The Army's top enlisted man will be busted down a rank and won't face prison, a military jury ruled today. Sgt. Major Gene McKinney had been convicted of obstruction for urging one of his six sexual-harassment accusers to lie to Army investigators. He was acquitted of all other charges on Friday, and had faced a six-month sentence and rank-reduction to buck private.
McKinney Spared
The Army's top enlisted man will be busted down a rank and won't face prison, a military jury ruled today. Sgt. Major Gene McKinney had been convicted of obstruction for urging one of his six sexual-harassment accusers to lie to Army investigators. He was acquitted of all other charges on Friday, and had faced a six-month sentence and rank-reduction to buck private.
