The action comes as part of a wave of commutations and pardons in President Obama's final days, with the outgoing leader now responsible for more than 1,385 commutations and 212 pardons, frequently for non-violent drug offenders.
Unlike many I know , I don't (for reasons of my own) consider Assange, Snowden, or Manning to be heroes. However, both Assange and Snowden "ran", whereas Manning stood their ground, and that I can respect.
Now a pardon wipes out the conviction while a commutation leaves the conviction intact but wipes out the punishment, so Manning is still guilty as charged. This was NOT a single act however and I am interested in seeing WHO ELSE was commuted as well.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/01/18/obama-commutes-wikileaks-source-chelsea-mannings-sentence-report
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