On October 15, Pete Hegseth called for the Fort Hood shooter's execution to be carried out publicly and live-streamed, a proposal that placed the US alongside the five states that still hold public executions. Trump canceled the live-streamed firing-squad execution the following day and later posted that it will not be streamed, though it proceeds by firing squad as scheduled. Reporting since has established that Hegseth announced the livestream without clearing it with Trump, who overruled it. Several soldiers slated to take part have sought religious exemptions. No further reporting has established the legal or procedural footing of either the original proposal or the cancellation.