General Accused of Sexual Assault Receives Minor Punishment, No Jail
| Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair received a reprimand on Thursday from a military judge, after he pleaded guilty to charges that included mistreating his mistress, adultery and requesting explicit photographs from female Army officers. |
| He was also ordered to forfeit $5,000 a month in pay for four months, but he was allowed to keep his pension. He will not serve any time in prison. |
| The sentence, decided by a military judge at Fort Bragg, N.C., was far less than what he had potentially faced when the case began: a possible life sentence on charges of sexually assaulting a female Army captain who had been his lover for three years. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/us/general-sinclair-is-sentenced.html?emc=edit_na_20140320 |
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