Additionally, during and after World War II, at least seven U.S. servicemen were executed by the United States Armed Forces by order of a general court martial.
The Espy file[1] and historian Joseph Theroux[2] account for about 75 individuals executed between the national and territorial governments, all for murder and all by hanging.
During and a few years after World War II, at least seven U.S. servicemen were executed by the United States Armed Forces by order of a general court martial between 1942 and 1947 at Schofield Barracks, all the cases involving either murder or rape.
Hawaii's death penalty has received criticism for almost exclusively targeting racial minorities within the country.
[2] All 49 of the men confirmed to have been executed by the Territory of Hawaii prior to the pre-statehood abolition of the death penalty in 1957.