[Galvanoidum]

Lethal injection? It's no proper military execution without a firing-squad!

[Nothatspecial]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
How ironic that a former deserter authorises this. In defense of President Bush, he is not a deserter. He merely wandered away for awhile.

[PriernPayorse]

Lethal injection? It's no proper military execution without a firing-squad! Firing squads in the military are usually for honorable executions like captured foriegn spies, while dishonorable ones use hanging.

Exceptions abound of course.

[BluewayAllere]

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. I think I'd rather be hanged. Death by gunshot wounds would potentially be longer and more painful than a quick snapping of the neck.

And executions

[exeftWabreava]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


I think I'd rather be hanged. Death by gunshot wounds would potentially be longer and more painful than a quick snapping of the neck.

And executions Hangings don't always work very well. When the neck isn't snapped you strangle. And even if your neck is completely broken, how long does it take to die? Multiple gunshot wounds to the heart are fatal within a few seconds.

[GroosteFoessy]

Originally posted by Swissy


A court-martial has universal jurisdiction over all active military personnel. IIRC the military can choose to allow civilian courts to exercise jurisdiction. Usually the military exercises jurisdiction because the punishments tend to be more severe and convictions easier to obtain. Plus there's the pride aspect associated with shooting your own dog.

[hujdrftgkas]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


IIRC the military can choose to allow civilian courts to exercise jurisdiction. Usually the military exercises jurisdiction because the punishments tend to be more severe and convictions easier to obtain. Plus there's the pride aspect associated with shooting your own dog. In this case the crimes were committed within the boundaries of the Fort Bragg Military Reservation. Pvt. Ronald Gray had already made a plea agreement with civil authorities for crimes committed off-base.

[retyopj]

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.

[Dertrioz]

Originally posted by MrFun
Do soldiers get a lighter sentence though if they simply bash a faggot to death? Since gays aren't allowed in the military, if they are on the base, they are spies and must be destroyed.

ACK!

[TagBahthuff]

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. )

[gSjQEEmq]

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

[Obenuearema]

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.