Travesty of Justice: The Shocking Prosecution of Lt. Clint Lorance is a 2019 book of creative nonfiction written by Don Brown, about the United States Army’s prosecution of Lieutenant Clint Lorance. Lorance, a former paratrooper with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, was convicted in 2013 for murder by an army court-martial for ordering Private E-2 David Shilo to fire on three Afghan men who had been riding a motorcycle toward their position in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in 2012.U.S. v. Lorance (US Army General Court-Martial 2013) (R. at) 727 Lorance was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. The book discusses what Brown contends are numerous efforts by Army prosecutors to coverup evidence of Lorance's innocence, including biometrics evidence that he argues links the motorcycle riders shot by Lorance's men to bombmaking that killed American troops in the Afghan War.
Brown, a former United States Navy JAG officer, and one of four former JAG officers serving on the Lorance defense team, appeared on Fox & Friends on April 13, 2019 with Pete Hegseth and Ed Henry to discuss the book, and to urge President Donald Trump to sign an order to disallow the findings and sentencing from Lorance's court-martial, to release him from prison and to return him to active duty in the Army. Between the release of Travesty of Justice on March 31, 2019 and Lorance's pardon on November 15, 2019, Brown made numerous national television appearances and penned numerous national OPEDs arguing that President Trump should free and exonerate Lieutenant Lorance.Washington Times OPED – Trump Must Free and Exonerate Lt. Clint Lorance, by Don Brown, November 7, 2019Don Brown: President Trump, please free Army Lt. Clint Lorance, unjustly convicted of murder in Afghanistan, Fox News, May 7, 2019Don Brown: It's time for Trump to clean out corruption in the military justice system, Fox News, June 14, 2019Don Brown: Prosecuting American warriors for killing the enemy undermines ‘America first’, Fox News, July 1, 2019Don Brown: Not guilty verdict for Navy SEAL Gallagher is welcome news – He shouldn’t have been prosecuted, Fox News, July 3, 2019Don Brown: Eddie Gallagher is cleared, but two other officers face bogus politically-driven murder charges Fox News, July 8, 2019Don Brown: Policy banning military from carrying guns on US bases should end Fox News, July 27, 2019 On November 15, 2019, Trump did in fact sign an Executive Grant of Clemency pardoning Lorance, and releasing him from prison.Statement from the White House, Announcing the Pardon of Army Lieutenant Clint Lorance, November 15, 2019 On the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, November 27, 2019, Brown and Lorance appeared on Hannity, the nightly national broadcast on the Fox News Channel to discuss the presidential pardon and release.Fox News Video -- Don Brown, Clint Lorance appear on Hannity, November 27, 2019Newsweek Article, U.S. ARMY OFFICER LINKED TO WAR CRIMES AND LATER PARDONED SAYS HE HAD HOPE ONCE TRUMP BECAME PRESIDENT, November 28, 2019, citing Brown-Lorance interview on Hannity
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