US government requests Bradley Manning be sentenced to 60 years

[damnedifIknow]

"The US government has urged a military judge to sentence Bradley Manning to 60 years in prison, arguing that the solider, who leaked a huge collection of classified documents to WikiLeaks, "deserves to spend the majority of his remaining life" in custody.

The request was made by military lawyers on Monday, in the final stages of the soldier's court martial for leaking hundreds of thousands documents to the anti-secrecy website. The judge, Colonel Denise Lind, said she will start deliberations at 9am on Tuesday

Manning was found guilty last month of 20 counts, seven under the Espionage Act, but acquitted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy. "

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/bradley-manning-sentence-60-years

[Gravitycollapse]

1. I hope Manning is pardoned by Obama.

Although I won't hold my breath.

[morningfog]

2. That is hilarious! It will never happen.

[MrMickeysMom]

3. Commute the sentence...

He's served undue torture and confinement worthy of 60 years. At least we can say that.

[snappyturtle]

4. OMG! That's awful..Hope the judge has more sense than that. nt

[KittyWampus]

5. That's ridiculous. I hope the judge is more reasonable.

[blkmusclmachine]

6. Punish the whistleblowers, and let the perpetrators go scot free.

Classic POLICE STATE move.

[KansDem]

7. And how many years did Dick Cheney get?

Oh, wait...never mind!

[HardTimes99]

8. He should be sentenced to time already served and given a general discharge, followed

by a Presidential Medal of Freedom and Nobel Peace Prize.

I'm not holding my breath on either of the latter two, though.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Tyrants have strong thumbs.....weak fingers.

[PowerToThePeople]

10. If they do give him 60

future whistle-blowers will not go easily. More than likely it will be violent. We truly live in modern day Nazi Germany.

[ZombieHorde]

11. Were any of the criminals he exposed sentenced with anything? nt

[rug]

12. Not yet, they can't get past their Secret Service detail to arrest them.