Sgt. Rock
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FORT MEADE, Md. — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for giving hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks in one of the nation's biggest leak cases since the Pentagon Papers more than a generation ago.
In a brief hearing, military judge Col. Denise Lind didn't offer any explanation for the sentence she gave Manning, 25. The former intelligence analyst was found guilty last month of 20 crimes, including six violations of the Espionage Act, as part of the Obama administration's unprecedented crackdown on media leaks.
But the judge acquitted him of the most serious charge, aiding the enemy, an offense that could have meant life in prison without parole.
Manning could have gotten 90 years behind bars. Prosecutors asked for at least 60 years as a warning to other soldiers, while Manning's lawyer suggested he get no more than 25, because some of the documents he leaked will be declassified by then.
My opinion is he committed treason in time of war and should of been strung up. I know that might sound harsh but aiding the enemy by releasing hundreds of thousand of pages of highly classified material is very serious in my book. Even if it caused the death of one of our soldiers, would be even one too many in my book. This crap about his confusion about being transgender caused him to do this..wtf??. This little prick got off too easy in my book. Instead he should be given a last meal..tonight and then meet the gallows.
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In a brief hearing, military judge Col. Denise Lind didn't offer any explanation for the sentence she gave Manning, 25. The former intelligence analyst was found guilty last month of 20 crimes, including six violations of the Espionage Act, as part of the Obama administration's unprecedented crackdown on media leaks.
But the judge acquitted him of the most serious charge, aiding the enemy, an offense that could have meant life in prison without parole.
Manning could have gotten 90 years behind bars. Prosecutors asked for at least 60 years as a warning to other soldiers, while Manning's lawyer suggested he get no more than 25, because some of the documents he leaked will be declassified by then.
My opinion is he committed treason in time of war and should of been strung up. I know that might sound harsh but aiding the enemy by releasing hundreds of thousand of pages of highly classified material is very serious in my book. Even if it caused the death of one of our soldiers, would be even one too many in my book. This crap about his confusion about being transgender caused him to do this..wtf??. This little prick got off too easy in my book. Instead he should be given a last meal..tonight and then meet the gallows.
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