The Forensic Nurse

President Bush has approved the U.S. Army’s request to execute a soldier convicted of rape and murder. If this sentenance is carried out, it will mark the first execution of a military member since 1961.

Private  Ronald Gray has been on the military’s death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since 1988. The crimes occured nearly two decades ago.  Gray was convicted of raping and killing a female Army private and a civilian near his post at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Another conviction stems from the rape and attempted murder of another fellow soldier in her barracks at Fort Bragg.

Currently, there is no execution date set, and it is expected that there will be several appeals. President Bush was govenor of Texas for 152 executions.

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