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President Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning's Sentence

posted by on Wednesday January 18 2017, @10:27AM   
from the she's-not-out-yet dept.

Several SoylentNews readers sent in this story: edIII, aclarke, and jrmcferren write:

In one of his last moves in office, President Obama has commuted the 35-year prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the Army private who leaked a massive trove of military secrets to WikiLeaks.

The former intelligence analyst's prison sentence has been shortened to expire on May 17, 2017, according to a statement from the White House.

Her lawyers at the ACLU expressed relief after the decision, saying that Manning has already served more time behind bars than any other whistleblower in U.S. history, and under difficult conditions.

Also at the BBC and the New York Times.

Previously: Chelsea Manning Reportedly on Obama's Short List for Commutation; Assange Offers Himself in Trade

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• Re:Finally Obama does something (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 19 2017, @09:40AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 19 2017, @09:40AM (#455975)

  Killing bin laden

  Thus ensuring that he will always be innocent by definition to anyone who subscribes to the principle of "innocent until proven guilty in a court of law".

  - It's not like Osama was killed in a firefight or anything, they had him in a position where they could easily have brought him back to the US to stand trial.

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