Re: U.S. Army Private Faces Spying Charges

> 
> Thomas C. Allard wrote:
> > 
> > His father said an Army major at Fort Bragg, whom he declined to name,
> > had urged him to persuade his son to sign a confession, so prosecutors
> > would not seek the death penalty.
> 
> Isn't plea bargaining wonderful?
> 
> Gary

Iff this guy is guilty (and I have no particular reason to doubt it), I was still under
the impression that treason carried the death penalty only in wartime.

Peter Trei
trei@process.com

Peter Trei writes:

> If this guy is guilty (and I have no particular reason to doubt it), 
> I was still under the impression that treason carried the death penalty 
> only in wartime.

The death penalty for spying on the part of members of the military
was part of the new and improved federal death penalty passed a number
of years back.  It added some 35 new federal death penalty offenses.
I don't recall whether saying "Clinton sucks" was included amongst them.

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