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...silence on the massacre last August, saying he was "very sorry" for his actions). The last military execution took place in April 1961, when Army Private John Bennett was hanged for rape and attempted murder. There are currently five men on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (Read a 1971 TIME cover story on William Calley: "Who Shared the Guilt...
...They feel this is a double betrayal," says Major Dawud Agbere, a Muslim chaplain of the U.S. Army, in reference to the base massacre, allegedly carried out by Major Nidal Hasan, a fellow Muslim. Agbere, one of six Muslim chaplains in the Army, was dispatched to Killeen from Fort Leavenworth to help Muslim soldiers cope in the aftermath of the shootings. (See pictures of America's Islamic community...
...lawyers. He will face a trial, most likely in a military court, and if convicted, he could become the 16th person sentenced to death under the current military death-penalty system. Ten of the previous 15 had their sentences commuted, and five sit on death row in Fort Leavenworth, Kans...
...After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, I decided to make an intense effort to get to know the U.S. military. My education was turbocharged by General David Petraeus, who invited me to spend some time learning counterinsurgency at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., while he was leading the team that wrote the new doctrine. The intellectual rigor of Petraeus' team, their willingness - no, their joy - when it came to chewing over even the most unlikely questions were flat-out exciting. It was certainly at odds with the hidebound image of the military I'd grown up with. I became an auxiliary member...
...White House has not expressed a preference between Fort Leavenworth and Standish. "I don't know to the degree to which [the task force has] gotten into specific siting, and certainly no final decisions of any sort have been made," spokesman Robert Gibbs told journalists...