re: #214 BeachDem

Moron judge also called it “a terrible mistake, which I know personally cost the county money.”

Yeah, no—a mistake is using sugar instead of salt in a recipe. Sexual assault is not a mistake.

Also—

As Task & Purpose points out, military recruiters are under no obligation to accept anyone who doesn’t meet the standards of enlistment, “so a judge’s ruling does not apply beyond the doors of a recruiting office.”

Can a Judge Order Someone to Join the Military or Go to Jail?

Army: The Army’s Recruiting Regulation, 601-210, paragraph 4-8b: states that any “applicant who, as a condition for any civil conviction or adverse disposition or any other reason through a civil or criminal court, is ordered or subjected to a sentence that implies or imposes enlistment into the Armed Forces of the United States is not eligible for enlistment.”
Air Force: The Air Force Recruiting Regulation, AETCI 36-2002, table 1-1, lines 7 and 8, makes an applicant ineligible for enlistment if they are “released from restraint, or civil suit, or charges on the condition of entering military service, if the restraint, civil suit, or criminal charges would be reinstated if the applicant does not enter military service.”
Marines: The Marine Corps Recruiting Regulation, MCO P1100.72B, Chapter 3, Section 2, Part H, Paragraph 12 states: “Applicants may not enlist as an alternative to criminal prosecution, indictment, incarceration, parole, probation, or another punitive sentence. They are ineligible for enlistment until the original assigned sentence would have been completed.”

In the Army at least, enlistees are asked point blank if they are enlisting to avoid prosecution or jail time. If they answer yes, they are refused enlistment. If they lie and get caught, they can be charged with fraudulent enlistment.