We executed 160 GI’s during WWII, not counting the ones shot in the act
Murder is murder! Hmmmm. I'll leave that one where it lays. Instead, let's consider the statement, " . . . Americans do not do that." Who are any of us, sitting in the comfort of our safe environments here at home to suggest that there are NO situations in which a soldier in a combat zone should EVER have a mental or psychotic break resulting in such an incident as what is accused in this case? Can you say you know for certain what took place here? Can you state in no uncertain terms that this man accused of this crime committed these actions with full intent and with full mental faculty? If it were to be the case that this man had suffered a psychotic break which led to these killings, does that provide any mitigating factors in deciding his fate? Or, should we all just grab the rope, drag this man out of his cell at Leavenworth, put the noose around his neck, throw the rope over a study branch, and hang him - without waiting for all the facts to be disclosed?
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