My Son, 1 Lt. Clint Lorance is now sitting in Leavenworth on a 20 year sentence for a split second decision he made while leading a Platoon in Afghanistan in 2012. Lt. Lorance served 10 years in excellence as you can clearly see on the Certificates and Evaluations viewable on his web site. www.freeclintlorance.com. We are now awaiting the decision by Fort Bragg, N.C 82nd Airborne Division Commanding General, Brigadier General Richard Clarke, as he received The Clemency Package delivered on Aug. 15, 2014 and supplemented on October 24, 2014 due to a change-of-command. I am sharing a few reasons below of why Lt. Clint Lorance SHOULD be Granted Clemency. * There are at least 8 legal errors in this record. The 82nd Airborne, with its history of honor, cannot put its stamp of approval on a trial with this many mistakes; I am trusting this sentence will be overturned and our American Hero will be honored as he deserves. * The Commanding General knows things that the jury did not. Because of this, he can rightly substitute his own judgment for the jury's; * The Commanding General knows that the witnesses who testified against my son were all accused of murder, then granted immunity. The jury did not know this. This is one of the reasons why the General has the power of clemency in the first place. To right what is wrong. * The Commanding General also knows that the US government twice refused to identify the nationality and affiliation of the military aged males that were killed by US forces that day. The Criminal Investigation Division sought to meet with villagers, but a senior officer in my son's unit ordered them not to. Then, when the Criminal Investigation Division apparently knew that was the wrong answer, they sought out a legal officer. That legal officer told them not to attend a scheduled shura (meeting). This is wrong. If those men were Taliban, or insurgent fighters, or IED makers, or had explosive residue evidence, or matched biometrics, there would be no doubt that the rules of engagement authorized engaging them. Now, we will never know. Because we will never know, there is reasonable doubt as to the legality of my son's actions. * The US constitution says my son should have been acquitted because the US government knowingly decided not to verify the identities of the military-aged-males riding a motorcycle at excessive speed toward my son's single-file patrol, ignoring warnings. My son is now paying for that injustice. * The Commanding General, surely a man of honor, sworn to uphold the constitution, can use his powers of clemency to correct this horrible mistake, now, before years of protracted appellate litigation ensue while my son sits in prison. Lt. Clint Lorance deserves to be Freed and Honored as An American Hero!