A Pick to Bone

"He's had it all these years, never robbed a bank or done anything with it," Shackelford said. "I would think that when a man turned 70 and is an American hero, you don't destroy the rest of his life for one mistake." [More]

That's not how I'd define "mistake," but I'm still signing the petition because exercising his rights is not the crime that's been commited here.

[Via radiomaan]

UPDATE:

The story now says:

Updated at 7:15 p.m. Friday with comments from the veteran's daughter and the U.S. attorney's office.

If he was a child molester who made death threats and stole the weapon, that changes everything. I apologize if you signed this because of this post. Anyone know how to remove names from these petitions?