I try to be fair in all things and I think it is time for the military to get tough. They did so with Akbar and I think if you premeditate a murder that you should face the military death penalty. If folks cannot stomach that then at least life with NO parole.
Military justice moves much swifter.
When you get a chance check out the new digs at Ft Leavenworth, than take a moment to read all the wonderful ways for these guys to pass the time.
The only punishment, that they have to live confined. Beyond that, it is like being at a college campus. Gyms, craft rooms, education, wood working a variety of things and not one thing is hard labor.
Hard labor was when those confined moved stone by stone to build their own prison. Not today.
Hard labor is a joke. I don't know why the term is even on the books. I would vote for bringing back chain gangs on a national scale in a heartbeat. There are some states who do have at least a form of labor, but I am not sure about the federal and military. The federal prison at Leavenworth used to overhaul office furniture for the government and the first pair of low quarters I was issued were made at the US Disciplinary Barracks. Not exactly hard labor, but it was something.