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Title: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Chris_ on August 21, 2013, 09:30:32 AM
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being convicted of espionage and other charges in connection with a massive leak of classified material.

The judge in the case, Army Col. Denise Lind, announced the sentence in a military courtroom in Fort Meade, Md.

He also received a dishonorable discharge, will forfeit his pay and benefits and was reduced in rank

USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/08/21/manning-sentencing-espionage-charges/2680243/)
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: CG6468 on August 21, 2013, 09:31:52 AM
I hope he gets a cellmate named Bubba.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: txradioguy on August 21, 2013, 09:35:11 AM
Talk about a slap on the wrist.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: CG6468 on August 21, 2013, 09:37:33 AM
Talk about a slap on the wrist.

For sure. He should have gotten life with no parole, or executed for being a traitor.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Chris_ on August 21, 2013, 09:47:55 AM
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Under military law, the sentence will be automatically appealed. He would probably be eligible for parole after he served one-third or 10 years of his sentence, whichever is longer.
Unbelievable.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: CG6468 on August 21, 2013, 10:00:28 AM
Unbelievable.

What would be his chances of survival if that happened?
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Chris_ on August 21, 2013, 10:04:29 AM
What would be his chances of survival if that happened?
I'm sure there are plenty of liberal enclaves he would be welcomed at.  San Francisco, London, Los Angeles.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: CG6468 on August 21, 2013, 10:13:05 AM
I'm sure there are plenty of liberal enclaves he would be welcomed at.  San Francisco, London, Los Angeles.

He'd still be hunted down and eliminated.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Ptarmigan on August 21, 2013, 10:14:35 AM
I thought military had no parole like federal prison. When they say 35 years, it is 35 full years, no parole. No?  :???:

Anyways, Bradley Manning should be hanged.  :argh:
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: redwhit on August 21, 2013, 10:53:44 AM
And now we know, you can blast US secrets around during a hissy fit but so long as you claim "gender confusion" you'll get no more than a couple decades with good behavior.  That's some deterrent right there.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: NHSparky on August 21, 2013, 11:17:20 AM
Nope, according to the UCMJ, he can appeal for clemency after 5 years and is eligible for parole after serving 1/3 of his sentence, IIRC.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Ptarmigan on August 21, 2013, 11:18:14 AM
Nope, according to the UCMJ, he can appeal for clemency after 5 years and is eligible for parole after serving 1/3 of his sentence, IIRC.

Bummer. I always thought military justice is harsher than civilian justice. I know federal prison is harsh with no parole.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Revolution on August 21, 2013, 11:57:38 AM
Very light sentence. Way too light. DU is kinda going crazy over this, as usual.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: CG6468 on August 21, 2013, 12:50:23 PM
Bummer. I always thought military justice is harsher than civilian justice. I know federal prison is harsh with no parole.

Not with a judge appointed by blammo. Or was it clintoon?
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: wasp69 on August 21, 2013, 12:58:30 PM
Talk about a slap on the wrist.

No shit.  If it were up to me, he'd be getting his neck stretched instead of his asshole.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: thundley4 on August 21, 2013, 02:45:59 PM
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/318117-white-house-would-consider-manning-pardon
White House would consider Manning pardon request
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Chris_ on August 21, 2013, 02:47:25 PM
White House would consider Manning pardon request
::) Of course.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: zeitgeist on August 21, 2013, 04:16:49 PM
Who will he\she have to prance around with in the military slammer? Will Brianna want a cell mate who will push in her stool?  A cell mate who thinks nothing of murdering women and children in Iraq or Afghanistan?  Are traitors in a military prison treated like pedophiles in civilian prison?  I guess I never really gave it very much thought. Brianna may be in for a rude awakening once the cell door closes in general population.  I am betting on five years max if not pardoned.  (I mean if not pardoned within five he\she will take the bed sheet / boot lace express Uncle Sam didn't have the guts for).
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Eupher on August 21, 2013, 04:43:55 PM
Trial balloon.

Let's see what the MSM does with this.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: 98ZJUSMC on August 21, 2013, 10:38:23 PM
I'm sure there are plenty of liberal enclaves he would be welcomed at.  San Francisco, London, Los Angeles.

No doubt of that.

  Are traitors in a military prison treated like pedophiles in civilian prison?  I guess I never really gave it very much thought.

Me either.  No idea.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Chris_ on August 21, 2013, 10:40:02 PM
Assange is still camped out in the Argentinian embassy in London.  I hear he's sleeping on a cot, living off take-out and website donations.

Don't go into the bathroom after that dude.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: txradioguy on August 22, 2013, 05:53:43 AM
Not with a judge appointed by blammo. Or was it clintoon?

