President Obama Commutes Bulk Of Chelsea Manning's Sentence, Along With Sentences Of 273 Others
... 209 grants of commutation, the President has now commuted the sentences of 1,385 individuals—the most grants of commutation issued by any President in this nation’s history. President Obama’s 1,385 commutation grants—which includes 504 life sentences – is also more than the total number of commutations issued by the past 12 presidents combined. And with today’s 64 pardons, the President has now granted a total of 212 pardons. Today, 209 commutation recipients – including 109 individuals who had believed they would live out their remaining days in prison – learned that they will be rejoining their families and loved ones, and 64 pardon recipients learned that their past convictions have been forgiven. These 273 individuals learned that our nation is a forgiving nation, where hard work and a commitment to rehabilitation can lead to a second chance, and where wrongs from the past will not deprive an individual of the opportunity to move forward. Today, 273 individuals—like ...
Along With Chelsea Manning, Obama Granted Hundreds Of Federal Drug Offenders Early Freedom
... prisoners who have had their sentences commuted during Obama’s presidency totals 1,385 individuals, though many of those who had their sentences shortened will spend several more years behind bars. The latest group includes more than 100 individuals who believed they would die in prison, as they’re serving life sentences, according to the White House. Most famously, the group included Chelsea Manning , the former Army intelligence analyst convicted of leaking a giant trove of government documents to Wiki Leaks. Manning, a transgender woman who had been pushing the Army to allow her to have sex reassignment surgery to treat her gender dysphoria, will now be released in May. Oscar López Rivera , who was part of a militant group fighting for Puerto Rican independence and has been in prison since 1981, was also granted clemency. His clemency case had been pushed by South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, according to NPR. Rivera is 74-years-old. In another case, Obama commuted the death sentence of an intellectually disabled man to ...
Artist Heather Dewey-hagborg On Working With Chelsea Manning And Their New Comic, Suppressed Images
... geek out.". During an artist's residency, Dewey-Hagborg connected with illustrator Shoili Kanungo, and the idea to tell their story as a comic book fully developed. "I used to sketch a comic strip in a notebook when I was a teenager," Manning says. "Before this, that was the extent of my comic book creation experience.". We spoke with Dewey-Hagborg about working with Manning on this newest piece, coordinating across continents, and how the recent news that Manning is on Obama's short list for commutation spurred the project. What inspired you to create a new piece with Chelsea and put it out now. Since the original collaboration on the DNA phenotype portrait we've been in touch, and I reached out to her because I wanted to send her high-quality prints of the portraits I'd generated, but I was worried—I didn't want to send her anything that would get her in trouble. That kind of began our letter correspondence. And when she wrote back to me, I was so amazed and inspired by her incredibly positive, upbeat attitude and how encouraging she ...
Along With Chelsea Manning, Here Are The Other People Who Received Pardons And Commutations From Obama
... base (crack) (two counts); Central District of Illinois. Sentence: 360 months’ imprisonment; eight years’ supervised release (Feb. 10, 2005). Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to a term of 210 months’ imprisonment, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment. • Kevin C. Mc Ferren — Memphis. Offense: Possession with intent to distribute cocaine base; felon in possession of a firearm (three counts); Western District of Tennessee. Sentence: Life imprisonment; five years’ supervised release (March 19, 1996). Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on May 17, 2017. • Mirackle Mc Glown ─ Flint, Mich. Offense: Distribution of crack cocaine; Eastern District of Michigan. Sentence: 240 months’ imprisonment; 10 years’ supervised release (July 10, 2009). Commutation Grant: Prison sentence commuted to expire on Jan. 17, 2019, conditioned upon enrollment in residential drug treatment. • Steven Mc Kelvey ─ Greenville, S. C. Offense: ...
Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning’s Sentence
... in five months. U. S. soldier Chelsea Manning, imprisoned for handing over classified files to pro-transparency site Wiki Leaks, is pictured in this 2010 photograph obtained on Aug. 14, 2013. Courtesy U. S. Army/Handout via Reuters. Don't miss stories. Follow Raw Story. President Barack Obama on Tuesday commuted a large part of Chelsea Manning’s remaining prison sentence, the New York Times reports. Here’s Chelsea Manning’s commutation announcement President Obama just granted. __link__/t 6 BFDUJFMY. — Jason Leopold (@Jason Leopold) January 17, 2017. The decision means Manning—who was convicted under the Espionage Act in July 2013 for leaking classified military and diplomatic documents to the transparency website Wiki Leaks—will serve only five more months of her 35-year sentence. She’s been in prison for nearly seven years. Was just on the phone at the very moment @chasestrangio , Chelsea Manning’s attorney, heard the news and exclaimed…1/3. — Katie Couric (@katiecouric) ...
Top Republicans Blast Obama's Decision To Commute Chelsea Manning's Sentence
... commutation of Chelsea Manning's sentence is a grave mistake that I fear will encourage further acts of espionage and undermine military discipline," Mc Cain said in a statement. "It also devalues the courage of real whistleblowers who have used proper channels to hold our government accountable.". He continued: "It is a sad, yet perhaps fitting commentary on President Obama’s failed national security policies that he would commute the sentence of an individual that endangered the lives of American troops, diplomats, and intelligence sources by leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive government documents to Wikileaks, a virulently anti-American organization that was a tool of Russia’s recent interference in our elections.". Manning received a 35-year sentence for the leak and has served seven years in Fort Leavenworth. She will now be freed in five months, on May 17. Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, told The New York Times on Tuesday that there's a "pretty stark difference" between Manning's case and that of former government employee Edward Snowden. "Chelsea Manning is somebody who went through the military criminal justice process, was ...
