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00:00Currently the only maximum security prison for United States military personnel, Fort Leavenworth
00:06Disciplinary Barracks holds only some of the most dangerous military convicts. From the chilling
00:12story of Dwight Loving to the terrifying attack from Nidal Hassan, we delve inside its cold walls
00:20and even its secure death row. Welcome to the top 10 most dangerous prisoners held inside Leavenworth
00:27military prison. Don't forget to drop a comment down below, I do read every single comment
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00:36Number 10 Dwight Loving
00:39Dwight Jeffrey Loving, a former US Army private, became one of the most notable figures in modern
00:45military justice after his conviction and death sentence for the brutal murders of two taxi
00:51drivers in 1988. At just 20 years old and stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, Loving committed the crimes on
01:00the night of December 11th 1988. Seeking spending money for the holidays, he called local taxis
01:08under false pretenses, drove the drivers to remote areas and shot them execution style.
01:16His victims were Bobby Charbino and Christopher Fay. Loving later attempted to rob a third driver
01:23who managed to escape and alert authorities. Loving was quickly arrested and confessed to the crimes.
01:30He was charged with two counts of premeditated murder, armed robbery and attempted murder.
01:37In 1989 he faced a general court-martial where the military jury found him guilty on all charges and
01:44sentenced him to death. The convening authority at Fort Hood approved the sentence, making Loving one
01:51of the few service members on the military's death row. His case attracted further attention through
01:56the lengthy appeals process. In 1996 the US Supreme Court heard Loving v's United States,
02:04a case challenging the constitutionality of the military death penalty system. Loving's defense
02:10argued that only Congress should define the aggravating factors necessary for a death sentence.
02:17The court rejected this argument, affirming the President's authority to structure court-martial
02:23procedures and upholding Loving's sentence. For over two decades, Loving remained on death row at the
02:30US disciplinary barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. However, in a surprise move, President Barack Obama
02:38commuted Loving's sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in January 2017,
02:47just days before leaving office. The rationale behind the clemency was not publicly detailed,
02:53though it aligned with Obama's broader efforts to reduce the use of capital punishment and address
03:00disparities in sentencing. Today, Dwight Loving continues to serve his life sentence at Leavenworth.
03:08Number 9. Robert Bales Robert Bales, a former US Army Staff Sergeant,
03:14was convicted of carrying out one of the most shocking war crimes committed by an American
03:20soldier during the Afghanistan war. His actions on March 11, 2012 in Kandahar Province left 16
03:27Afghan civilians dead, including nine children, and sparked international outrage. That night,
03:34Bales left his post at Camp Belan Bay in southern Afghanistan, heavily armed and acting alone.
03:41Under the cover of darkness, he entered two nearby villages, Al-Qoozai and Najiban,
03:48where he brutally murdered civilians in their homes. Many of the victims were asleep when Bales entered and
03:56began shooting. After killing several people in the first village, he returned to the base, then left again to
04:03attack a second village. Six others were wounded in the rampage. The massacre was described by Afghan
04:09officials as deliberate and inhumane, and it deeply strained US-Afghan relations at a time of already
04:17heightened tension. Bales was quickly identified, taken into custody and transported to Leavenworth,
04:25charged with 16 counts of premeditated murder, 6 counts of attempted murder and multiple counts of
04:32assault. In a military court-martial, his defence team did not contest his responsibility but argued
04:39that he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and emotional
04:46instability following four combat deployments. They also cited his abuse of alcohol, sleeping pills and
04:55steroids at the time of the killings. In June 2013, Bales pleaded guilty to all charges to avoid the death
05:04penalty. During the sentencing phase in August 2013, Afghan survivors and relatives of the victims
05:11testified via video link, while Bales expressed remorse, admitting, what I did is an act of cowardice.
05:20The military judge sentenced him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
05:26Today, Robert Bales remains incarcerated at the inn Fort Leavenworth and his case continues to be a grim
05:33reminder of the psychological toll of prolonged combat, the devastating consequences of unchecked mental
05:41health issues among deployed troops. Number eight, John Russell. On May 11, 2009, a shocking act of
05:49violence occurred at Camp Liberty near Baghdad that would become one of the most tragic incidents of
05:55soldier-on-soldier violence during the Iraq war. Sergeant John M. Russell, a 14-year US Army veteran from
06:03Texas, opened fire inside a combat stress clinic, killing five fellow American service members. The
06:11victims included Navy Commander Charles Springle and Army personnel Private First Class, Michael Yates Jr.,
06:20Sergeant Christian Bueno-Galdos, Dr. Matthew Houseol and Specialist Jacob Barton. The attack stunned both the
06:30military and the public. It wasn't an enemy ambush or an accident in a combat zone. It was a deliberate
06:37act committed by a US soldier against his own team, inside a clinic designed to treat psychological wounds
06:44of war. Russell had reportedly been struggling with depression and emotional distress for some time.
