DolphinMath@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhite House: Russia is executing soldiers who refuse to follow orderswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1577arrow-down113cross-posted to: globalnews
arrow-up1564arrow-down1external-linkWhite House: Russia is executing soldiers who refuse to follow orderswww.reuters.comDolphinMath@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square89fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down3·1 year 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-squareMoonrise2473@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoYes but at least you will get a trial and not just “go to die at the front or be executed right now”
minus-squareHonytawklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoDo they also get a trail during wartime?
minus-squarenelly_man@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year 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-squareMoonrise2473@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoBut it’s a special military operation, not war 😉
minus-squareJokeDeity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey’re meant to, but personally I don’t trust anyone of any nationality that joined the military or the police, to do the right thing.
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 😉
They’re meant to, but personally I don’t trust anyone of any nationality that joined the military or the police, to do the right thing.