RT Article
T1 Military executions during WWII: The case of David Cobb
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 20
IS 1
SP 89
OP 104
A1 Lilly, J. Robert
LA English
YR 1995
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764204778
AB While few topics today generate more heated debate in American criminal justice than capital punishment, little attention has been directed to the one institution other than civilian courts that can execute U.S. citizens: the military. This article calls attention to this oversight and provides general descriptive information about military executions during WW II’s European Theater of Operations (ETO), and a more detailed examination of the ETO’s first execution. It illustrates several striking features of other ETO executions: predominately Black males with White victims, speedy trials, weak defense efforts and an appeal processes subject to illegal influence of commanders. In view of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 19% decision (9–0) in Loving v. United States upholding the constitutionality of the military executions and disproportion of minorities on Levenworth’s death row, the data reported here is timely and important for comparative research and the death penalty debate.
K1 Civilian Court
K1 Defense Attorney
K1 Justice Statistics
K1 United States Department
K1 Capital Punishment
DO 10.1007/BF02886119