Posted on Oct 16, 2021
‘Accountability’ Marine gets light sentence; judge blasts command
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I read this, if you call 5000 dollar fine, 9 days in jail, and getting kicked out of the service and losing your benefits "a light sentence".
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It costed him his career! He is lucky though. With a special court martial he could have got as we called it back in the day, "six, six and a kick." Six months forfeiture of two-thirds of your pay, six months hard labor and a bad conduct discharge.
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Yes he got off light. He really could have done some serious Brig time and BCD or Dishonorable discharge.
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Cpl Vic Burk
PO2 (Join to see) - Technicality, a dishonorable would have to come from a General Courts Martial. A special can only award up to a BCD (unless they have changed the rules since I got out) I am surprised they didn't go for the General Courts Martial actually. With his record I doubt the review board would approve a BCD or DD anyways.
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