On Friday, President Trump extended clemency for two members of the U.S. military accused of war crimes and reinstated the rank of a former SEAL found guilty of posing with a prisoner's corpse.
President Donald Trump has extended clemency Friday for two members of the U.S. military accused of war crimes as reported by: one, a former Green Beret accused of killing a suspected Afghan bomb maker, and the other a former Army officer serving 19 years for ordering soldiers to fire on unarmed Afghan men. The same day, the president also reinstated the title of a Navy SEAL charged with posing for a picture with the body of a deceased prisoner in Iraq.
"The President, as Commander-in-Chief, is ultimately responsible for ensuring that the law is enforced and when appropriate, that mercy is granted," Grisham said."For more than two hundred years, presidents have used their authority to offer second chances to deserving individuals, including those in uniform who have served our country." She continued:"These actions are in keeping with this long history.
"Our family is profoundly grateful for the president's action," Golsteyn said Friday in a statement."We have lived in constant fear of this runaway prosecution. Thanks to President Trump, we now have a chance to rebuild our family and lives. With time, I hope to regain my immense pride in having served in our military. In the meantime, we are so thankful for the support of family members, friends and supporters from around the nation, and our legal team.
"The tragedy of pardoning Lorance isn't that he will be released from prison—I've found room for compassion there," said former Army captain Patrick Swanson said of the 34-year-old Oklahoma native, who was released from a U.S. penitentiary in Leavenworth."The tragedy is that people will hail him as a hero, and he is not a hero. He ordered those murders.
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