By Meghann Myers. Jul 1, The Army's appeals court is weighing whether to throw out Bowe Bergdahl's conviction. Bowe Bergdahl and how their lives were changed by it. Their stories are part of the case against Bergdahl, who faces sentencing.
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Another U. More Videos Dishonorable discharge, no prison for Bergdahl Story highlights Bergdahl deserted post in Afghanistan, held captive by Taliban for five years He pleaded guilty to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. The judge ordered that Bergdahl's rank be reduced from sergeant to private. Bergdahl has looked forward to today for a long time," Eugene Fidell, Bergdahl's civilian attorney, said at a news conference after the proceedings.
He has lost nearly a decade of his life. The sentence is effective immediately, except for the dishonorable discharge, which Bergdahl is appealing, according to Fidell. Read More. Two of his attorneys stood by his side with their hands on his back while the judge, Army Col.
Jeffery R. Nance, read the sentence. The soldier, whom the Taliban held for five years after he deserted his Afghanistan outpost, pleaded guilty last month to the charges.
Bergdahl was released in May in a controversial exchange for five Guantanamo Bay detainees. He received no prison time. The military judge presiding over the trial, Col. Jeffery Nance, had wide leeway to impose anything from no sentence to life imprisonment. Though prosecutors had urged the judge to sentence Bergdahl to 14 years in jail, defense lawyers had argued for no prison time — just a dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge — because of the torture he suffered as a prisoner of war.
Two defense attorneys on each side of him wrapped an arm around his back. During his trial, prosecutors highlighted the hazards to which Bergdahl exposed his comrades who embarked on a massive search and rescue mission in the days and weeks after his disappearance.
Mark Allen, who was shot in the head, leaving him unable to speak or walk. The decision on Sergeant Bergdahl is a complete and total disgrace to our Country and to our Military. In turn, the defense team appealed for leniency, stressing the physical and emotional toll of five grueling years of captivity by the Taliban and its allies.
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