Entries tagged with “Ronald Gray”
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,Nov 21, 2008
First US Military Execution Since 1961 Scheduled for December
UPDATE: The United States District Court for the District of Kansas entered a stay of execution in Private Ron Gray’s case on November 26. The U.S. military had scheduled its first execution since 1961 for December 10. Two decades ago, Pvt. Ronald Gray was convicted and sentenced to death by a general court-martial panel at Fort Bragg for murder and rape committed in the Fayetteville area of North Carolina. Earlier, a North Carolina civilian court had convicted him of the same crimes,…
Dec 09, 2008
Military death sentence case may head back for Supreme Court certiorari decision
Dec. 9, 2008US MILTARY:Military death sentence case may head back for Supreme Court certiorari decisionFor the 1st time in half a century, the President approved a military death sentence this summer. Army Private Ronald Gray was sentenced to death by a military court-martial panel in 1988 after convicting him of two murders, three rapes, an attempted murder, and a host of other crimes. A military death sentence triggers automatic appeals. In Gray’s case, his conviction went before the Army…