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 | | Reducing Sivits in rank means he will earn less money in prison—a private currently makes $1,193.40 per month in base pay, while a specialist with four years of service makes $1,814.10 per month in base pay. |
 | | Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at 8:38 AM PT Update, May 20, 2004: Yesterday, a special court-martial sentenced Army Specialist Jeremy Sivits to one year in military prison, a bad-conduct discharge, and reduction in rank to private. |
 | | At most, Sivits faces one year in prison, reduction in rank, loss of pay, and a bad-conduct discharge, because that is the maximum sentence allowed for a special court-martial. |
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