Headline Roundup • November 4th, 2017
Bowe Bergdahl Avoids Prison
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Bowe Bergdahl will not serve any prison time for desertion, but will receive a dishonorable discharge. Trump had previously called for Bergdahl's execution, which the judge ruled a mitigating factor in the sentencing.
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No prison for U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl, who Trump wanted dead
Reuters
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U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl on Friday was spared prison for endangering his comrades in arms when he deserted in Afghanistan in 2009, a sentence swiftly condemned by President Donald Trump, who while seeking election had called for his execution.
Bowe Bergdahl won’t serve prison time, and that’s making Trump really angry
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Trump’s comments as a candidate may have influenced the judge to give Bergdahl a more lenient sentence.
The Bergdahl Sentence is a Travesty
News
A travesty of justice occurred on Friday. A deserter with blood on his heels will walk free, leaving dead and maimed Americans in his wake, because of a bully’s pulpit and a weak man’s bench and gavel. The miscarriage results from a president who tweets too much and a judge who discerns too little.
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