I wonder if Milley would try to claim native American status to get half penalties.
Although, I don't think you can split a death sentence in half and that's what telling a hostile foreign country that you'd notify them if we were to attack them should be.
If you are willing to directly aid a hostile foreign country, wheel past the minimum penalty (10 5 years, $10K IIRC) and go straight to maximum.
Milley could be informed he will be subject to Solomonic justice: cut the baby in half. Kill one half and send the other to the orphanage. (Tasteless humor. Not to be confused with a hasteless tumor.)
Conspiracy (or intent) to commit treason. Being a military man in a military responsibility, he would necessarily be subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. If it devolves into simple incarceration, he could probably have his rank and honors stripped from him.
That minimum penalty is a joke. It was instituted when the avg life expectancy was about 45, IIRC.
Among the necessary revisions to the Constitution is an upgrade of that treason penalty. Because so much more is arguably now at stake than it was 230 years ago for betraying this country, IMHO a minimum of 20 years and $100k fine would be a good starting point. That's 20 actual years, without possibility of parole, pardon or commutation.
I wonder if Milley would try to claim native American status to get half penalties.
Although, I don't think you can split a death sentence in half and that's what telling a hostile foreign country that you'd notify them if we were to attack them should be.
If you are willing to directly aid a hostile foreign country, wheel past the minimum penalty (
105 years, $10K IIRC) and go straight to maximum.Milley could be informed he will be subject to Solomonic justice: cut the baby in half. Kill one half and send the other to the orphanage. (Tasteless humor. Not to be confused with a hasteless tumor.)
Conspiracy (or intent) to commit treason. Being a military man in a military responsibility, he would necessarily be subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. If it devolves into simple incarceration, he could probably have his rank and honors stripped from him.
That minimum penalty is a joke. It was instituted when the avg life expectancy was about 45, IIRC.
Among the necessary revisions to the Constitution is an upgrade of that treason penalty. Because so much more is arguably now at stake than it was 230 years ago for betraying this country, IMHO a minimum of 20 years and $100k fine would be a good starting point. That's 20 actual years, without possibility of parole, pardon or commutation.