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Steve Hilbig

Oct 6, 2026

23:30
Um, and what's the, um, what, if any, is the, the connection or the similarity or lack of similarity between military justice and I guess civilian justice? It's a separate system, right?
23:48
That is correct.
23:48
It's, it's, uh, regulated by the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
23:52
In many ways, it follows, uh, federal criminal procedure and federal criminal law.
23:59
Uh, but, you know, some of the big differences, uh, are in fact that the president is the commander in chief.
24:07
And so in some instances, uh, then he is given great discretion in terms of carrying out sentences and so forth and, and commutation of sentences.
24:18
And so in this particular case though, the code specifically says that the president shall direct the manner of execution Um, and if somebody got the death penalty in a federal court, not a military tribunal, in a federal court, then the law says that the manner of execution shall be whatever, uh, is employed by the state in which the, the conviction was held.
27:12
Um, what are your thoughts about the viability of, of, of that argument?

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