Justice & Law National Violence & Harassment The Army Allows Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes to Leave the Military, Rather Than Face Trial Vianna Davila, ProPublica-Texas Tribune, Lexi Churchill, ProPublica-Texas Tribune, Ren Larson, ProPublica-Texas Tribune and Davis Winkie, Military Times Soldiers charged with crimes ranging from going AWOL and smoking marijuana, to rape and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, can request to leave the Army rather than go to trial.