John A. Bennett

John A. Bennett

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name=John Arthur Bennett


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born=April 10, 1935
died=April 13, 1961
placeofbirth=Virginia
placeofdeath=Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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John Arthur Bennett (born April 10, 1935 in Chatham, VirginiaFact|date=October 2008 , died April 13, 1961 in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas) was a Private First Class in the United States Army who was convicted and hanged for the rape and attempted murder of an 11-year-old Austrian girl.cite news |author=Richard A. Serrano |title=Last Soldier to Die at Leavenworth Hanged in an April Storm |url=http://www.deathrowspeaks.info/military/militarydeathrow.html#articles |work=Los Angeles Times |page=14 |date=1994-07-12 |accessdate=2008-10-01 ] Bennett was the last person to be executed by the U.S. Military as of October 2008 [cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/01/scotus.child.rape/index.html |title=Court: Ban on execution of child rapists stands |accessdate=2008-10-01 |author=Bill Mears |date=2008-10-01 |work=CNN.com |quote=The last execution by the U.S. military for any crime was in 1961, when Pvt. John Bennett was hanged for raping an 11-year-old girl, according to Pentagon records. ] , although President George W. Bush confirmed the death sentence of Spc. Ronald A. Gray. [cite web |url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/45781.html |title=Bush approves execution of soldier, first in 50 years |accessdate=2008-10-01 |author=Barbara Barrett |date=2008-07-28 |work=McClatchy |quote=Bush signed off on the death penalty for Ronald A. Gray, who grew up in the Liberty City area of Miami and was stationed at Fort Bragg at the time of the crimes. ]

Bennett was born epileptic. One evening in January 1955, a heavily intoxicated Bennett left his army post to find a brothel, but stumbled upon a young Austrian girl. He raped her, and then attempted to drown her in a nearby stream. He was convicted one month later. Both Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy personally reviewed and approved the death sentence. The unidentified girl and her parents wrote to Kennedy, asking that Bennett's life be spared.

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External links

* [http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=32&did=988 List of U.S. Military Executions] from the Death Penalty information Center


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