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    <title>Restoration Spotlight - Episodes Tagged with “Death Penalty”</title>
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  <title>Should America Have the Death Penalty? The Fort Hood Execution Reignites the Debate</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan has been on death row since 2009. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth now says he’ll face a firing squad on December 3rd, at the same time and place as the massacre, and it may be live-streamed. Is this justice, or a step too far?</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan has been on death row since 2009. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth now says he’ll face a firing squad on December 3rd, at the same time and place as the massacre, and it may be live-streamed. Is this justice, or a step too far?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Host Hayden Ludwig and the Restoration of America team debate the death penalty from a Christian perspective, then turn to Ilhan Omar and the midterms.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;IN THIS EPISODE:&lt;br&gt;
• Nidal Hasan’s firing squad execution: the first U.S. military execution since 1961&lt;br&gt;
• Is there a biblical case for the death penalty? Romans 12–13 on private vengeance vs. public justice&lt;br&gt;
• Cardinal Bernardin’s “consistent ethic of life”&lt;br&gt;
• Justice delayed: the 12–15 years between a crime and an execution&lt;br&gt;
• Charlie Kirk on capital punishment in principle vs. in practice&lt;br&gt;
• Allie Beth Stuckey’s biblical case for the death penalty&lt;br&gt;
• Should executions ever be public or live-streamed?&lt;br&gt;
• The panel’s final vote on the death penalty: 3–1&lt;br&gt;
• The DHS investigation into Ilhan Omar’s immigration history&lt;br&gt;
• Will the Omar raid hurt Republican momentum in Minnesota?&lt;br&gt;
• Midterm update: polling, early turnout and the 2026 Senate map&lt;br&gt;
• Is Gen Z lost to the left? Why Zoomers don’t fit left vs. right&lt;br&gt;
• Vote principles, not candidates&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;HOSTS&lt;br&gt;
Hayden Ludwig, Host&lt;br&gt;
Grace Riley, Host of Restoring America&lt;br&gt;
Dan Curry, Chief Strategy Officer and Publisher of First Right&lt;br&gt;
John Pearman, Legal Counsel, Restoration of America&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;STAY CONNECTED&lt;br&gt;
📰 &lt;a href="https://restoration-news.com" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://restoration-news.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
📬 First Right Newsletter (free, Monday–Friday)&lt;br&gt;
🎙️ Restoring America with Grace Riley&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan has been on death row since 2009. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth now says he’ll face a firing squad on December 3rd, at the same time and place as the massacre, and it may be live-streamed. Is this justice, or a step too far?</p>

<p>Host Hayden Ludwig and the Restoration of America team debate the death penalty from a Christian perspective, then turn to Ilhan Omar and the midterms.</p>

<p>IN THIS EPISODE:<br>
• Nidal Hasan’s firing squad execution: the first U.S. military execution since 1961<br>
• Is there a biblical case for the death penalty? Romans 12–13 on private vengeance vs. public justice<br>
• Cardinal Bernardin’s “consistent ethic of life”<br>
• Justice delayed: the 12–15 years between a crime and an execution<br>
• Charlie Kirk on capital punishment in principle vs. in practice<br>
• Allie Beth Stuckey’s biblical case for the death penalty<br>
• Should executions ever be public or live-streamed?<br>
• The panel’s final vote on the death penalty: 3–1<br>
• The DHS investigation into Ilhan Omar’s immigration history<br>
• Will the Omar raid hurt Republican momentum in Minnesota?<br>
• Midterm update: polling, early turnout and the 2026 Senate map<br>
• Is Gen Z lost to the left? Why Zoomers don’t fit left vs. right<br>
• Vote principles, not candidates</p>

<p>HOSTS<br>
Hayden Ludwig, Host<br>
Grace Riley, Host of Restoring America<br>
Dan Curry, Chief Strategy Officer and Publisher of First Right<br>
John Pearman, Legal Counsel, Restoration of America</p>

<p>STAY CONNECTED<br>
📰 <a href="https://restoration-news.com" rel="nofollow noopener">https://restoration-news.com</a><br>
📬 First Right Newsletter (free, Monday–Friday)<br>
🎙️ Restoring America with Grace Riley</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan has been on death row since 2009. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth now says he’ll face a firing squad on December 3rd, at the same time and place as the massacre, and it may be live-streamed. Is this justice, or a step too far?</p>

<p>Host Hayden Ludwig and the Restoration of America team debate the death penalty from a Christian perspective, then turn to Ilhan Omar and the midterms.</p>

<p>IN THIS EPISODE:<br>
• Nidal Hasan’s firing squad execution: the first U.S. military execution since 1961<br>
• Is there a biblical case for the death penalty? Romans 12–13 on private vengeance vs. public justice<br>
• Cardinal Bernardin’s “consistent ethic of life”<br>
• Justice delayed: the 12–15 years between a crime and an execution<br>
• Charlie Kirk on capital punishment in principle vs. in practice<br>
• Allie Beth Stuckey’s biblical case for the death penalty<br>
• Should executions ever be public or live-streamed?<br>
• The panel’s final vote on the death penalty: 3–1<br>
• The DHS investigation into Ilhan Omar’s immigration history<br>
• Will the Omar raid hurt Republican momentum in Minnesota?<br>
• Midterm update: polling, early turnout and the 2026 Senate map<br>
• Is Gen Z lost to the left? Why Zoomers don’t fit left vs. right<br>
• Vote principles, not candidates</p>

<p>HOSTS<br>
Hayden Ludwig, Host<br>
Grace Riley, Host of Restoring America<br>
Dan Curry, Chief Strategy Officer and Publisher of First Right<br>
John Pearman, Legal Counsel, Restoration of America</p>

<p>STAY CONNECTED<br>
📰 <a href="https://restoration-news.com" rel="nofollow noopener">https://restoration-news.com</a><br>
📬 First Right Newsletter (free, Monday–Friday)<br>
🎙️ Restoring America with Grace Riley</p>]]>
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