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Victor Agosto gets 30 days in the whole.
After his summary court martial hearing today, Victor Agosto is seen being led out of the building to report for his 30-day jail sentence. Story from the Associated Press:
FORT HOOD, Texas — A Fort Hood soldier who refused to deploy to Afghanistan over his beliefs that the war violates international law was sentenced Wednesday to a month in jail.
Spc. Victor Agosto, 24, of Miami, pleaded guilty to disobeying a lawful order to report to a site that performs medical, legal and other services for troops before they deploy. The judge also reduced his rank to the Army's lowest level, a private, which also was part of the maximum penalty he faced in his plea agreement with the military.
After the sentence was announced, Agosto immediately ripped the rank patch from his uniform. He later was escorted out of the building and taken to the county jail, where he will start serving his sentence.
Agosto refused deployment to Afghanistan after he found out a few months ago that the Army was keeping him beyond his enlistment date.
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