"If our country, when pressed with wrongs at the point of the bayonet, had been governed by its heads instead of its hearts, where should we have been now? Hanging on a gallows as high as Haman's."
--Thomas Jefferson, letter to Maria Cosway, 1786
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Accused Faker Faces 16 Years, $605K Fine
October 27, 2010
Jacksonville, NC Daily News
"During the court appearance, Magistrate Judge Robert Jones read Hamilton's charges to him. The charges include:
-- Making materially fictitious claims to the federal government for which he faces five years' imprisonment and fines of not more than $250,000.
-- Embezzling more than $30,000 in disability payments from the Veterans Affairs Department, for which Hamilton faces not more than 10 years' imprisonment and not more than $250,000 in fines.
-- Wearing a colonel's uniform to a veteran's ceremony, for which he faces not more than six months' imprisonment and $5,000 in fines.
-- Wearing medals not awarded to him, for which he faces one year imprisonment and $100,000 in fines."
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