Obama Reduces Sentence for Manning
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Chelsea Manning’s commutation is part of a historic year in reducing prison sentences
A quiet but significant Obama criminal justice accomplishment: using the pardon power to get people out of prison sooner.
From the Center
Obama should pardon Snowden as well as Manning
President Obama’s brave and principled decision to commute Chelsea Manning’s remaining 35-year prison sentence highlights the equally strong need to pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden. Offering a pardon for Snowden on the eve of Trump’s inauguration would not only be equally brave and principled, it would restore the value of truth and ethics at a time when these essential elements of democracy are more necessary, and more precarious, than ever before.
From the Right
Top Congressional Republicans condemn Chelsea Manning decision
Top Congressional Republicans condemned Tuesday the decision by President Barack Obama to commute former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning’s 35-year prison sentence for leaking classified documents.
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