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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed May 27 03:22:08 2015, in response to Re: Remembering a buddy from high school who died in Vietnam, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed May 27 03:16:05 2015. Well, technically, it was a federal crime subject to five years in jail or a fine up to $50,000 if convicted. IF you got caught of course.What made the difference in your case as far as the whiners here is that despite that, you were PARDONED. Gerald Ford, Carter's predecessor in the White House, offered conditional amnesty to some draft dodgers. Carter, however, seeking to heal the war's physic wounds, set no conditions, although some individuals were excluded from the blanket pardon. Thus, military deserters were ineligible. So bottom line, even if you were guilty of a federal crime, you were forgiven. Therefore, not guilty. Those who have a problem with that can just suck it. Nixon was pardoned too. :) |
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