The Pentagon’s plan to livestream the Dec. 3 firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan revives a spectacle the country largely abandoned in the 1930s. From Jamestown in 1608 to a Kentucky riverfront in 1936, hangings drew crowds of thousands before states moved them behind prison walls.
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From town squares to prison walls: A history of public executions in America
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