Clint Lorance

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About Clint Lorance

Clint Lorance was born on December 13, 1984 to welder Tracy Allen
Lorance   and   homemaker   Anna   Monroe   Lorance   in   Hobart,
Oklahoma. The family has since moved to Celeste , Texas. Clint has
two older sisters, Deanna Lorance Malone and Jeni Lorance Neeley
both have three children. Clint's younger brother, Cody , followed in
his   father's   footsteps  and   is  a   welder/machine  operator.   Cody  and
wife Tara have two daughters.

Clint has always been considered a 'twin" because of his cousin 
Jamie, who he has always been very close with growing up and are 
the same age. When Clint went off to the Army, Jamie began to work
at the local Sheriff's department as a Corrections Officer where she 
met her husband Greg, a Deputy Sheriff. Jamie and Greg have two 
daughters.

WHO IS CLINT LORANCE?

During   high   school,Clint   Lorance  worked   three   jobs   simultaneously

and was a Policy Expolorer as well.  Clint stayed active in the local
Future   Farmers   of   America   chapter   and   was   fortunate   enough   to
have  some  steadfast   and   headstrong   mentors;   the  local  VP  of  the
bank, the Ag Ed teacher, a Police Officer, an aunt and an uncle. He
began to make the relationships that would shape the onset of his
adulthood.
When   Jamie   graduated   high   school   in   2002,   Clint   immediately
received   his   GED   so   that   together
Clint and Jamie, side by side, started
classes   at   the   local   community
college.   After   one   semester,   as   the
country prepared for an impending
invasion   into   Iraq,   Clint   decided   it
was time to pitch in and do what he
could to help a country preparing to
shoulder two wars simultaneously.
On   December   13,   2002,   Clint's   18th
birthday,   he   walked   into   the   Army
recruiting station in Greenville, Texas
and   joined   the   army   as   a   military
policeman.   On   April   15,   2003,   Clint
shipped   off   to   basic   training   at   Fort   Leonardwood,   MO   where   he
spent 17 weeks learning how to be an Army MP.
Upon graduating from basic training and AIT, Clint spent a few weeks
at   home   with   his   family   and   then   shipped   off   to   his   first   duty
assignment in Pusan, South Korea.
In July 2008, Clint left Alaska bound for Texas to train to become a
Commissioned   Officer.   Clint   was   active   in   the   American   Red   Cross
Denton   Chapter   and   the   Phi   Alpha   Delta   Pre­Law   Fraternity   while
studying and participating in Army ROTC.
On   May   15,   2010,  Army   Lieutenant   Clint   Lorance  became   the   first
person   in   his   family   to   graduate   with   a   college   degree,   and
subsequently commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Infantry of
the   Army,   and   proceeded   to   Fort   Benning,   GA   to   attend   Infantry
Basic Officer Leader's Course, and Air Assault School.
Clint   was   assigned   to   the   82nd   Airborne   Division's   4th   BCT   and
deployed   to   Afghanistan   in   March   2012   to   Southern   Afghanistan.
During   his   deployment,  Army   Lt   Clint   Lorance  was   the   squadron's
liason officer to the Commander until selected to become a platoon
leader.

The Case
At his trial in August 2013, Lorance testified on his own behalf, while
nine members of his platoon testified against him. Lorance stated that
the three men on the motorcycle were speeding towards the platoon
and ignoring commands to stop. His soldiers testified that the platoon
was walking through a field of grapes on patrol when a motorcycle
was spotted approximately 600 feet away, and that the motorcycle
could   not   have   reached   the   platoon's
position   in   the   grape   field.   Attorneys   for
Lorance attempted to  cast doubt on four
of the soldiers' accounts, arguing that they
were   granted   immunity   in   exchange   for
their testimony. The other five soldiers who
testified   against   Lorance   did   not   receive
immunity.At   the   end   of   a   three­day   trial,
Lorance was found guilty of two counts of
second­degree   murder,   obstruction   of
justice,   and   other   charges   "related   to   a
pattern of threatening and intimidating actions toward Afghans" as
the platoon's leader. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, forfeiture
of all pay, and dismissal from the Army.
In December 2014, an attorney for Lorance filed pleadings alleging
that Lorance was the victim of  prosecutorial misconduct.In January
2015, supporters created a petition on the White House website asking
the Obama administration to grant a Presidential pardon to Lorance.
It received 124,966 signatures. The White House declined to comment
on the specifics, saying instead that requests for executive clemency
for federal offenses should be directed to the  Office of the Pardon
Attorney.
On January 5, 2015, the Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne
Division,   Major   General   Richard   Clarke,   completed   a   review   and
upheld Lorance's conviction. General Clarke upheld the guilty verdict
from the court­martial panel and directed one year off the original
sentence   of   20   years   confinement   due   to   post­trial   delay.In
September 2015, defense attorneys filed a petition with the U.S. Army
Court   of   Criminal   Appeals  for   a   new   trial,   claiming   that   evidence
linking   the   two   killed   Afghans   to   terror   networks   was   left   out   of
Lorance's   court­martial,but   the   court   ruled   in   June   2017   that   the
evidence would not have been permitted at trial, and even if it had,
it would not have helped Lorance's case.
Lorance is confined in the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas.As of 2018 there is a petition effort on behalf of
the group United American Patriots to seek a presidential pardon for
Lorance.

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Source: http://www.freeclintlorance.com/ and Wikipedia