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Military Execution Stayed

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AP's John Milburn reports, "Kansas judge blocks soldier's execution," via the Denver Post.A federal judge in Kansas has blocked what would be the military's first execution since 1961, giving the condemned prisoner more time to appeal his conviction and sentence. U.S. District Judge Richard Rogers issued a stay Nov. 26 in the case of Ronald A. Gray, whose execution was scheduled for Dec. 10. Gray, 43, was convicted in military court in 1988 and sentenced to die for two murders and three rapes in the Fayetteville, N.C., area while he was stationed at Fort Bragg. He pleaded guilty in civilian courts to two separate murders and five separate rapes and was sentenced to three consecutive and five concurrent life prison terms...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 03, 2008 (boomark / email).