Dwight J. Loving John A. Bennett, an Army private, was hanged on April 13, 1961, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. In December of 1954, while stationed in Austria, he had raped and attempted to drown an 11-year-old girl. The execution was carried out desp... http://articles.top501.nu/2008/07/29/l...

Laura Lee Vickery Clay President Eisenhower was the last president to approve a military execution. In 1957, he approved the execution of John Bennett, an Army private convicted of raping and attempting to kill an 11-year-old Austrian girl. He was... http://articles.top501.nu/2008/07/29/l...