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US Army and the Death Penalty

By what rules should the United States military play when it comes to executions of servicemembers on death row? How often does this even come up? The US Army has long held Leavenworth as its only site for carrying out death sentences, but recent changes to the rules make other sites usable. Some worry about the Army carrying out executions in places far from the public eye, but is that a worry?

NPR's John Hendren had a nice report on this a couple of days ago. It's an interesting story. Check it out here.