The judge is a Full Bird Colonel O-6.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: JohnnyReb on August 22, 2013, 08:21:24 AM
Now he says he hopes to start living as a woman right away.....hopes the government will allow him to start harmone treatments in prison.....yeah, you're going to pay for his sex change.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: DefiantSix on August 22, 2013, 08:35:40 AM
Now he says he hopes to start living as a woman right away.....hopes the government will allow him to start harmone treatments in prison.....yeah, you're going to pay for his sex change.

Maybe not.  We'll just have to see what Bubba can arrange for Princess Poofy Cheeks.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Eupher on August 22, 2013, 08:45:24 AM
Maybe not.  We'll just have to see what Bubba can arrange for Princess Poofy Cheeks.

Bubba will be treating him like the little bitch he is, but Bubba only needs one hole. And he knows where to find it. Princess Poofy Cheeks won't need to have another hole created just for Bubba.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: DefiantSix on August 22, 2013, 08:52:56 AM
Bubba will be treating him like the little bitch he is, but Bubba only needs one hole. And he knows where to find it. Princess Poofy Cheeks won't need to have another hole created just for Bubba.

I wouldn't offer odds either way that Brianna turns out to be as pathetic and irritating as a woman as Bradley was as a man, and Bubba may just give "her" 3 or 4 new glory holes before the guards can pull him off.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Eupher on August 22, 2013, 08:55:58 AM
I wouldn't offer odds either way that Brianna turns out to be as pathetic and irritating as a woman as Bradley was as a man, and Bubba may just give "her" 3 or 4 new glory holes before the guards can pull him off.

There's one thing that Bubba can do to eliminate the whining and the pathetic little mumblings emanating from Brianna's mouth.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on August 22, 2013, 09:01:03 AM
The USDB is a lot more orderly and well-regulated than Fed prisons, after all they tend to start with a much higher class of people...everyone in their had a clean enough slate to enlist in the first place, and most of them are in for crimes that are more situational than career criminal kind of things, so the prison population is fundamentally different than in the Fed system.

My big take-away from Manning's defense:  Transsexual dude claims his transsexuality is a mental disease.

 :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Ptarmigan on August 22, 2013, 09:14:00 AM
Who will he\she have to prance around with in the military slammer? Will Brianna want a cell mate who will push in her stool?  A cell mate who thinks nothing of murdering women and children in Iraq or Afghanistan?  Are traitors in a military prison treated like pedophiles in civilian prison?  I guess I never really gave it very much thought. Brianna may be in for a rude awakening once the cell door closes in general population.  I am betting on five years max if not pardoned.  (I mean if not pardoned within five he\she will take the bed sheet / boot lace express Uncle Sam didn't have the guts for).

I would think traitors are really hated in prison.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: CG6468 on August 22, 2013, 09:39:26 AM
I would think traitors are really hated in prison.

I think so too. Traitors, pedophiles and other sexual predators.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Dori on August 22, 2013, 10:08:54 AM
This is so bizarre. 
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: CG6468 on August 22, 2013, 10:27:29 AM
This is so bizarre obamanesque. 

Lay the blame where it belongs.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: USA4ME on August 22, 2013, 03:31:45 PM
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Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: thundley4 on August 22, 2013, 03:54:26 PM
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That should be a "Real American Queero" .
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Ptarmigan on August 22, 2013, 06:04:06 PM
Now, it's Chelsea Manning? I thought it was Brianna Manning.  :???: :shrug:  :mental:

Does this mean he serves 35 years each under Bradley, Brianna, and Chelsea.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: dutch508 on August 22, 2013, 06:07:37 PM
Now, it's Chelsea Manning? I thought it was Brianna Manning.  :???: :shrug:  :mental:

Does this mean he serves 35 years each under Bradley, Brianna, and Chelsea.


Prisoner Manning will be his name for a long time to come.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: DefiantSix on August 23, 2013, 01:17:49 AM

Prisoner Manning will be his name for a long time to come.

Oh, I'm sure Princess Puffy Cheeks will pick up many, many nicknames as he develops a taste for pillow stuffing of every variety.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: CG6468 on August 23, 2013, 08:54:02 AM

Prisoner Manning will be his name for a long time to come.

Or whatever number they assign him.
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: Eupher on August 25, 2013, 01:08:25 PM

Prisoner Manning will be his name for a long time to come.

I had thought that prisoners in the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks (and probably brigs elsewhere) are called "Convict."
Title: Re: Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case
Post by: JohnnyReb on August 25, 2013, 01:31:40 PM
35 years in prison is a small price to pay to become a DUmmie hero.......I'm to lazy to look up the sarcasm tag.

DUmmies will have forgotten him by this time next year.