06:50In the days leading up to the shooting, he had been referred multiple times to mental health professionals
06:56after displaying erratic behaviour. His defence later claimed that he was experiencing a severe mental
07:02health crisis, suffering from major depression with psychotic features, and had reached a psychological
07:10breaking point. At the time of the attack, he had been facing disciplinary issues, including a pending
07:16sexual harassment investigation, which may have added to his instability. In a court-martial trial,
07:24Russell pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder in exchange for removing the possibility of the
07:31death penalty. However, military prosecutors pressed forward to determine whether the killings were
07:37premeditated. On May 13, 2013, he was found guilty of premeditated murder by a military judge.
07:46Just days later, on May 16, 2013, John Russell was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility
07:54of parole. He was dishonourably discharged and sent to the US disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth,
08:01Kansas, where he is currently serving his sentence.
08:057. William Kreutzer
08:08On October 27, 1995, Fort Bragg, North Carolina became the scene of a horrifying mass shooting,
08:16when former United States Army soldier William J. Kreutzer Jr. opened fire on a physical training
08:24formation. The unprovoked attack claimed the life of Major Stephen Badger and left 18 other soldiers
08:32wounded, sending shockwaves through the military community and beyond. Kreutzer, armed with an AR-15
08:40style rifle, a .22 calibre rifle and a 9mm pistol, positioned himself in a tree line adjacent to
08:50Towley Stadium, where his brigade was assembled for morning physical training. As the formation began
08:57to move, he unleashed a hail of bullets, causing chaos and terror among the unarmed soldiers. Several
09:04special forces soldiers in the vicinity for their own training bravely intervened, ultimately tackling
09:10Kreutzer and disarming him, though not before the tragic loss of Major Badger. He was convicted of
09:17one count of premeditated murder for the death of Major Badger, 18 counts of attempted premeditated
09:24murder, one count of violating a lawful general regulation for transporting weapons on post,
09:31and one count of larceny of government munitions. In 1996, a military jury initially sentenced him to
09:39death. However, the legal battle for Kreutzer was far from over. His death sentence was later commuted
09:46to life in prison by the Army Court of Criminal Appeals. This pivotal decision stemmed from concerns
09:54regarding his mental illness and the perceived ineffective assistance of his initial defence counsel,
10:00who were deemed to have failed in adequately presenting his mental health issues to the
10:06court during the trial. Reports indicate that Kreutzer had a history of mental distress,
10:12including an incident in 1994 where he broke down and threatened to kill fellow soldiers,
10:19and had been evaluated by psychiatrists, who noted his delusional state and severe distress.
10:27In a subsequent legal development in March 2009, Kreutzer re-pleaded guilty to one count of
10:34premeditated murder, attempted premeditated murder, and 16 counts of aggravated assault.
10:42This plea deal ultimately spared him from facing the death penalty again, and he was formally sentenced to
10:49life imprisonment, reduced in rank to E1, forfeited all pay and allowances, and received a dishonourable
10:58discharge. While the precise terms of his life sentence regarding parole eligibility are not
11:05publicly detailed, military justice typically allows for parole, though it remains uncertain if he will
11:12qualify within his natural lifespan. Number 6. Calvin Gibbs. Calvin Gibbs was a staff sergeant in the US
11:21Army, who became the central figure in what became known as the Kill Team atrocities during the war in
11:29Afghanistan. The crimes which took place between January and May 2010 in the Maiwan district of Kandahar
11:37province involved the premeditated murder of at least three unarmed Afghan civilians.
11:43According to investigations and trials, Gibbs was identified as the ringleader of a rogue platoon.
