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A Brief History of Public Executions
Sources and further reading
Associated Press — Legal questions surrounding the Pentagon's proposed livestream.
Reuters — Federal and military execution rules and the legality of broadcasting.
The Guardian — Historians and psychologists on public executions and their effects on spectators.
The Verge — Streaming platforms' policies on broadcasting executions.
Reuters — Uncertainty within the administration about proceeding with the broadcast.
Norbert Elias, The Civilizing Process — The historical development of social restraints against violence.
Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish: The…
The skinny
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