring to the White House.
“The concern would be that you would create a video that would be a recruiting tool for future terrorists. You know, we’ve got to think through the policy implications of all that,” Johnson told CBS News’ Robert Costa. “I wouldn’t be watching it if it was aired. But there’s a lot of opinions on that. I think there’s still some time to talk about that.”
Vice President JD Vance, who is Catholic, told reporters last week that “if it’s ultimately livestreamed, I’m not going to be watching it.”
Eleanor Watson contributed to this report.
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