Stolen Honor, Clint Lorance
Stolen Honor, Clint Lorance
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Stolen Honor
Falsely Accused, Imprisoned, and My Long Road to Freedom

Author: Clint Lorance

Narrator: Adam North

Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 09/22/2020


Synopsis

The captivating account of how Clint Lorance, a soldier who became a scapegoat for a corrupt military hierarchy, was falsely charged with war crimes, imprisoned, and eventually pardoned by President Trump.
While out on patrol in Afghanistan, Clint Lorance learned that two men, both suspected suicide bombers, were speeding toward a crowded city on motorcycles. Lorance couldn't see them, but his men on the ground had clear shots. After a split second, he gave the order to shoot, killing both men.
In the months that followed, Lorance was arrested by the military and put on trial for war crimes. Prosecutors claimed that the order he gave constituted an act of premeditated murder, and they sentenced him to twenty years in prison.
In Stolen Honor, Lorance finally tells the story of this event and the trial it led to -- how the prosecutors declined to admit clear-cut evidence that would have exonerated him, how the men in his unit turned on him, and why he still believes he was right to give the order to shoot.
It is a story that stretches from small-town America to the deserts of Afghanistan, from the White House to the tiny jail cell where Lorance spent six years waiting on his exoneration, which finally came when President Trump pardoned him in 2019. The book also discusses Lorance's plans to attend law school and help reform the broken military justice system.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tracy on February 21, 2025

I am a big fan of memoirs/autobiographies and I have read quite a few. I think I was expecting more from this book. The actual event that led up to his imprisonment took up so little of the book, and I didn't really feel connected to it in the way that I should have. Most of the book seemed to be ho......more

Goodreads review by Dean on November 30, 2020

Another - and "another" is the key word - story of how people in the government look out for themselves at the expense of real Americans. In this case it's about a story wronglfully accused of war crimes so politicians can make themselves look better. Lots of good details in this story where needed,......more

Goodreads review by Kevin Farrell on April 18, 2022

Good read, just not what I expected. It just seemed, to me, to be a summary of what happened. I glad that the wrong was finally "righted" though.......more

Goodreads review by heather on December 26, 2020

Amazing Really enjoyed reading this book to hear his story heartbreaking to see the state are military is in really a must read......more