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Army Deserter Released From Prison

In 2002, while looking for work, he said he was lured by slick army recruiters with money and the promise he wouldn’t have to fight in a war. He spent almost two years at Fort Stewart, Ga., before finding out his 39th Artillery Regiment was about to ship out for Iraq.

Saying he didn’t want to kill Iraqis, Cornell deserted and headed to Canada.

In this country, he spent nearly three years working at a grocery store on Gabriola Island in British Columbia, making fast friends with residents there.

Cornell applied to stay in Canada but was deported, then subsequently jailed in the U.S. for desertion. He was sentenced to a one-year jail term, a felony conviction that would have blocked his re-entry to Canada.

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