Amid heated rhetoric, military law experts weigh in on whether a case can be made for desertion The circumstances surrounding the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl  continue to ignite controversy , with mounting calls that he be prosecuted for desertion for having allegedly walked away from his base in 2009. The U.S. takes desertion seriously. Under military law, desertion in wartime can carry the death penalty. But despite mounting speculation and heated rhetoric, legal experts tell Al Jazeera that the military would be hard-pressed to make a legal case for desertion. And the military, while saying it will review […]

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