Bradley Manning will face years of monotony in a military prison,
without access to the internet or the outside world, when he learns of
his sentencing in the upcoming days.
A military judge last week found Manning, the former low-level
intelligence analyst, guilty of 19 criminal charges, including espionage
and theft, for giving about 700,000 classified diplomatic cables and
war logs to the anti-secrecy WikiLeaks website in 2010 while he was
serving in Iraq.
The U.S. Army Private First Class was acquitted at his
two-month-long court-martial on the most serious charge of aiding the
enemy, sparing him a life sentence without parole. But his convictions
could draw a maximum term of 136 years.
To read more about the life that Bradley Manning may face in a military prison, click on the following link:
http://www.businessinsider.com/bradley-manning-faces-a-tough-life-in-prison-2013-8
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Showing posts with label Bradley Manning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bradley Manning. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Did Bradley Manning Commit Treason?
A Yale law professor and Bloomberg columnist analyzes the debate over
the use of the word “treason” and its role in the Bradley Manning
trial. Last week, a military judge rejected treason charges against the
Army Private First Class who provided tens of thousands of secret
documents to WikiLeaks.
At his court martial, Manning was convicted of espionage and several lesser offenses and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. However, he was acquitted on the charge of “aiding the enemy,” which is the Uniform Code of Military Justice’s functional equivalent of treason.
To read more about the Manning trial and the debate over the charges of treason, click on the following link:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-02/bradley-manning-s-crime-is-smaller-than-treason.html
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The Law Office of John L. Calcagni, III offers clients representation in the areas of Criminal Defense, Military Defense, Federal Criminal Defense, OUI Defense in MA , Assault and Battery and all criminal matters.
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At his court martial, Manning was convicted of espionage and several lesser offenses and will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. However, he was acquitted on the charge of “aiding the enemy,” which is the Uniform Code of Military Justice’s functional equivalent of treason.
To read more about the Manning trial and the debate over the charges of treason, click on the following link:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-02/bradley-manning-s-crime-is-smaller-than-treason.html
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The Law Office of John L. Calcagni, III offers clients representation in the areas of Criminal Defense, Military Defense, Federal Criminal Defense, OUI Defense in MA , Assault and Battery and all criminal matters.
Please call (401) 351-5100 to arrange for a free consultation about your case or visit our website at www,CalcagniLaw.com
If you cannot make it to one of our offices, we will to come to your home or detention center.
Friday, December 21, 2012
Exceptions and Substitutions Plea in Manning Case
Bradley Manning, who stands accused of 22 military criminal charges, has offered a partial guilty plea and is awaiting the decision from the pre-trial hearing judge. The full article follows below.
If you are a United States service-member in need of assistance with a civilian or a military criminal matter, contact Criminal Defense Attorney John L. Calcagni now at (401) 351-5100 for a free consultation or more information. Remember to subscribe to my blog for updates on military and criminal law matters.
Bradley Manning offers partial guilty plea to military court
Alleged Wiki-leaker's attorney says, however, that the offer applies to only "a subset of" the offenses. That means the February 2013 court-martial will proceed.
Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army soldier accused of providing WikiLeaks with hundreds of thousands of classified documents, has offered to plead guilty. Sort of.
During a pre-trial hearing in military court today, Manning's attorney, David Coombs, proposed a partial guilty plea covering a subset of the slew of criminal charges that the U.S. Army has lodged against him.
"Manning is attempting to accept responsibility for offenses that are encapsulated within, or are a subset of, the charged offenses," Coombs wrote on his blog this evening. "The court will consider whether this is a permissible plea."
Coombs stressed that Manning's offer has to be accepted by the court -- it's not final until it is -- and is not part of any "an agreement or deal" with prosecutors.
Manning's court-martial is set to begin in February 2013. Last year, the military slapped him with 22 charges, including alleging that Manning caused "to be published on the Internet intelligence belonging to the United States government."
WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange said last month in an appearance from Ecuador's London embassy that prosecutors want Manning to identify him as another guilty party.
The Army wants, Assange said from his embassy room where he sought refuge to avoid an extradition attempt, "to break him, to force him to testify against WikiLeaks and me" -- an apparent reference to the Justice Department's investigation taking place in conjunction with a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va. If prosecutors can allege conspiracy to commit computer crimes, they would avoid some of the free speech problems they'd face in an Espionage Act prosecution.
Blogger Kevin Gosztola, who attended the Fort Meade, Md. hearing today, wrote that Manning would admit he provided the data to WikiLeaks. In other words, Gosztola wrote, "he can plead guilty without accepting the government's charge that he aided the enemy' or 'exceeded authorized access' on his computer."
The military's 2012 Manual for Courts-Martial (PDF) allows defendants to offer hybrid pleas to judges, including "not guilty to an offense as charged, but guilty of a named lesser included offense" and "not guilty of the exceptions, but guilty of the substitutions."
