Stolen valor heads to Supreme court
The Albany Herald Editorial Board
Is lying about winning medals for military valor a crime?
On Friday, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Rick Strandlof of Colorado violated the Stolen Valor Act, a 2006 federal law that makes it illegal to make false statements and claims about winning military medals. Strandlof, who was charged in 2009, claimed he won a Silver Star and a Purple Heart when he was wounded in Iraq while serving in the Marines. The military said it not only had no records of the medals being awarded, there were no records showing that Strandlof had served at all. Strandlof
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