GUILTY Bowe Bergdahl to get no prison time for desertion, judge rules

[Swirlz]

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the controversial soldier who abandoned his combat outpost in Afghanistan eight years ago and was swiftly captured by the Taliban, was punished Friday with a demotion, a dishonorable discharge and a fine of $1,000 a month for 10 months. He received no time in prison.

The military judge presiding over the trial, Col. Jeffery Nance, had wide leeway to impose anything from no sentence to life imprisonment. While prosecutors had urged the judge to sentence Bergdahl to 14 years in jail, defense lawyers had argued for no prison time – just a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge — because of the torture he suffered as a prisoner of war.

http://beta.latimes.com/nation/la-na-bowe-bergdahl-trial-sentencing-20171103-story.html

 

[lisette]

WHAT??!! What a travesty!!:shame: JMO

 

[Hazelnutty]

What the heck??

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[BetteDavisEyes]

Bergdahl Sentencing: No Prison Time, Dishonorable Discharge
by Shauna Williams and Elizabeth Chuck

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A military judge spared Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from prison for walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009, sentencing him on Friday to a dishonorable discharge and a reduction in rank but no time behind bars.

"Sgt. Bergdahl has looked forward to today for a long time," one of his defense attorneys, Eugene Fidell, told reporters after the sentencing.

The decision drew swift rebuke from President Donald Trump, who tweeted that it was "a complete and total disgrace to our Country and to our Military."

Bergdahl, who pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, faced up to life in prison. Defense attorneys had asked for leniency, citing the five years Bergdahl spent in Taliban captivity, criticism from Trump on the campaign trail, and his mental state...

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/b...scharge-no-jail-time-after-abandoning-n817016

 

[JerseyGirl]

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