Posted on 11/21/2008 9:50:18 AM PST by Military family member
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — 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.
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Let justice be done.
It means Terre Haute will be quite busy Dec. 10.
Wasn’t the last one Private Slovik? He was played by Martin Sheen if I remember...
/johnny
Hasan Akbar needs to be next, for his traitorous, treasonous killing of Major Stone at the onset of the iraq wart.
what took so long?
Slovick was the last one executed for desertion.
Aaahhhh..that’s right. Thanks for correction.
He was the last person executed for Cowardice. John Bennett was hung in 1961 for killing an 11-year-old girl.
Good.
“Danny Deever”
Rudyard Kipling
“What are the bugles blowin’ for?” said Files-on-Parade.
“To turn you out, to turn you out”, the Colour-Sergeant said.
“What makes you look so white, so white?” said Files-on-Parade.
“I’m dreadin’ what I’ve got to watch”, the Colour-Sergeant said.
For they’re hangin’ Danny Deever, you can hear the Dead March play,
The regiment’s in ‘ollow square — they’re hangin’ him to-day;
They’ve taken of his buttons off an’ cut his stripes away,
An’ they’re hangin’ Danny Deever in the mornin’.
“What makes the rear-rank breathe so ‘ard?” said Files-on-Parade.
“It’s bitter cold, it’s bitter cold”, the Colour-Sergeant said.
“What makes that front-rank man fall down?” said Files-on-Parade.
“A touch o’ sun, a touch o’ sun”, the Colour-Sergeant said.
They are hangin’ Danny Deever, they are marchin’ of ‘im round,
They ‘ave ‘alted Danny Deever by ‘is coffin on the ground;
An’ ‘e’ll swing in ‘arf a minute for a sneakin’ shootin’ hound —
O they’re hangin’ Danny Deever in the mornin’!
“’Is cot was right-’and cot to mine”, said Files-on-Parade.
“’E’s sleepin’ out an’ far to-night”, the Colour-Sergeant said.
“I’ve drunk ‘is beer a score o’ times”, said Files-on-Parade.
“’E’s drinkin’ bitter beer alone”, the Colour-Sergeant said.
They are hangin’ Danny Deever, you must mark ‘im to ‘is place,
For ‘e shot a comrade sleepin’ — you must look ‘im in the face;
Nine ‘undred of ‘is county an’ the regiment’s disgrace,
While they’re hangin’ Danny Deever in the mornin’.
“What’s that so black agin’ the sun?” said Files-on-Parade.
“It’s Danny fightin’ ‘ard for life”, the Colour-Sergeant said.
“What’s that that whimpers over’ead?” said Files-on-Parade.
“It’s Danny’s soul that’s passin’ now”, the Colour-Sergeant said.
For they’re done with Danny Deever, you can ‘ear the quickstep play,
The regiment’s in column, an’ they’re marchin’ us away;
Ho! the young recruits are shakin’, an’ they’ll want their beer to-day,
After hangin’ Danny Deever in the mornin’.
Do we hear calls for his pardon?
This also answers the question of what will happen should anyone at Gitmo be tried and convicted of murder. They’ll died here in Terre Haute.
This guy was the last one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Bennett
BTW-He had somthing in common with this guy Gray, Hassan Akbar, and 9 of the last 10 military personnel executed by the U.S.as well as many of those American soldiers executed by us in WWII for rape and murder.
Spec 4 disgrace to the uniform.
getting the hot shot. No firing squad or rope available. we wouldn’t want him to feel too much pain.
Read article on Drudge - last military execution was in 1961. Guy was hanged. Raped and almost killed a young girl in Austria.
I’ve never read that poem. Thanks for the posting.
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