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46. Judge delays Army GI's trial in WikiLeaks to June

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 05:04 PM

Jan 2013

Associated Press
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 11:04 AM
Updated today at 11:34 AM

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — ... Army Col. Denise Lind set the new trial date during a pretrial hearing at Fort Meade on Wednesday for Pfc. Bradley Manning. The trial had been set to begin March 6.

Lind said extra time was needed to deal with classified information.

Also, Manning has offered guilty pleas to reduced charges for two of 22 counts he faces.

Proffers may be considered along with eight others he has offered at a hearing starting Feb. 26 ...

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Breaking: Judge Reduces Possible Sentence for Manning (Unlawful Pretrial Punishment) [View all] Hissyspit Jan 2013 OP

How generous Kelvin Mace Jan 2013 #1

Not a single charge dismissed then? Wow...this is a prosecution victory, then. nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #2

That's what you took away from this? Hissyspit Jan 2013 #33

Yes. 22 charges untouched, including the most serious, with an easily-proved intent msanthrope Jan 2013 #34

Not nearly enough to serve as a deterrent to others who might do the same. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #3

What a preposterous JOKE! Plucketeer Jan 2013 #4

... Lind rejected a defense contention that brig commanders were influenced by higher-ranking Marine struggle4progress Jan 2013 #49

Did he work at Fort Meade at NSA? Just wondering. There was a book written about that southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #5

Then I wonder how Romney passed his security clearance testing. Surely when they asked him to draw a okaawhatever Jan 2013 #7

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #13

Was it by any chance Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #22

Something like that. Why would they ask such a personal question like that. Funny southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #26

That was a question on the old version of the MMPI. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #28

Like I said I was 19yrs old. Now am 65 this Friday. So it was a very long time ago. southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #29

I'm 68. They gave the test to every entering freshman at Madison Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #31

Well I read it in my younger days. I don't know if you could even get it today. But it was southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #32

Manning has won in the eyes of the world The Judge agreed he was lovuian Jan 2013 #6

Not a single charge was thrown. nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #20

Judge did not rule Manning was tortured: judged ruled his confinement was "more rigorous struggle4progress Jan 2013 #44

Well, that's an interesting new euphemism for torture. bemildred Jan 2013 #8

Are they ever? Well, unless someone needs to make a showing of pretending to be against torture Solly Mack Jan 2013 #16

It's getting worse than that Dragonfli Jan 2013 #21

... �There was no intent to punish the accused...The intent was to make sure the accused was safe, struggle4progress Jan 2013 #42

Oh heck no, of course not, only thinking of what was best for him. nt bemildred Jan 2013 #45

That doesn't seem to be exactly what Lind concluded struggle4progress Jan 2013 #50

I read it. bemildred Jan 2013 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Jan 2013 #9

He's already discussing pleading to some of the charges. He's not getting acquitted, and he msanthrope Jan 2013 #35

What a cruel joke. He gets credit for the 112 days he's been tortured. nm rhett o rick Jan 2013 #10

112 days for being water boarded??? railsback Jan 2013 #11

He wasn't waterboarded. nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #18

But I was under the impression that Manning has been tortured. railsback Jan 2013 #24

Why, no. nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #25

Well, in that case railsback Jan 2013 #27

Seems about right to me---he probably should have been put in med sec. msanthrope Jan 2013 #30

"Military justice" -- oxymoron of the century n/t markpkessinger Jan 2013 #12

112 days given back since they tortured him.. ReRe Jan 2013 #14

Judge did not rule Manning was tortured: judged ruled his confinement was "more rigorous struggle4progress Jan 2013 #39

Oh, the snark I'll refrain from....for now. Solly Mack Jan 2013 #15

So what is it, 1 year per document? Final sentence, 250,000 years...less 112 days of course. 24601 Jan 2013 #17

Wow, don't outdo yourself, Lind! Dont call me Shirley Jan 2013 #19

112 days off 23 consecutive life sentences Canuckistanian Jan 2013 #23

... Lind said Manning�s treatment at Quantico was �more rigorous than necessary� and struggle4progress Jan 2013 #36

... Nonetheless, she said, �dismissal of charges is not appropriate� and would be fitting only struggle4progress Jan 2013 #38

Judge Says Harsh Detention Is Not Cause to Drop Charges in WikiLeaks Case struggle4progress Jan 2013 #37

Watch for another delay of trial from the defense....I suspect a plea is in the msanthrope Jan 2013 #40

Judge delays Army GI's trial in WikiLeaks to June struggle4progress Jan 2013 #46

I can call it, can't I? And there are certain posters on this board who doubt if I am an attorney msanthrope Jan 2013 #52

... Manning's lawyer, David Coombs, on Wednesday introduced a revised proposal under which the young struggle4progress Jan 2013 #47

... Manning seeks to prove at trial that he used his experience to conclude that the documents were struggle4progress Jan 2013 #48

Bradley Manning granted 112-day reduction in possible sentence struggle4progress Jan 2013 #41

Your modification of the AP headline is misleading: the judge did not find struggle4progress Jan 2013 #43

but the judge says he was excessively strong armed, and mistreated it sounds like to me but the best Divine Discontent Jan 2013 #53