[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.

[Salamander]

The last soldier to be executed during wartime was Pvt. Eddie Slovik, shot for desertion in 1945. He was later portrayed by Martin Sheen in a made-for-TV movie.

Haven't found any "peacetime" execution info yet.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Date of last military execution

On April 13, 1961, U.S. Army Private John A. Bennett was hanged after being convicted of rape and attempted murder.