Conscientious objector ruling protested

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Conscientious objector ruling protested
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday May 25, 2008 9:27:33 EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Anchorage is protesting a magistrate’s ruling on the conscientious objector status of a soldier.

Pfc. Michael Barnes was denied conscientious objector status by an Army review board.

However, a magistrate ruled earlier this month that the board had erred.

Now, the Army wants a federal judge to overrule Magistrate John Roberts. The case will go before U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick.

Barnes, a 26-year-old paratrooper in the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, enlisted in the Army for five years in 2005. He says during a tour of duty in Iraq his Christian faith became stronger and he became morally opposed to war.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/05/ap_conscientiousobjector_052408/