Get a lawyer, go to trial, do whatever time for the crime, go back to his family.
Ping to you, sir.
Hire a good lawyer, one with a lot of experience in the field. Make a deal.
Not a lawyer and I have no good legal advice to give.
But this is a case where past judgement and legal indiscretions have consequences.
Why didn’t he become a Canadian citizen?
Usually the military doesnt pursue charges when it has been this long. However, he chose to violate the law and IMHO should pay some sort of penalty for doing so.
Tell him to hire the best lawyer in this field that he can afford. Absolutely do not hire Joe The Local Ambulance Chaser.
Tell him to stand up like a man, instead of running like he did in the first place. Even though he deserves jail time, I doubt anything will come from it, other than a Dis-honorable discharge. Heck, with things the way they are, they may even give him an “Other Than Honrable” discharge. If Obama becomes president, and his courts martial hasn’t happened, he might even be able to get a medal out of it and get to go home as a hero of the left.
Like people have said, a lawyer would be really needed. Though he may have a breach of contract, I’m not sure how that works.
While I can understand making a mistake at 22 years old one has to learn to be responsible for decisions. You just don’t walk away from the military after 5 months because it wasn’t what you thought it would be. A cowards way out. The fact is that he thought he’d never have to come back to the states and thought he could get away with dishonorable conduct. Get a lawyer, accept the consequences and learn a lesson.
It’s up what the U.S. Army wants to do in this case. My guess they will let him skate.
“resolve an estate issue”?
a (born in ‘67 or so) Canadian citizen (who happens to be AWOL, no, actually now a deserter of the US Military) needs to travel to the US to resolve an “estate issue” upon the occasion of his Fathers death? Was the father an American?, etc....
Ah yes, the old “my recruiter lied to me.” Wow, if I had a nickel...
Suck it up and take your lumps Sally.
By the way, what port did he get nabbed at?
"WE MISSED YOU. WELCOME BACK."
-US Army
I doubt you’ll find much sympathy for him here.
I expect he’ll get maybe 60 days of brig time, a DD and get kicked out of the country.
Such is life.
Let me get this straight he enlisted then deserted?
If thats the case he needs to do his time get a dishonourable discharge then go back to canada.
He’s a deserter and we are at War.
Give hime a speedy courts martial, a cigarette, a blindfold, and shoot the SOB.
I have in the past processed a few of these type of cases while working in the Army JAG Corp. Most were just processed with what the military calls "an other than honorable discharge" or what we called an OTH. This would probably be what happens. Unless they have had a lot of these, then he may be made an example. Basically, it is up too the commander of wherever he is at. THIS IS NOT a civilian action. It will be a military action.