Reply #51: No, this will be a federal military trial. His death will come much faster than most. [View All]

[Xithras]

His jury will be made up of military officers of superior rank, a finding of guilt does NOT have to be unanimous, his punishment will be determined by the jury via secret ballot (death penalty does require unanimous consent), and he cannot appeal back to the same court that convicted him. Once convicted, he gets two appeal requests (each of which can be denied without hearing) and a single petition to the Supreme Court. If those fails, his last shot is to request clemency from the President. That process shouldn't take more than a year or two, at the most. His execution would be scheduled within a few months of his final appeal.

Military justice works very differently than civilian justice. This guy is going to be tried and executed as a soldier, not as a civilian murderer.