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Lawmakers urge defense leaders to send Bowe Bergdahl to trial again

The former prisoner of war had his conviction thrown out by a federal judge last week.

By Leo Shane III

10 months ago

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrives for a pretrial hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 12, 2016.

Judge vacates Bowe Bergdahl’s desertion conviction

Bowe Bergdahl’s conviction and sentence had been narrowly upheld by military appeals courts before his lawyers took the case to U.S. District Court.

10 months ago

Commentary: Bergdahl outcome demonstrates integrity of military justice

It's unfair to judge the integrity and effectiveness of the military justice system solely on the sentence handed down to Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, one lieutenant colonel argues.

By Lt. Col. Alan Brown

7 years ago

Army to determine if Bergdahl is owed back pay for his time in captivity

When Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl came home in 2014, he was potentially entitled to hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay that accumulated over five years while he was in Taliban captivity in Afghanistan.

By Meghann Myers

7 years ago

In making his decision, Bergdahl judge weighed complex leniency factors

How the judge in the Bowe Bergdahl case might have come to the decision not to give Bergdahl prison time.

7 years ago

Poll: Did Bowe Bergdahl get the sentence he deserves?

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will be free of prison time, a judge ruled Friday. He will also be dishonorably discharged from the Army and reduced in rank to private.

By Puja Murgai

7 years ago

Bergdahl sentence: Dishonorable discharge, no prison time

The judge also reduced Bergdahl's rank to private and said he must forfeit pay equal to $1,000 per month for 10 months.

7 years ago

Deliberations resume on Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's fate

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held for five years by Taliban allies after walking off his post in Afghanistan, will soon learn his punishment after pleading guilty to endangering his comrades.

7 years ago

Bowe Bergdahl judge begins deliberating sergeant's sentence

A military judge on Thursday began deliberating the punishment for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after defense attorneys asked for no prison time while prosecutors sought more than a decade behind bars.

7 years ago

Psychiatrist: Bergdahl mental disorder factored in desertion

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s difficult childhood and his washout from Coast Guard boot camp stoked serious psychiatric disorders that helped spur him to walk off his remote post in Afghanistan in 2009, a psychiatrist testified Wednesday.

7 years ago

Agents: Bergdahl debriefs were intelligence 'gold mine'

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was a “gold mine” of intelligence, helping the military better understand insurgents and how they imprison hostages, two agents testified Tuesday as defense attorneys sought to show the soldier’s contributions since he was returned in a prisoner swap.

7 years ago

Judge: Bergdahl to get fair sentence, despite Trump remarks

President Donald Trump’s scathing criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl won’t prevent the soldier from receiving a fair sentence for endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009, a judge ruled Monday.

7 years ago