First military execution since 1961 scheduled next month

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


And executions

agreed

[SlowwHand]

I knew a guy that did 25 years at Leavenworth for selling coke to an undercover OSI (Office of Special Investigations). The military doesn't take crime real well.
A murderer would need to pay a much stiffer price.

[MrFun]

Do soldiers get a lighter sentence though if they simply bash a ****** to death?

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by MrFun
Do soldiers get a lighter sentence though if they simply bash a ****** to death?

Since gays aren't allowed in the military, if they are on the base, they are spies and must be destroyed.

ACK!

[Dry]

Originally posted by Patroklos


Firing squads in the military are usually for honorable executions like captured foriegn spies, while dishonorable ones use hanging.

Exceptions abound of course.

This statement surprised me a lot, so I went to wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_by_firing_squad

The method is also the supreme punishment or disciplinary means employed by courts martial for crimes such as cowardice, desertion or mutiny.

I'm not sure cowardice, desertion or mutiny qualify for 'honorable'.
Firing squad IS NOT honorable at all.

[Tattila the Hun]

I'd suppose, if it's dis-honorable, they don't aim that well?

And... Twenty years? Took them long enough. Why, when I was still watching Jag on tv, convictions took way shorter. And the trials were more entertaining. (Mostly because of certain USMC Major. )

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Firing squads are comprised of 5-8 highly trained marksmen with rifles at a distance of ~25 feet aiming at a paper target pinned over your heart.

If they miss the heart at that distance they deserve to be shot themselves.

I suppose I was letting the infamous Tosca Firing Squad incident at the San Francisco Opera color my perceptions of their overall accuracy.

[SlowwHand]

He went through civilian court, too. Tried it all.

[Lefty Scaevola]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Lethal injection? It's no proper military execution without a Nukular weapon

[Swissy]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
And... Twenty years? Took them long enough. Why, when I was still watching Jag on tv, convictions took way shorter. And the trials were more entertaining. (Mostly because of certain USMC Major. )

His appeals lasted until 1993. A peace-time court-martial death sentence requires presidencial approval. Since Clinton was president at that time, he got an eight year stay of execution. No idea why Bush didn't approve the sentence until this past July.