Gray, 40, a Miami native and Army cook, was convicted of sexually abusing, beating and fatally knifing a prostitute; raping and shooting to death a female college student; killing a female Army private; and raping several other women in the Fayetteville, N.C., area in 1986 while he was stationed at Fort Bragg.
Wow, if there was anybody that deserved the death penalty, this is the guy. I hope the Pres. gives it the go-ahead.
These guys sound like the worst of the worst. But compare them and their crimes to similar cases that are purely civilian: in many of those cases the ONLY thing one can find good to say about them is that their mothers loved them once. These guys presumably volunteered for the military and served at least some good time before their fall from grace.
I dunno--it's hard to see what would be equal justice under civil statutes and the UCMJ.
TC
Everyone has their story and there arent many who dont have *some* redeaming quality, and that doesnt matter. A lot of former soldiers have been excecuted, some of them served their entire term honorably. Generally we base sentances on the crime commited, not the person who commited it, or at least we should. There really isnt even equal justice in the civilian system. One can commit a horrific crime in New York and expect parole in 10 years, while the same crime in Texas buys them "the long walk".