The U.S. military has not executed one of its own since 1961. Here are the five men on the military's death row.
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The U.S. military has not executed one of its own since 1961. Here are the five men on the military's death row.
Former Pvt. Ronald Gray has been on death row since 1988. A court-martial panel unanimously convicted him of committing two murders and other crimes in the Fayetteville, North Carolina, area. Gray, who is the longest serving inmate on the military's death row, was granted a temporary stay of execution by a U.S. district court in 2008.
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Former Pvt. Ronald Gray has been on death row since 1988. A court-martial panel unanimously convicted him of committing two murders and other crimes in the Fayetteville, North Carolina, area. Gray, who is the longest serving inmate on the military's death row, was granted a temporary stay of execution by a U.S. district court in 2008.
Former Army Pfc. Dwight J. Loving was sent to death row in 1989 after being convicted in the December 1988 killings of two taxi drivers -- one a retired Army sergeant, the other a soldier moonlighting to make extra money. Loving, who was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, gave what observers say is an "undisputed" videotaped confession.
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Former Army Pfc. Dwight J. Loving was sent to death row in 1989 after being convicted in the December 1988 killings of two taxi drivers -- one a retired Army sergeant, the other a soldier moonlighting to make extra money. Loving, who was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, gave what observers say is an "undisputed" videotaped confession.
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Former Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar was handed a death sentence for killing two soldiers and wounding 14 others at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait, during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. On March 23, 2003, Akbar threw four hand grenades into tents where soldiers were sleeping and then opened fire on other soldiers.
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Former Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar was handed a death sentence for killing two soldiers and wounding 14 others at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait, during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. On March 23, 2003, Akbar threw four hand grenades into tents where soldiers were sleeping and then opened fire on other soldiers.
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Former Air Force Sr. Airman Andrew Witt was sent to death row in 2005 after a military jury found him guilty in the premeditated stabbing deaths of an airman and his wife on July 5, 2004. Witt, the only Air Force service member on death row, was also found guilty in the attempted murder another airman.
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Former Air Force Sr. Airman Andrew Witt was sent to death row in 2005 after a military jury found him guilty in the premeditated stabbing deaths of an airman and his wife on July 5, 2004. Witt, the only Air Force service member on death row, was also found guilty in the attempted murder another airman.
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Former Army Master Sgt. Timothy Hennis was sentenced to death in 2010 for the May 1985 killings of a woman and her two young daughters in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The case gained widespread notoriety and became the subject of a book and a television miniseries. Hennis was initially convicted of the killings in 1986 in state court and spent two years on death row before the case was overturned. He was acquitted at a second trial in 1989. In 2006, improved DNA testing linked Hennis to the killings. The military tried Hennis because he couldn't be tried in a state court for a crime for which he had previously been acquitted.
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Former Army Master Sgt. Timothy Hennis was sentenced to death in 2010 for the May 1985 killings of a woman and her two young daughters in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The case gained widespread notoriety and became the subject of a book and a television miniseries. Hennis was initially convicted of the killings in 1986 in state court and spent two years on death row before the case was overturned. He was acquitted at a second trial in 1989. In 2006, improved DNA testing linked Hennis to the killings. The military tried Hennis because he couldn't be tried in a state court for a crime for which he had previously been acquitted.
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