@DolphinMath@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWhite House: Russia is executing soldiers who refuse to follow orderswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1577arrow-down113cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
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minus-square@jet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglish13•2 years agoThe laws are still there https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_the_United_States_military Desertion, willful disobedience. Both capital crimes in the military
minus-square@Moonrise2473@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoYes but at least you will get a trial and not just “go to die at the front or be executed right now”
minus-square@Honytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoDo they also get a trail during wartime?
minus-square@nelly_man@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agoYes. The last person that the United States executed for desertion, Eddie Slovik in 1945, was tried in a military court, found guilty, and executed. I assume that Russia would have rules for the same. Whether they are followed is the question.
minus-square@Moonrise2473@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoBut it’s a special military operation, not war 😉
The laws are still there
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_the_United_States_military
Desertion, willful disobedience. Both capital crimes in the military
Yes but at least you will get a trial and not just “go to die at the front or be executed right now”
Do they also get a trail during wartime?
Yes. The last person that the United States executed for desertion, Eddie Slovik in 1945, was tried in a military court, found guilty, and executed.
I assume that Russia would have rules for the same. Whether they are followed is the question.
But it’s a special military operation, not war 😉