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2007-10-17 09:41:35 · 8 answers · asked by rosie 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
no. Military regs prohibit being released from probation early for the sole purpose of enlisting or requiring enlistment as part of court ordered punishment.
2007-10-17 12:18:29 · answer #1 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that people in jail or prison can be ordered into any branch of the military. That would be slavery.
However, I have seen where judges have given people a second chance if they want to join the military. I have seen it happen once to a friend who got into trouble for making bombs out of gunpowder. He went to a recruitment office and a recruiting officer was able to convince the judge that the army was the best place for the kid and jail was not. I am making this sound a lot more simpler than it was though. I remember, it was touch and go for a few weeks while this was being sorted out and my friend was a nervous wreck.
I do not know if this would work for someone already sentenced and in jail. This may have been a fluke as it is.
2007-10-17 16:49:14 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd think the coast guard might have something to say. I would think the judge might accept your joining+being accepted as part of a plea agreement (for any branch).
2007-10-17 16:48:14 · answer #3 · answered by madjer21755 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Military is getting more people volunteering than they have slots for. When that happens they would prefer to have someone without a record than someone with one. Also since it appears that the Judge is not a Federal judge he has no jurisdiction over the Feds.
2007-10-17 16:50:31 · answer #4 · answered by Rick C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. And if the judge does order that in lieu of imprisonment, the U.S. Justice Department might come after him for engaging in misprison of a felony.
2007-10-17 19:05:24 · answer #5 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the best person to ask: the JUDGE hearing the case.
2007-10-17 16:49:58 · answer #6 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because that would be drafting you and the draft isnt instated right now.
2007-10-17 16:47:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No.
2007-10-17 16:46:25 · answer #8 · answered by rance42 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