Re: Awol

[Michelle Montali <michel1282@cox.net>]

You are so right!! Thank you so much--I've already sent the info down the chain. Keep doing the people's work. Like those who stood against epidemic evil in the past, you' and your work will be a source of pride and inspiration to future generations.
Michelle
---- Rich Gibson <rgibson@pipeline.com> wrote: 
> http://girights.objector.org/
> 
> I know a couple of people who thought they got good advice from the 
> group above, though I have no idea what came of them.
> 
> Project Yano might be able to help  http://www.projectyano.org/
> 
> A few rules of thoughts---not from a lawyer but me----there are now 
> thousands of deserters. This person is far from alone. The military 
> so far seems to be trying to keep most of these cases quiet and they 
> have been fairly lenient, although some folks got slammed.
> 
> Of course, the person can leave the US. New Zealand is a long way, 
> but it is not deporting awols and other resisters, yet. Canada is an 
> unreliable ally for deserters now, but there are a lot of people up 
> there who have not been forced out yet.
> 
> There will be some advice on "turn yourself in," if you want to stay 
> in the US. Well, I know people who stayed in the US as Vietnam draft 
> dodgers for years, who surfaced when the amnesty was granted, and 
> they did ok, though they did not get great jobs, etc. But if you do 
> turn yourself in, don't let a JAG lawyer plead you out. Don't ever 
> plead guilty to anything. We are innocent. They are guilty.
> 
> best r
> 
> 
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