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Manning Verdict in: guilty on all counts but one
40hz:
Well...the long awaited verdict is in. See article here.
The quick skinny: guilty on 17 counts in full, guilty on 4 counts as amended. (Manning had agreed to plead guilty on 10 of the 22 counts filed against him.)
Minor miracle: NOT guilty on charges of "aiding the enemy" which was the only capital offense on the list. (Probably more because the government flat out refused to say who "the enemy" might be in Manning's case claiming it was "secret." That was a point which became ludicrously untenable for the prosecutors to make stick - for obvious reasons.)
Sentencing hearing is set for August 1st. The government has announced there is a long list of witnesses wishing to testify at the sentencing hearing.
A quick glance seems to indicate the maximum sentence for all 21 counts totals up to 85 years (less any allowance for time already served) if they're to be done sequentially. Informed legal observers are betting a 35 to 50 year sentence will ultimately be handed down.
Renegade:
That was a point which became ludicrously untenable for the prosecutors to make stick - for obvious reasons.
-40hz (July 30, 2013, 01:26 PM)
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Which has always stopped them in the past! :D
He really should have been tried here in Australia. Lots of kangaroos to help set the atmosphere better. ;)
4wd:
He really should have been tried here in Australia. Lots of kangaroos to help set the atmosphere better. ;) -Renegade (July 30, 2013, 10:48 PM)
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Does that mean you haven't eaten them all?
Renegade:
He really should have been tried here in Australia. Lots of kangaroos to help set the atmosphere better. ;) -Renegade (July 30, 2013, 10:48 PM)
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Does that mean you haven't eaten them all?
-4wd (July 31, 2013, 01:52 AM)
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I was working really hard on it, but man... kangaroo is worse than 50 espressos - you get really jumpy! :P NOM NOM NOM~! :D
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