Criminal
Oct. 15, 2026
The dangerous consequences of a public military execution
Drawing on his military service in Afghanistan, a former Army officer argues that publicly livestreaming the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan would undermine military legal traditions and provide extremist groups with a powerful propaganda and recruitment tool.
Allan Lee Dollison
Attorney
Law Offices of John Ye
Phone: (213) 427-2826
Email: adollison@johnyelaw.com
I served my country twice in Afghanistan. My first deployment was primarily as a tactical Civil Affairs Officer. Civil Affairs was broadly tasked with the mission of "winning the hearts and minds" of the civilian populace.
In that regard, we did unique and clever things. We built schools, dairy processing plants, bridges and a program to train women in sewing.
One of the more audacious things we did was to have from our base soldiers challenge soccer players from ...
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