Hennis lost his final appeal against his death sentence in 2021. Whether he will actually be executed is another question. The U.S. Armed Forces reinstated the death penalty in 1984. However, nobody has been executed by the military in nearly 65 years. In addition, the execution of any military death row inmate requires the president to sign off on the execution. Serial killer Ronald Gray was nearly executed in 2008 after George Bush signed off on his execution. Gray won a reprieve two weeks before his scheduled execution.
All four men on the military's death row have exhausted their appeals.
The last person to be executed by the military was Private John A. Bennett, who was hanged by the Army in 1961 for the rape and attempted murder of an 11-year-old girl, whom he attacked while stationed in Austria. Bennett was also the only U.S. soldier to be executed for rape in peacetime when rape was still a capital offense under federal law.
Not cursed. They're both effectively small cities with 50,000 people in them each, and unlike other small cities with 50,000 people in them, where you might lose or gain 5-10% of the population over time, a much higher percentage of that 50,000 moves away and is replaced by new people every year or two. Generally men in their 20s, likely away from home for the first time, with just enough money to get into trouble.
Turns out that when you take a bunch of young men who have just been taught to be violent, treat them like shit and then severely pressure them into alcoholism, a statistically abnormal amount of them do heinous shit. Also you can get kicked out of the military for getting treatment for mental conditions.
Those are two of largest army bases in the US and are the headquarters of two units whose troops didn’t exactly score high on the ASVAB. They are also surrounded by cities that aren’t exactly bastions of wealth and privilege.
I don't think they're cursed. I think we simply hear about these things more and more since there's no blind patriotism that would make journalists bury the stories now.
Hennis lost his final appeal against his death sentence in 2021. Whether he will actually be executed is another question. The U.S. Armed Forces reinstated the death penalty in 1984. However, nobody has been executed by the military in nearly 65 years. In addition, the execution of any military death row inmate requires the president to sign off on the execution. Serial killer Ronald Gray was nearly executed in 2008 after George Bush signed off on his execution. Gray won a reprieve two weeks before his scheduled execution.
All four men on the military's death row have exhausted their appeals.
The last person to be executed by the military was Private John A. Bennett, who was hanged by the Army in 1961 for the rape and attempted murder of an 11-year-old girl, whom he attacked while stationed in Austria. Bennett was also the only U.S. soldier to be executed for rape in peacetime when rape was still a capital offense under federal law.
On a side note, Fort Hood and Ford Bragg are cursed:
Not cursed. They're both effectively small cities with 50,000 people in them each, and unlike other small cities with 50,000 people in them, where you might lose or gain 5-10% of the population over time, a much higher percentage of that 50,000 moves away and is replaced by new people every year or two. Generally men in their 20s, likely away from home for the first time, with just enough money to get into trouble.
No trouble quite like raping and/or murdering innocent civilians!
Also a byproduct of having a large group of young men who likely have no ties to the local area.
Young men in the age groups that are most likely to start raping and killing.
Statistically if a man hasn't raped or killed by 50 he won't. He could, it is possible, but it is just very unlikely.
Turns out that when you take a bunch of young men who have just been taught to be violent, treat them like shit and then severely pressure them into alcoholism, a statistically abnormal amount of them do heinous shit. Also you can get kicked out of the military for getting treatment for mental conditions.
Boys will be boys!
Those are two of largest army bases in the US and are the headquarters of two units whose troops didn’t exactly score high on the ASVAB. They are also surrounded by cities that aren’t exactly bastions of wealth and privilege.
There was also that time a soldier opened fire on a formation during PT hours. I think it was in the 90s at Bragg.
Still the center of the Universe tho baby AATW
I think you are referring to William Kreutzer.
There’s an entire book written about this lol. Fort Brag cartel or sm
I Highly recommend The Fort Bragg Cartel.
Wait... so that means ten neo-Nazis weren't discharged from the US Army?!
They got promoted.
Literally anyone in the military could have confirmed that for you. Of course they're cursed.
I know, but it surprises me how cursed those places are.
It's easier to believe that the place is cursed, than the men are just awful, I suppose.
But why would she choose the bear?!
RIP MAJ Shannon. I met him a couple of times. Seemed like a good guy, though I can't say I really knew him.
I don't think they're cursed. I think we simply hear about these things more and more since there's no blind patriotism that would make journalists bury the stories now.
A great example of the dual sovereignty doctrine as an exception to double jeopardy.
What exactly is a court martial? I thought you couldn't be tried twice for the same crime?