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minus-squareDremor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 year agoIn the past, maybe. In the modern world I doubt it. But from Russia I’m not surprised, they have a habit of disregarding life for quite a long time.
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-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-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 😉
In the past, maybe. In the modern world I doubt it. But from Russia I’m not surprised, they have a habit of disregarding life for quite a long time.
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 😉