11:50He was accused of instigating and participating in the killings, which were staged to appear as
11:56legitimate combat engagements. Soldiers under his command testified that Gibbs and others would discuss
12:02fabricating scenarios such as planting drop weapons and detonating grenades near the victims to make
12:10them appear as if they were enemy combatants. The specific instances of murder attributed to Gibbs
12:17and his co-conspirators include the killing of an unarmed farmer in 2010, with Gibbs using a grenade
12:25in this murder. A second killing occurred approximately one month later in Cary Kale village,
12:32and a third incident took place in May 2010 in Qualiday village, where an elderly Afghan man was
12:40detained, had a grenade thrown at him by Gibbs and was then shot by other soldiers. Calvin Gibbs pleaded
12:48not guilty to the charges, denying that he planned, conspired or killed any non-combatants. He claimed the
12:57killings he participated in were justified. However, a military jury in November 2011 convicted him on 15
13:04counts, including three counts of premeditated murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with
13:10the possibility of parole after 20 years, reduced in rank to private, ordered to forfeit all pay and
13:17allowances and dishonourably discharged. The case also revealed a troubled platoon environment,
13:24with allegations of drug use, though Gibbs himself reportedly did not use drugs, and a lack of proper
13:32authority. Number five, Jeremy Morlock. The case of Jeremy Morlock centred on a series of horrific war
13:40crimes committed in Afghanistan between January and May 2010, known as the Maywand District Murders.
13:49Morlock, a US Army Specialist, was part of a rogue unit from the 5th Striker Brigade that engaged in
13:56the premeditated killing of unarmed Afghan civilians. Morlock and other soldiers, allegedly led by Staff
14:04Sergeant Calvin Gibbs, fabricated combat situations to justify these murders. Their method often involved
14:12throwing a grenade at an unarmed civilian and then shooting them, making it appear as though the victims
14:18had attacked first. They also planted drop weapons near the bodies to further support the false narrative
14:26of self-defence. Disturbingly, members of this kill team were also accused of collecting body parts as
14:33trophies and posing for photographs with the corpses, some of which were later leaked to the German news
14:40magazine Der Spiegel, causing international outrage. Morlock was among the first soldiers charged.
14:48In connection with these atrocities, he faced three counts of premeditated murder, along with charges
14:54of conspiracy, obstructing justice and illegal drug use. In March 2011, Morlock entered a plea deal,
15:03pleading guilty to the murder charges. As part of his agreement, he consented to testify against Staff
15:10Sergeant Calvin Gibbs and other co-defendants, becoming a key witness for the prosecution.
15:16During his court-martial, Morlock admitted that the plan was to kill people, explicitly stating that
15:22everyone involved knew they were targeting completely innocent individuals. He was sentenced to 24 years
15:29in prison, with the possibility of parole after seven to eight years, a reduced sentence granted in
15:36exchange for his cooperation. The military judge presiding over the case stated that he would have
15:42imposed a life sentence had he not been bound by the terms of the plea bargain.
15:48Number four, Ronald Gray. Ronald Gray is a convicted serial killer and whose crimes came to light while
15:56he was a U.S. Army specialist stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in the mid-1980s. His horrific
16:04spree involved both military personnel and civilians. Gray's crimes include the murder of four women and
16:12the attempted murder of another. On April 27th 1986, he murdered civilian Linda Jean Coates. Then,
16:20on December 11th 1986, he abducted and murdered Tammy Cofer Wilson. Just four days later, on December 15th,
16:28he abducted and murdered Private Laura Lee Vickery Clay, whose body was later found shot multiple times
16:36in the woods on Fort Bragg. On January 3rd 1987, Gray raped and attempted to murder Private Mary Ann Lang
16:45Namath, stabbing her repeatedly with a knife. Finally, on January 6th 1987, robbed and murdered civilian
16:54taxi driver Kimberley Ann Ruggles, whose body was found beaten and stabbed. Evidence against Gray included
17:02fingerprints at crime scenes and items linking him to the victims. Gray was prosecuted in both civilian and
17:10military courts. In November 1987, he pleaded guilty in Cumberland County Superior Court to 22 felonies,
17:19including two counts of second-degree murder and five counts of first-degree sexual offence,
17:25for which he received multiple life sentences. Subsequently, a general court-martial at Fort Bragg
17:32tried Gray from December 1987 to April 1988. The military court convicted him of 12 charges, including
17:42the premeditated murders of Kimberley Ann Ruggles and Private Laura Lee Vickery Clay, the attempted
17:49premeditated murder of Private Mary Ann Lang Namath, two robberies and two counts of forcible sodomy.
17:57On April 12th 1988, the court-martial panel unanimously sentenced Ronald Gray to death. He also received
18:05a dishonourable discharge and was reduced in rank to Private E1. Number 3, Hassan Akbar. In the early
18:13hours of that morning, Akbar, a soldier with the 101st Airborne Division, deliberately turned off a power
18:21generator plunging the camp into darkness. He then threw four fragmentation grenades into three tents
18:27where other members of his division were sleeping. In the ensuing chaos, he also fired his M4 rifle.
