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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I'm just saying that, for this one instance, it's probably better for society to spare her 18 months of jail.
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I would suspect that the damage done to a single family is far less significant than the risk of further desertions - both for the Americans having soldiers disappear and Canada having to deal with more claims.
She voluntarily signed up. She knew that being a soldier meant the possibility of fighting in a war. She knew the punishment for desertion. She made the conscious decision to desert anyway. Send her back and let her suffer the consequences of her actions.