News Summary

• On December 3, an execution is set to take place with a ghoulish offering of live streaming through the World Wide Web.
• This will make it the first US military execution since 1961, though it needs final approval from President Donald Trump.
• The announcement has produced jittery indignation in various quarters.
• Capturing the killing process before camera is not new and far from being considered barbaric, a mockery, or degrading in a country that has previously enlivened links between cruelty, spectacle and legal debates on who is entitled to participate in it.