They didn’t prosecute others who were conscientious objectors.
The rejection of that status and prosecution was political.
“They didn’t prosecute others who were conscientious objectors.
The rejection of that status and prosecution was political.”
The conscientious objector status dated to at the Revolutionary War.
I served my time in Germany in the personnel department of a Signal Battalion, and there were two men that claimed CO status, seeking discharge.
Both performed their assigned duties, along with everybody else. One was a First Lieutenant, the other a Private First Class.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientious_objector#United_States