Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 20 days agoChrista Pike seeks firing squad, not lethal injection: Inside US executionswww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down14
arrow-up1151arrow-down1external-linkChrista Pike seeks firing squad, not lethal injection: Inside US executionswww.aljazeera.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 20 days agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·20 days agoCongress has to declare it. So… World War II.
minus-squareSackett@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up4·20 days agoAnd the Rosenbergs were executed in the 50’s so… Guess you don’t have to be at war to be executed for espionage.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 days agoTechnically that case was argued because of his recruitment in 1944. As in, it was argued they committed treason during wartime.
Congress has to declare it. So… World War II.
And the Rosenbergs were executed in the 50’s so… Guess you don’t have to be at war to be executed for espionage.
Technically that case was argued because of his recruitment in 1944.
As in, it was argued they committed treason during wartime.
I did not know that! TIL, thanks.