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Congressman joins push to secure presidential pardon for imprisoned Army Lt.
Army Times ^ | Dec 13, 2016 | Meghann Myers

Posted on 12/19/2016 1:38:33 PM PST by KeyLargo

Congressman joins push to secure presidential pardon for imprisoned Army lieutenant

By: Meghann Myers, December 13, 2016

Just over three years into his 19-year sentence, and on his 32nd birthday, the mother of Clint Lorance, a platoon leader convicted of giving his soldiers the go-ahead to shoot and kill three unarmed Afghan civilians, is making a plea to President Obama to send her son home.

The incident happened during a 2012 Afghanistan deployment. Lorance, a first lieutenant at the time, was convicted in 2013 of two counts of second-degree murder, having ordered a private first class to shoot the civilians, two of whom died while the third ran away.

His mother, Anna Lorance, appeared on Sean Hannity's radio show Tuesday, along with her son's lawyer and Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., to make her son's case. Hunter is the first lawmaker to join the call for a presidential pardon for Lorance.

Lorance's mother believes his actions allowed himself and his platoon mates from 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment to survive that interaction.

"I don’t have a folded flag today. I can still see my son, but I want him home where he deserves to be," she told Hannity.

Lorance and her husband, Terry, also recorded a video segment for The Hannity Show's website.

"I think it’s important to know that he never fired his weapon," defense attorney John Maher told Hannity, emphasizing that Lorance never saw the men and was operating on intelligence from his soldiers.

Conviction stands for LT convicted in Afghan slayings Forensic evidence linked DNA from the Afghan men to DNA found on detonated IEDs and explosive devices that had terrorized the unit through that deployment, according to Lorance's attorney.

(Excerpt) Read more at armytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: military; obama; pardons; soldier
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Lorance's supporters have long pushed for his exoneration. Last year, they launched a White House petition calling for a presidential pardon for Lorance.

1 posted on 12/19/2016 1:38:33 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Dec 19, 2016

HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama shortened the prison sentences for 153 convicts, mainly low-level drug offenders, and pardoned 78 others, the White House said on Monday.

Obama has commuted the sentences of 1,176 federal prisoners, the White House said, as part of a push to reduce the number of people serving long sentences for non-violent drug offenses.

In 2014, Obama announced he would use his clemency powers to reduce sentences he saw as overly harsh. That came after criminal justice bills aimed at non-violent drug offenders stalled in Congress.


2 posted on 12/19/2016 1:40:41 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

I’ve been following this and didn’t expect to see his name on the list. I wasn’t surprised.

Obama needs to pardon this young man.


3 posted on 12/19/2016 1:44:05 PM PST by cyclotic (Democrats haven't been this mad since we freed their slaves)
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To: cyclotic

Let Trump do it.


4 posted on 12/19/2016 1:48:51 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: cyclotic

If Obama pardoned him it would be a stain on him for the rest of his life. Let Trump do it. Then it would be honorable.


5 posted on 12/19/2016 1:57:35 PM PST by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust: It corrodes 24 hours a day until eradicated.)
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To: cyclotic

Obama won’t even look at or consider pardoning him.

Trump, OTOH, will look into it and, IMHO, probably pardon him because he was operating in the fog of war to save his men after they had all been attacked and harassed.


6 posted on 12/19/2016 2:02:37 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: KeyLargo

Very little chance of Obama issuing a pardon for this young man.

There are simply too many drug dealers ahead of him in line.


7 posted on 12/19/2016 2:05:24 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: KeyLargo

I thought we can’t post from AT per the copyright list? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1111944/posts


8 posted on 12/19/2016 2:10:12 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: KeyLargo
Forensic evidence linked DNA from the Afghan men to DNA found on detonated IEDs and explosive devices

EXCUSE ME! BUT DOES NOT THIS EVIDENCE SUPPORT HIS DECISION TO SHOOT THE BASTARDS?


9 posted on 12/19/2016 2:11:16 PM PST by Stayfree (LIBERALISM & STUPIDITY ARE BOTH INCURABLE MENTAL DISEASES OFTEN FOUND TOGETHER!)
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To: x1stcav

+1


10 posted on 12/19/2016 2:16:58 PM PST by Bigg Red (To Thee, O Lord, I lift my soul. Thank you for saving our Republic.)
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To: KeyLargo

Sorry, wrong melanin levels.


11 posted on 12/19/2016 2:25:59 PM PST by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: KeyLargo

This shows how closely I’ve been following politics in my previous city of residence: I didn’t even know Duncan Hunter’s son had won his old congressional district. I was wondering how, after the corruption conviction, Hunter could have won his seat back.


12 posted on 12/19/2016 2:33:24 PM PST by Moral Hazard
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To: raybbr

http://www.allenbwest.com/allen/exclusive-mother-clint-lorance-men-killed-hed-hero-kia


13 posted on 12/19/2016 2:50:53 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: Stayfree

A closer look at the case of Lt. Clint Lorance

Jan. 29, 2015 - 6:33 - Army officer convicted for killing two Afghan men in war zone

HANNITY - VIDEO

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4021681269001/?#sp=show-clips


14 posted on 12/19/2016 2:55:22 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: Ancesthntr

Some feel-good video from 2012.

[GRAPHIC] FLIR Footage of Taliban - Afghanistan 2012 (ORIGINAL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE661hmLjtU


15 posted on 12/19/2016 3:16:25 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Him and Terry Lakin (sp?)


16 posted on 12/19/2016 3:20:49 PM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Moral Hazard

He’s awesome! I wished that trump put him in his cabinet but maybe God has plans for him in the house.


17 posted on 12/19/2016 3:45:15 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Stayfree

Nope. Obviously, they were blowed up, not shot (according to your information)!


18 posted on 12/19/2016 4:23:36 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: KeyLargo

Great terrorist plinkin’ video!


19 posted on 12/19/2016 4:25:16 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: KeyLargo

He is a white. He is a soldier. He is not a leftist. He is not a druggie.

I think this will have to wait for a non-Muslim non-Marxist President.


20 posted on 12/19/2016 4:44:15 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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