NV man gets a year in prison for Stolen Valor
David M. Perelman, who accidentally shot himself in 1991 nearly twenty years after he was discharged from his 9-month Air Force stint, applied for and received a Purple Heart for his self-inflicted injury. Wednesday he was sentenced to a year in prison for his malfeasance, yet his lawyer plans on appealing the sentence based on that specious First Amendment violation defense (LV Review Journal link);
Assistant Federal Public Defender Rene Valladares said he plans to pursue the appeal.
In court on Wednesday, Valladares argued that Perelman deserved a sentence of probation.
The lawyer said Perelman is the son of a career serviceman who died in 2000. He described Perelman’s father as a strict disciplinarian who subjected his son to physical and psychological abuse.
“His father always thought that he was basically a wimp,” Valladares said. “His father always thought that he was basically a coward.”
So that’s a reason to let him get away with fraud? Oh, did I mention that he defrauded the VA out of $180k? Money that could have helped a real wounded veteran that the tax payers will never get back. But, yeah, a year on probation will make us even.
At the beginning of the article Perelman says he’s remorseful and deserves to be punished…so take your medicine, get pounded in the ass 365 times and then start over.
Category: Phony soldiers
“His father always thought that he was basically a wimp,” Valladares said. “His father always thought that he was basically a coward.”
His father was RIGHT!
Ok question: It is a Law that you can not impersonate a military member (hense the mistakes that Hollywood ALWAYS makes with uniforms) its even an actual law that you can not wear a medal of honor (felony actually) if you did not earn it. so WHY is stolen Valor unconstitutional?
I think the Father was on to something.