"We do not feel he disappeared voluntarily"
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Before he mysteriously disappeared and landed on the Air Force Most Wanted list, Capt. William Howard Hughes Jr. phoned home to tell his mother and father that he was going to the Netherlands.
These kinds of things are fascinating. I want to hear the rest of the story.
posted by bongo_x at 1:18 AM on June 14, 2018
posted by bongo_x at 1:18 AM on June 14, 2018
Being a fugitive from the law usually pauses the clock on the statute of limitations.
See: Wikipedia article on "tolling"
US DoJ Criminal Resource Manual on "Tolling of Statute of Limitations" ("Physical absence from the jurisdiction is not required to trigger this tolling provision. See United States v. Singleton, 702 F.2d 1159 (D.C.Cir. 1983); United States v. Wazney, 529 F.2d 1287 (9th Cir. 1976).")
posted by Punkey at 1:34 AM on June 14, 2018
See: Wikipedia article on "tolling"
US DoJ Criminal Resource Manual on "Tolling of Statute of Limitations" ("Physical absence from the jurisdiction is not required to trigger this tolling provision. See United States v. Singleton, 702 F.2d 1159 (D.C.Cir. 1983); United States v. Wazney, 529 F.2d 1287 (9th Cir. 1976).")
posted by Punkey at 1:34 AM on June 14, 2018
But desertion is under military law, right? So those principles may not be relevant.
posted by thelonius at 1:44 AM on June 14, 2018
posted by thelonius at 1:44 AM on June 14, 2018
Same concept is in Article 43 of UCMJ. "(c) Periods in which the accused is absent without authority or fleeing from justice shall be excluded in computing the period of limitation prescribed in this section"
Exemptions to that only apply "in times of war", which we were not in when he first deserted.
posted by Punkey at 1:52 AM on June 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
Exemptions to that only apply "in times of war", which we were not in when he first deserted.
posted by Punkey at 1:52 AM on June 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
Why couldn't he just quit? Would they not have allowed him to resign?
posted by epanalepsis at 10:08 AM on June 14, 2018
posted by epanalepsis at 10:08 AM on June 14, 2018
Why couldn't he just quit? Would they not have allowed him to resign?
There are minimum length of service requirements attached to most military jobs. If he went through the Air Force Academy, he could have been required to serve eight years on after graduation. Considering he was a captain, which you could achieve after four years of service, he may have had four more years of service required.
posted by dazed_one at 10:18 AM on June 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
There are minimum length of service requirements attached to most military jobs. If he went through the Air Force Academy, he could have been required to serve eight years on after graduation. Considering he was a captain, which you could achieve after four years of service, he may have had four more years of service required.
posted by dazed_one at 10:18 AM on June 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
Why couldn't he just quit? Would they not have allowed him to resign?
There are minimum length of service requirements attached to most military jobs. If he went through the Air Force Academy, he could have been required to serve eight years on after graduation.
They could also ask him to pay back the "cost" of his Academy degree (or his ROTC scholarship, etc.), which even in 1970s money was a chunk of change. I think a service academy degree is considered to be worth around $250K now if you have to repay it.
posted by Etrigan at 10:39 AM on June 14, 2018
There are minimum length of service requirements attached to most military jobs. If he went through the Air Force Academy, he could have been required to serve eight years on after graduation.
They could also ask him to pay back the "cost" of his Academy degree (or his ROTC scholarship, etc.), which even in 1970s money was a chunk of change. I think a service academy degree is considered to be worth around $250K now if you have to repay it.
posted by Etrigan at 10:39 AM on June 14, 2018
If he went through the Air Force Academy, he could have been required to serve eight years on after graduation.
Five years active service, three reserve. (More, if you're a pilot. My recollection was that it was four years after graduation back in the day.)
posted by BWA at 2:47 PM on June 14, 2018
Five years active service, three reserve. (More, if you're a pilot. My recollection was that it was four years after graduation back in the day.)
posted by BWA at 2:47 PM on June 14, 2018
I was very disappointed when I opened the article, because I read that he was going to the neanderthals.
posted by PatchesPal at 8:41 AM on June 15, 2018
posted by PatchesPal at 8:41 AM on June 15, 2018
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