First military execution since 1961 scheduled next month

[CrimsonWhite]

First since 1961. I believe they still hang people, don't they?

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A U.S. soldier convicted of rape and murder two decades ago will be executed December 10 in the nation's first military execution since 1961, the Army said Thursday.

Pvt. Ronald Gray has been on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since 1988. A court-martial panel sitting at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, unanimously convicted him of committing two murders and other crimes in the Fayetteville, North Carolina, area, and sentenced him to death.

Gray's execution by injection will be carried out by Fort Leavenworth soldiers at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Army said in a news release.

Gray was convicted of raping and killing a female Army private and a civilian near his post at Fort Bragg. He was also convicted of the rape and attempted murder of another fellow soldier in her barracks at the post.

Both military and civilian courts found Gray responsible for the crimes, which were committed between April 1986 and January 1987. Gray pleaded guilty to two murders and five rapes in a civilian court and was sentenced to three consecutive and five concurrent life terms.

First military execution since 1961 scheduled next month - CNN.com

 

[RetiredGySgt]

From your quote ...

Gray's execution by injection will be carried out by Fort Leavenworth soldiers at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Army said in a news release.

 

[DavidS]

20 years to kill a guy who took mere minutes to kill two. Something is wrong with that.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

20 years to kill a guy who took mere minutes to kill two. Something is wrong with that.

The Military has even more layers of protection for that final event then the Civilian courts, but it takes about 20 years in civilian court as well.

 

[editec]

Well, he certainly sounds like someone few of us will miss.

 

[Sunni Man]

What the "F&%$*#" execution by injection !!!

The guy is in the Army. There should be a firing squag for gods sake!!!!

 

[editec]

What the "F&%$*#" execution by injection !!!

The guy is in the Army. There should be a firing squag for gods sake!!!!

Nope.

Execution by firing squad is reserved for people who deserve an honorable soldier's death.

Hanging is the death that the military traditionally offers capital criminals.

 

[Sunni Man]

Execution by firing squad is reserved for people who deserve an honorable soldier's death.

Hanging is the death that the military traditionally offers capital criminals.

You are right. Hanging would be better for this criminal.

I just don't want to see the guy get off easy by using lethal injection.

There should be some suffering involved. Not just a softly go to sleep.

 

[xsited1]

Bye bye Private Gray!

 

[CrimsonWhite]

From your quote ...

I was being sarcastic. If I had not read it, I wouldn't have posted it.