18:34This assault led to the deaths of Army Captain Christopher S. Seifert, who was fatally shot in the back,
18:42and Air Force Major Gregory L. Stone, who died from extensive shrapnel wounds.
18:49Fourteen other soldiers were wounded primarily by grenade shrapnel. Akbar was the sole suspect,
18:56and confessed to the crimes. Prosecutors argued that his actions were premeditated, citing diary entries
19:03that allegedly expressed his intent to harm fellow soldiers. The defence, however, contended that Akbar
19:10suffered from psychiatric problems, including paranoia, irrational behaviour and sleep disorders,
19:18which they claimed made him mentally ill and confused. Hassan Akbar was tried by a military
19:25court-martial at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 2005. A 15-member jury convicted him of two counts of
19:33premeditated murder and three counts of attempted premeditated murder. On April 28, 2005, he was
19:41sentenced to death, becoming the first US soldier since the Vietnam War era to receive the death penalty
19:48for murdering fellow service members in wartime. Number two, Timothy Hennis. The case of Timothy Hennis is
19:55a complex and unusual one involving multiple trials and a dramatic shift in legal outcomes for the same
20:03heinous crimes. Hennis was accused of the brutal murders of Catherine Eastburn, 31, and her two young
20:11daughters, Cara, 5, and Erin, 3, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in May 1985. The victims were found
20:20stabbed multiple times and a third infant daughter was found alive in her crib. Hennis, then a US Army
20:28Sergeant stationed at nearby Fort Bragg, was initially tried in a North Carolina State Court in 1986.
20:36He was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree rape and
20:42subsequently sentenced to death. However, his conviction was overturned on appeal by the North
20:48Carolina Supreme Court in 1988, which cited the excessive use of graphic crime scene photographs
20:55by the prosecution as unduly influencing the jury. In his second state trial in 1989, Hennis was
21:03acquitted of all charges. Following this acquittal, he re-enlisted in the US Army and continued his military
21:10career, eventually retiring as a Master Sergeant in 2004. The case remained cold until 2005, when new DNA
21:20testing became available. Investigators re-examined evidence from the crime scene, specifically a vaginal
21:28swab from Catherine Eastburn. The DNA results from this swab conclusively linked Hennis to the crime,
21:34with an extremely high probability. Due to the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment, North Carolina
21:41State Courts could not retry Hennis after his acquittal. However, because the crimes occurred while Hennis was
21:48on active military duty, the US Army exercised its separate jurisdiction. In 2006, Hennis was recalled to
21:57active duty and faced a military court-martial for the murders. In 2010, after a three-week trial at Fort
22:04Bragg, a military panel found Timothy Hennis guilty of three counts of premeditated murder. He was once
22:10again sentenced to death. This made Hennis a rare individual who had been tried for the same crime
22:16three times, experiencing a conviction, an acquittal and then another conviction. He currently remains on
22:22military death row. Number one, Nidal Hassan. Hassan, who was preparing for deployment to Afghanistan,
22:30entered the Soldier Readiness Processing Centre at Fort Hood and opened fire with a semi-automatic
22:37pistol. Witnesses reported that he shouted Allahu Akbar before he began shooting. During the attack,
22:44he specifically targeted uniformed soldiers passing over civilians. He was eventually shot and paralysed from
22:51the waist down by civilian police. Following the shooting, investigations revealed that concerns
22:57had been raised about Hassan's behaviour and performance during his time as a medical intern
23:04and resident, including comments described as anti-American. He had also engaged in email
23:11correspondence with Anwar al-Awlaki, an individual monitored by the NSA as a security threat. While the US
23:19government declined to categorise the shooting as an act of terrorism at the time, many reports and
23:25analyses later described it as such, driven by motives including opposition to military deployment
23:33and religious extremism. In August 2013, Nidal Hassan admitted to the shootings at his court-martial.
23:41He was convicted by a military panel on 13 counts of premeditated murder,
23:47and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. The panel unanimously sentenced him to death,
23:53and he was also dismissed from the service and stripped of his rank.
24:17The fact that he was currently doing, he was sentenced him to death, and he was killed by his
24:25head of the police. He was convicted at his wedding. He was convicted of kai as a police officer,
24:28and he was sitting down with heavy metals. The event was demonstrated that it was killed by its
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