In 2017-18, the U.S. Army convicted 110 black soldiers of murder, mutiny, and other crimes in three mass trials. The soldiers were represented by a single officer who was not even a lawyer. The all-white military court took just two days to convict the first 58 soldiers. Thirteen men were sentenced to death. They were denied any appeal and were hanged less than 24 hours later. The second and third trials resulted in death sentences for an additional 16 soldiers, six of whom w