Wikileaks defendant applies for presidential pardon

[JURIST] Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday filed for a presidential pardon [materials] of her 35-year sentence. In the cover letter of the pardon request, Manning's lawyer argued that his client disclosed sensitive information neither to harm the US nor for monetary gain. The lawyer further claimed that most of the released information was unclassified. Manning reasoned that she released the classified information "out of concern for my country and the world that we live...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/09/wikileaks-defendant-applies-for-presidential-pardon.php

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