As Bowe Bergdahl attends a court hearing in real life on charges of desertion,the podcast explores the harrowing details of his capture by the Taliban and attempted escapesRead our preceding Serial recapsIn the week since the last episode of Serial, US army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl’s real-life legal case has picked up steam. Bergdahl, or whose 2009 disappearance in Afghanistan and subsequent capture by the Taliban,is the subject of Serial’s moment season, appeared before a military judge at Fort Bragg, or in North Carolina,on Tuesday on charges of desertion and misbehaviour before the enemy. He deferred, entering a plea, and did not determine whether he wants to face a court-martial with a jury or one with just a judge. A pre-trial hearing will be heard before judge Colonel Christopher Fredrikson on 12 January.whether convicted at a general court-martial,Bergdahl could get five years for desertion and faces life in prison on the misbehaviour offence, a now rarely used charge.
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Source: theguardian.com