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Obama just commuted much of Bradley Chelsea Manning's sentence


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ps http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/17/obama-commutes-sentence-chelsea-manning/96678814/

Obama also granted full pardons in a number of high-profile cases, including:

► Former general James Cartwright, convicted last October of lying to the FBI in a leak investigation. The former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was accused of lying about his role in disclosing classified information about the use of the Stuxnet computer virus to disrupt Iran's nuclear program.

► Baseball Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, convicted of tax evasion in 1996.

► Ian Schrager, co-founder of New York's famed Studio 54 nightclub, convicted of tax fraud in 1980.

► Stephen Lee Arrington, convicted in a drug conspiracy that involved carmaker John Z. DeLorean, known for making the car made famous in the Back to the Future trilogy starring Michael J. Fox. DeLorean was acquitted, but Arrington pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison.

Those names were among the list of 64 pardons and 209 commutations Obama granted Tuesday, with less than four days left in his presidency, bringing his total number of acts of clemency to 212 pardons and 1,385 commutations.

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Why now? Shirley if he deserved a pardon, he deserved one years ago... but not deserving enough to hurt Dem election chances?

Would have given him points for choosing shirley manning as the new name.

Then he could have said "Stop calling me... Bradley!"

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On 1/17/2017 at 6:26 PM, magley64 said:

Can you commute the sentence of someone who has yet to stand trial and/or be sentenced?

Not a lawyer, but I believe Richard Nixon was pardoned by Gerald Ford for any charges against him while Nixon was president. 

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24 minutes ago, ricer1 said:

Not a lawyer, but I believe Richard Nixon was pardoned by Gerald Ford for any charges against him while Nixon was president. 

 

Correct, pardoned for all crimes before he was even charged.

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