Two killers closer to first military executions since 1961

[rodeodance]

Two killers closer to first military executions since 1961

By Lisa Hoffman
Feb 7, 2006, 09:11

WASHINGTON—President Bush now faces a decision that no commander in chief has confronted in more than 40 years - whether inmates on the U.S. military’s death row should live or die.

Bush became the first president since John Kennedy to be faced with that choice when, after years of review, the military recently delivered to the White House recommendations that two convicted multiple murderers be executed for the crimes they committed while in the service.
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Bennett, the last military convict to die, was the 135th soldier executed by the Army since 1916. In all, about 465 military members have been put to death since the Civil War. Most were deserters or mutineers during wartime, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, an anti-death-penalty advocacy group.

It was unclear Thursday if the White House would conduct its own review of the two men who could be the next to join that list. A request for comment was not immediately answered.

[acmejack]

1. Une linque, por favor?

[RufusEarl]

2. If Bu$h decides they can kiss their butt goodbye.

Sorry to be so harsh, but Bu$h has a callous heart with these types of details.

[China_cat]

3. They're toast if they're depending on Bush.

That man never met an execution order that he couldn't wait to sign.

[DemInDistress]

4. except Henry Lee Lucas...the only murderer to escape the

death penalty in Texas...a confirmed mass murderer yet karla faye tucker and several others didnt escape the wrath of gov g..why Lucas? seems henry did some contract killing for poppy bush wile he was at the CIA and as VP.. how much did henry lee know about the bush crime family..anyway henry lived out his sentence and died in prison after a good number of years..