What penalty does treason in time of war carry?

[Padme Amidala]

If you were on the jury, would you sentence Rove to that?

[darkism]

1. I'd never condone the death penalty for anyone under any reason.

Rove should, however, spend the rest of his miserable existence rotting in prison, preferably next to Bush and Osama (if we ever catch him :x)

[Padme Amidala]

5. I'm also opposed to the death penalty

But somehow the thought in connection with the Bush gang is amusing.

[jobycom]

2. A trial would be amusing

To watch Rove's lawyers argue that we weren't really at war, even though RoveCo kept saying we were.

[Fiona]

3. We haven't been at war since

1945.

Oddly, it doesn't feel so peaceful.

[Padme Amidala]

6. Rove's boss says we're at war

I wonder if that is admissible.

[Son of California]

4. oh yes

I honestly believe in my heart of hearts that more than one member of the Bush administration deservers to die.

[leftofthedial]

7. there is no declaration of war in effect

alas!

[MnFats]

8. although I'm a through-and-through death penalty opponent....

...I sometimes feel there should be a provision for taking assholes like Rove to the public square, there to be slapped up.

[NAO]

9. Is there a Federal Statute that determines penalty for treason in wartime?

If it's a law written in stone by bureaucrats, there is nothing we can do but uphold the law.

[OneBlueSky]

10. technicality . . . we're not at war . . .

this is the argument they'll be using . . . along with the disclosure wasn't "intentional" . . .

they do this kinda stuff a lot, don'tcha know . . .

[Fiona]

11. no

the technicality is that he didn't commit treason, and it makes us all look really silly to keep asserting so.

[Historic NY]

12. Well the last execution during a war was Pvt. Eddie Slovak in 1945...

firing squad. We did the Rosenburgs in the 50's by using "old Sparkey" for betraying and spying for the Soviets.

[Fiona]

13. and neither was charged with Treason

The Rosenbergs were convicted of espionage, and Slovak of desertion.

[queeg]

14. Up against the wall Redneck Mother---nt

--Jerry Jeff Walker

[NuttyFluffers]

15. Scourged at the pillar with feather boas soaked in chanel....

and then crucified while autoerotically asphyxiated in bondage gear. oh wait, i'm describing his favorite saturday night with jeffy-jeff. my bad.

[WhiteTara]

16. treason carries a death penalty

no matter when. I say use a firing squad on the wh lawn at high noon. Pick any day of the week.