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May 17, 2017 · Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of leaking classified U.S. documents, has been released from a military prison in Kansas. President Barack Obama commuted her sentence in January.
Chelsea Manning’s 35-year sentence was by far the longest punishment ever imposed in the United States for a leak conviction. ... in contrast to a pardon application submitted on behalf of the ...
Chelsea Elizabeth Manning (born Bradley Edward Manning, December 17, 1987) is an American activist and whistleblower. She is a former United States Army soldier who was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, after disclosing to WikiLeaks nearly 750,000 classified, or unclassified but sensitive, military and diplomatic documents.
- Classified document disclosure to WikiLeaks
- United States Army
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Jan 18, 2017 · Manning's lawyers, human rights groups, and even senior White House officials note that 35 years is a much more severe sentence that those doled out in comparable cases.
Jan 17, 2017 · Amid President Barack Obama’s last-minute batch of pardons and commutations was Chelsea Manning, who was serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified government records to WikiLeaks.
Jan 18, 2017 · Chelsea Manning's prison sentence commuted by Barack Obama. The whistleblower, who has been imprisoned for six years for leaking state secrets, is now set to go free on 17 May. Ed Pilkington in ...
Jan 18, 2017 · The commuting of Manning's sentence came as, in one of his final acts as president, Obama pardoned 64 people and commuted the sentences of 209 others. Among those to receive a full pardon was ...
