Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Bradley Manning, asked President Obama to pardon her for handing over thousands of secret documents to WikiLeaks
Manning’s lawyer David. E. Coombs filed the formal request for presidential pardon on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison
Coombs asked Obama to either reduce her sentence to time Manning has already served since her arrest in 2010, or for a full presidential pardon. In either case, Manning would be free to go
In the request’s cover letter (.PDF), Coombs wrote that all Manning did was share documents with “a journalist,” stressing that Manning’s actions didn’t harm the United States and that her punishment is disproportionate: Read more…
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