While what you say seems to be precisely the case, doesn't it seem totally ridiculous ?
It's not that we don't know how a beard grows or why. And it's not that we don't know how to remove it. I'd say if you are in prison, razors are hard to come by.
The judge telling him he can't have a beard is just the oddest thing I have ever heard.
Am I missing out on some upside down world reason the court has ?
He is still receiving active duty pay. :scream: That is my guess as to why he can’t have a beard.