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approve the execution of Army Private Dwight Loving for the 1988 Ft. Hood murders he confessed to and was convicted of.

Created by -.I. on January 24, 2013

from the Supreme Court opinion No. 94-1966 on DWIGHT J. LOVING, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES:
"On December 12, 1988, petitioner Dwight Loving, an Army private stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, murdered two taxicab drivers from the nearby town of Killeen. He attempted to murder a third, but the driver disarmed him and escaped. Civilian and Army authorities arrested Loving the next afternoon. He confessed.
After a trial, [the] general court martial found Loving guilty of...premeditated murder and felony murder under Article 118 of the UCMJ.
...Loving's sentence was lawful, and the judgment of the Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces is affirmed.

It is so ordered."

Murder was committed, the accused confessed, was tried and found guilty, appeals exhausted, only awaiting the President's action.

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