In Raleigh, an Army appeals court set aside the death...

In Raleigh, an Army appeals court set aside the death sentence of Army Sgt. William J. Kreutzer, who was convicted of killing an Army officer (Maj. Stephen Badger) and wounding 18 others in a night sniper attack at Fort Bragg on Oct. 27, 1995. For now, Kreutzer will remain on death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., along with 5 other convicted killers, while prosecutors decide how to handle his case. They could allow him to serve a life sentence, retry him or hold a new sentencing hearing. The decision could take up to 60 days. No soldiers have been executed since 1961. Kreutzer had been on death row since 1996. A 3-judge panel of the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals in Arlington, Va., ruled that inexperienced military lawyers had poorly represented Kreutzer and that the court-martial judge erred by denying them expert assistance in evaluating Kreutzer's lifelong mental illness.