[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

When was the last time that was carried out, that we know of? (Pardon my ignorance on the topic.) It seems like a long time. Too damned long.

[68skylark]

Good question -- I don't know the answer. I think it's been a long time since the military carried out a death sentence. They seem very reluctant (maybe they think the news will hurt recruiting or their image or something like that). And the criminal process in the military has a unique double-appeal process to civilian courts that lawyers can surely exploit to put off the day of reckoning for their clients.