Dawson and Downey followed the orders of their superior. Unlike in the movie the defense of following orders did not stop prison time in real life. Lieutenant Calley was supposedly following the orders of his superior; when he was charged with the killing of the one hundred and two people, but he was only convicted of twenty two deaths, which gave him a life sentence.(Kelman & Hamiton134 ). Rod Powers is a retried Air Force First Sergeant says, "Article 90 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) makes it a crime for a military member to willfully disobey a superior commissioned officer"(Rod Powers). Rod explains why Officers Calley, Dawson, and, Downey all blindly committed to the orders of their superior. In Milgram 's experiment every day people were assigned a role. They were assigned to be the teacher and administer electric shocks up to four hundred and fifty volts to the
Dawson and Downey followed the orders of their superior. Unlike in the movie the defense of following orders did not stop prison time in real life. Lieutenant Calley was supposedly following the orders of his superior; when he was charged with the killing of the one hundred and two people, but he was only convicted of twenty two deaths, which gave him a life sentence.(Kelman & Hamiton134 ). Rod Powers is a retried Air Force First Sergeant says, "Article 90 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) makes it a crime for a military member to willfully disobey a superior commissioned officer"(Rod Powers). Rod explains why Officers Calley, Dawson, and, Downey all blindly committed to the orders of their superior. In Milgram 's experiment every day people were assigned a role. They were assigned to be the teacher and administer electric shocks up to four hundred and fifty volts to the