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UPDATE 1
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced this morning to 35 years in prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks.
UPDATE 2
According to the military, Manning is required to serve one-third of the sentence before he becomes eligible for parole.
UPDATE 3
Manning will receive a credit of 1,293 days for the time he has been confined prior to the sentence, including 112 days of credit for abusive treatment he was subjected to in the brig at the Quantico Marine Base.
UPDATE 4
Col. Morris Davis @ColMorrisDavis Gitmo chief prosecutor '05-07 tweets:
Will likely serve an additional 8-9 years and out on parole by age 33-34.
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) August 21, 2013
@BenMcCombe Oh, yrs of appeals w/multi-steps, potentially ending at Supreme Court. On appeal can stay as is or get better, can't get worse.
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) August 21, 2013
UPDATE 5
Bradley Manning 35-year sentence for exposing war crimes, trigger-happy GI's, diplomatic hypocrisy. Real crime: embarrassing governrment.
— Eric Margolis (@ericmargolis) August 21, 2013
The Fourth Turning... perhaps that means, four to five?
ReplyDeleteOr sooner.
The empire is so disgusting.
- IndividualAudienceMember