Military has date for first execution since 1961
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders is set to die next month in what would be the U.S. military’s first execution in nearly 50 years.
The military said Thursday that former North Carolina soldier Ronald A. Gray is to be executed Dec. 10 at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind.
Gray was arrested in connection with four slayings and eight rapes in the Fayetteville, N.C., area between April 1986 and January 1987, while he was stationed at Fort Bragg. He was convicted of murdering two women.
President Bush approved Gray’s execution in July, and a month later Army Secretary Pete Geren set the execution date and ordered that Gray be put to death by injection. The date was publicly released Thursday.
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Military has date for first execution since 1961
This one is going to stir some serious emotions I am thinking. There will be protests, there will be accusations of racism. Pres. Bush will be accused of crimes against humanity, some silly BS or the like. And ALL this boils down to is justice being served.
I wrote about this when the decision to execute came down: Bush OKs execution of Army death row prisoner
That’s a pretty good record in MY opinion, render unto Caesar that which is Caesars so to speak, and that is only right.
Ronald Gray took 4 lives and it is now time to pay for those crimes, and the forfeit of his life is quite appropriate. It’s just a shame it didn’t take place 20 years ago, it would have saved this nation untold dollars for his upkeep and security.
I am wondering what the reaction will be from the Jack$on and $harpton contingent? Will they rally round to try and save this cretin from the punishment that he deserves or will the good *Reverends* take the above quote from Matthew 22:21 into consideration??
I suspect the hypocrisy is already in the pipeline.
To Ronald Gray, it is now your time to pay for the evil you committed on this earth and upon innocent people! To his family I say, I am sorry for the pain I know you feel, and to the families of his victims, I hope this gives you the closure you need and deserve and at least some sense of peace!
Lethal injection? He should be placed in front of a firing squad. That’s the way they used to do it.
I agree with Katie, put him in front of the firing squad or at the very least lead him up the 13 steps to the gallows and hang his sorry ass by the neck until dead. Lethal injection is too easy for the s.o.b.
JDP
Fred, remember THIS Islamic asshole:
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Xinhuanet) — A soldier from the 101st Airborne Division of the United States was sentenced to death Thursday night for a fatal grenade attack on his fellow soldiers days before the invasion of Iraq.
A military jury at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, gave Sergeant Hasan Akbar the death penalty for killing two officers and wounding 14 others in Kuwait in 2003.
The 15-person jury deliberated seven hours before returning the sentence. The same jury last week convicted Akbar of two counts of premeditated murder and three counts of attempted premeditated murder.
THIS IS THE GUY WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT IN THE HEAD YEARS AGO! WHERE IS THE JUSTICE FOR THE TWO DEAD OFFICERS?
BZ
Wouldn’t it be appropriate if the execution was carried out in the exact same manner as the crime that brought them TO execution was??
Hanging and firing squad, while effective, are pretty fast, injection is quite humane, let the son of a bitch experience the terror his victims felt…
And yes BZ, I remember it quite well, we thought that Kuwait had been covertly invaded by Republican Guards or other types of Islamic terrorists…
Turns out it’s one of our own… Take him into a room, tie him to a chair and roll a *frag* in… Let him experience a taste of what his victims did as well!!
They used to hang them. The military had a guy who’s MOS was hangman/executioner. Do they still have this?
Oh and he should be hanged, that goes without saying.
Yes, give to Caesar and God…but I think we’re giving this asshole to his true owner…the Devil! Give back to the Devil what he unleashed on us…send him straight to HELL where he belongs!
Firing squads are for people that have in fact fought under colors at some point in time. Hanging, is ignoble. Hang the bastard. Short drop him so that he dances…