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In newly independent US, Americans debated whether public executions taught a lesson or just showed off the state’s power to destroy

By Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino

The conflict over the wisdom of Nidal Hasan’s public execution is not a new one. Americans at the republic’s founding debated – and doubted – whether watching someone die would teach a useful lesson.

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