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 veryquite fishysuspect story. Whatever King was running from, whether it be racism or some sort of intelligence operation, the accusationstypes of childaccusations sexagainst crimeshim should set alarm bells off. The government ishas been known to plant suchcompromising material on people's devices when it wants to silence them, so thatthe partfull context of thethis story should be fully investigated further.
There's a 1% chance that the United States will institute a military draft by 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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