A lost history of racial discrimination in America's capital punishment system revealed by 17 lives lived in the Fort Leavenworth military prison Between 1955 and 1961, 17 condemned soldiers--8 white, 9 black--lived together on death row at Fort Leavenworth military prison. All 8 of the white soldiers were eventually paroled and returned to their families, spared by high-ranking army officers, the military courts, the White House staff...