Pressure Increases For Obama To Grant Chelsea Manning Clemency
... marching at the 2014 Gay Pride Parade on Fifth Avenue. (Photo courtesy Shutterstock). As the clock ticks down on Barack Obama’s presidency, the demand from Civil Rights groups is getting louder for him to offer Chelsea Manning clemency. While it may seem like a long-shot, it’s not entirely impossible—NBC News published an article kast weej stating that Manning was on the “short-list” for commutation. While the source they reference is anonymous, the theory is taht she could potentially be granted clemency this week. Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison in August 2013, after released hundreds of thousands of classified files to Wikileaks. She’s also a transgender woman, originally serving under the name Bradley Manning while in the Army, before announcing that she prefers to go by Chelsea. Now, to ...
President Obama Grants Clemency To Chelsea Manning & Oscar López Rivera
... the day Manning said they leaked the classified documents to the whistleblowing website in order to show the American public the "true costs of war.". See our coverage of Oscar López Rivera , who was convicted in 1981 on federal charges of seditious conspiracy and conspiring to oppose U. S. authority over Puerto Rico by force. He was also accused of being a member of the FALN, the Armed Forces of National Liberation, which claimed responsibility for more than a hundred bombings to call attention to the colonial case of Puerto Rico. In 1999, President Clinton commuted the sentences of 16 members of the FALN, but López refused to accept the deal because it did not include two fellow activists who have since been released. López Rivera has said the charges against him were strictly political. "I think the fact that I was charged with seditious conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States speaks for itself. But the charge in reference to Puerto Ricans has always been used for political purposes. It goes back to 1936. The first time ...
Obama Commutes Sentence Of Ex-army Analyst Chelsea Manning
... to nearly 1,600 people. With us to talk about some of those cases is NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson. Hi there, Carrie. CARRIE JOHNSON, BYLINE: Hi, Kelly. MCEVERS: On NPR a few weeks ago, the lawyer for Chelsea Manning called her case a matter of life or death. What did he mean by that. JOHNSON: Chelsea Manning's been in prison for about seven years now. She's attempted suicide twice during that time. Her lawyer at the ACLU and her friends say she's been having a really tough time with incarceration. Manning's transgender, and she says she's not getting the support she needs. To the contrary, when she was first locked up, she was put in solitary confinement. And supporters say that took a real toll on her mental and physical health. Manning had been expecting to serve a 35-year ...
Obama Commutes Sentence Of Chelsea Manning
... guilty in October to a single charge of making false statements to federal investigators in 2012 when he was questioned about leaking top secret information on US efforts to cripple Iran's nuclear program to two journalists. A presidential commutation reduces the sentence being served but it does not change the fact of conviction, whereas a pardon forgives a certain criminal offense. Read More. Manning, a transgender woman, was serving a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth, an all-male Army prison in eastern Kansas, despite her request to transfer to a civilian prison. A White House statement on Tuesday said her prison sentence is set to expire on May 17. The material, which Wiki Leaks published in 2010, included a classified video of a US helicopter attacking civilians and journalists in Iraq in 2007. Labeled "Collateral Murder," the film drew criticism from human rights activists for the deaths of innocent people. Though found guilty on 20 out of 22 possible charges (including violating the US Espionage Act), Manning was not convicted of the ...
Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning’s Sentence
... for the Department of Defense to provide treatment including gender-reassignment surgery. Manning also tried to commit suicide twice last year. From the WH announcement: __link__/Th No BQNMui. — Philip Bump (@pbump) January 17, 2017. The decision to commute Manning’s sentence might seem to be at odds with the administration’s refusal to offer a deal to that other famous leaker, Edward Snowden, currently camped out in Russia. But the Obama administration has consistently said that until Snowden undergoes an actual trial, in the U. S., it won’t (and, in fact, can’t) pardon him. Manning, obviously, has — and has served significant time following her trial. Speaking over the weekend, press secretary Josh Earnest explained that Manning “is somebody who went through the military criminal justice process, was exposed to due process, was found guilty, was sentenced for her crimes, and she acknowledged wrongdoing.” (Snowden’s disclosures also arguably did more damage ...
Obama's Commutation Of Chelsea Manning Shows He's Anti-military
... prison inmates' sentences, some who were in prison for life on drug charges that the president and others deemed too severe. This is all rolled into the same ball here. What do you make of it. BEN STEIN: I make of it the fact that we're seeing the real Barack Obama, an extremely left-wing ideologue, an extremel race-based left-wing ideologue, because let's be honest here, the great majority of these people whose sentences he's commuting are African-Americans. He is showing himself to be anti-law and order, and I hate to say this, but anti-military. And I love the fact he's commuting the sentence of this person involved in leaking and the Democrats are going screaming berserk about leaks that hurt the Democrats, supposedly, during the campaign, but if it's a leak that hurts somebody else, that's fine. CAVUTO: But he does have the constitutional power to do it, right. STEIN: They absolutely have the constitutional power to do it, there's no doubt about it, but what I'm saying is, this is the real Democratic Party that, ...
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