Hegseth’s announcement triggered triggered widespread condemnation spanning GOP lawmakers, Democrats and pundits across the spectrum in media.
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Wait, so why is the army executing him, does it not go through the civilian courts in the jurisdiction they are in? Like I know they have their own thing, but I thought capital cases like this were decided by county courts.
It’s weird if they convicted in military court and then execute, that’s a bad precedent to set.
His crimes were committed on a military installation and he was active duty, it falls to their courts.
I think the Military does their own thing.
I looked it up, for a capital crime it’s a general court martial, if the death penalty is on the table it needs to be unanimous with 12 members, which are hand picked by the convening authority and judge but can be challenged by the defendant that has representation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_jury
The last guy they executed was in 1961 or something, some mentally challenged soldier that raped and killed an 11 year old in South Carolina or something.