I’m hoping the judge will see that SSgt Wuterich has more than paid any debt of incarceration by being kept by order at Pendleton for 6 years or so.
I’m hoping he’ll also see that taking the pay of single father with 3 kids is also overkill, since SSgt Wuterich has paid far more in cash and broken family defending himself successfully against far more serious charges.
If anything, I’d accept some kind of community service hours and an administrative separation from service under honorable conditions, at worst ‘general under honorable’.
I would then appeal (even to this president) for a presidential pardon.
Agreed, xzins. The hearing today may go all morning so it’s hard to predict when we’ll know the sentence. Prayers for wisdom.