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August 21, 2013

Bradley Manning Faces Sentencing at Military Trial 
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A military judge is issuing a sentence today in the case of army
whistleblower Bradley Manning. Army Col. Denise Lind found Manning
guilty last month on 20 counts related to his leaking of a trove of
documents to "Wiki Leaks"http://www.democracynow.org/topics/wikileaks.
Manning faces up to 90 years in prison, with military prosecutors
seeking a 60-year term. Manning’s defense has argued his sentence
should not surpass 25 years, the period of time after which many of the
leaked documents would have been declassified automatically. Manning’s
sentence will automatically go the Army Court of Criminal Appeals, where
he can seek a reduction of his prison term. The sentence will be
announced around an hour after Democracy Now!'s live broadcast at 10
a.m. ET.

 

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