August 14, 1965 - Ronald Gray
Gray's case carries particular institutional weight because his crimes occurred within the U.S. military itself, committed against both civilian and military victims while he was an active-duty soldier at Fort Bragg. The dual civilian and military prosecutions resulted in compounding sentences — eight consecutive life terms from one court, a death sentence from another — leaving his legal fate contested across decades of appeals. His scheduled 2008 execution would have been the first carried out by the U.S. military in nearly half a century, a threshold that federal courts have so far prevented from being crossed.
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Ronald Adrin Gray (born August 14, 1965) is an American serial killer and rapist whose convictions include four counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and eight counts of rape. His crimes were committed when he was in the United States Army, stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Gray was first tried by a civilian court, where he pleaded guilty and received eight life terms. However, he was then tried and convicted by a military court and sentenced to death. George W. Bush authorized Gray's execution in 2008, following a Department of Justice review. Gray's execution would have been the first by the U.S. military since 1961. However, on November 26, 2008, a federal judge issued a stay of execution stopping his planned December 10 execution. On January 26, 2012, the Army Court of Criminal Appeals denied relief in Gray's case and on November 13, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces similarly denied an appeal for extraordinary relief.
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