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US Soldier Who Defected to North Korea Will Plead Guilty to Desertion

Above: North Korean soldiers standing in front of the United Nations conference rooms on the demarcation line in the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea on April 27, 2010. Image credit: Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Contributor/Corbis News via Getty Images

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King was facing a long list of serious charges that could have resulted in a far more severe punishment. However, due to the mental stress he was under at the time of his crimes, most likely due to the death of of his cousin, King deserves this plea agreement given the mental stress. Both the Army and the King family are equally grateful to bring this ordeal to a close.

We shouldn't allow the military to control the narrative of this very fishy story. Whatever King was running from, whether it be racism or some sort of intelligence operation, the accusations of child sex crimes should set alarm bells off. The government is known to plant such material on people's devices when it wants to silence them, so that part of the story should be investigated further.

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