Bishop, 26, from Louisville, Ky., has said that after serving 14 months in Iraq, he began studying his Bible and started believing that war is wrong.
His attorney James Branum said Bishop didn't know he could apply for conscientious objector status until three days before his unit deployed, so he went AWOL for a week while he prepared his application. But then he turned himself in.
Branum said if Bishop is granted conscientious objector, it can be used in his appeal.
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