Exceptions-and-substitutions aren't unusual in military court. The U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals decided a case in June in which an airman first class was convicted of using of cocaine and other drugs, jailed, and then dishonorably discharged. In that case, the defendant pleaded guilty by "exceptions and substitutions" by excepting the drug Percocet and substituting the drug Vicodin.
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The Law Office of John L. Calcagni III offers clients representation in the areas of Criminal Defense, Military Defense, Federal Criminal Defense, OUI Defense in MA , and Assault and Battery matters. John L. Calcagni, III is licensed to practice in state and federal courts in the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Florida, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Please call (401) 351-5100 to arrange for a free consultation about your case. If you cannot make it to one of our offices, we will to come to your home or detention center.
If you are a United States service-member in need of assistance with a civilian or a military criminal matter, contact Criminal Defense Attorney John L. Calcagni now at (401) 351-5100 for a free consultation or more information. Remember to subscribe to my blog for updates on military and criminal law matters.
Bradley Manning offers partial guilty plea to military court
Alleged Wiki-leaker's attorney says, however, that the offer applies to only "a subset of" the offenses. That means the February 2013 court-martial will proceed.
Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army soldier accused of providing WikiLeaks with hundreds of thousands of classified documents, has offered to plead guilty. Sort of.
During a pre-trial hearing in military court today, Manning's attorney, David Coombs, proposed a partial guilty plea covering a subset of the slew of criminal charges that the U.S. Army has lodged against him.
"Manning is attempting to accept responsibility for offenses that are encapsulated within, or are a subset of, the charged offenses," Coombs wrote on his blog this evening. "The court will consider whether this is a permissible plea."
Coombs stressed that Manning's offer has to be accepted by the court -- it's not final until it is -- and is not part of any "an agreement or deal" with prosecutors.
Manning's court-martial is set to begin in February 2013. Last year, the military slapped him with 22 charges, including alleging that Manning caused "to be published on the Internet intelligence belonging to the United States government."
WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange said last month in an appearance from Ecuador's London embassy that prosecutors want Manning to identify him as another guilty party.
The Army wants, Assange said from his embassy room where he sought refuge to avoid an extradition attempt, "to break him, to force him to testify against WikiLeaks and me" -- an apparent reference to the Justice Department's investigation taking place in conjunction with a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va. If prosecutors can allege conspiracy to commit computer crimes, they would avoid some of the free speech problems they'd face in an Espionage Act prosecution.
Blogger Kevin Gosztola, who attended the Fort Meade, Md. hearing today, wrote that Manning would admit he provided the data to WikiLeaks. In other words, Gosztola wrote, "he can plead guilty without accepting the government's charge that he aided the enemy' or 'exceeded authorized access' on his computer."
The military's 2012 Manual for Courts-Martial (PDF) allows defendants to offer hybrid pleas to judges, including "not guilty to an offense as charged, but guilty of a named lesser included offense" and "not guilty of the exceptions, but guilty of the substitutions."
Exceptions-and-substitutions aren't unusual in military court. The U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals decided a case in June in which an airman first class was convicted of using of cocaine and other drugs, jailed, and then dishonorably discharged. In that case, the defendant pleaded guilty by "exceptions and substitutions" by excepting the drug Percocet and substituting the drug Vicodin.
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The Law Office of John L. Calcagni III offers clients representation in the areas of Criminal Defense, Military Defense, Federal Criminal Defense, OUI Defense in MA , and Assault and Battery matters. John L. Calcagni, III is licensed to practice in state and federal courts in the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Florida, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Please call (401) 351-5100 to arrange for a free consultation about your case. If you cannot make it to one of our offices, we will to come to your home or detention center.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Bradley Manning's Defense Attorney Makes Statement
While a Military Attorney will be provided for you in most situations, it can be in your best interest to hire a civilian military defense attorney. If you would like more information about a Military Criminal Defense matter contact Attorney John L. Calcagni at (401) 351-5100 for a free consultation.
In his first public statement regarding his client Bradley Manning, Defense Attorney David Coombs criticizes the military for their extreme and harsh treatment of Manning during the nine months he was held, "against the advice of doctors", under a "suicide prevention regime".
Coombs' current motion to dismiss the charges against Manning based upon these conditions is still being argued.
Read more HERE
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The Law Office of John L. Calcagni III offers clients representation in the areas of Criminal Defense, Military Defense, Federal Criminal Defense, OUI Defense in MA , and Assault and Battery matters. John L. Calcagni, III is licensed to practice in state and federal courts in the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Florida, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Please call (401) 351-5100 to arrange for a free consultation about your case. If you cannot make it to one of our offices, we will to come to your home or detention center.
In his first public statement regarding his client Bradley Manning, Defense Attorney David Coombs criticizes the military for their extreme and harsh treatment of Manning during the nine months he was held, "against the advice of doctors", under a "suicide prevention regime".
Coombs' current motion to dismiss the charges against Manning based upon these conditions is still being argued.
Read more HERE
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The Law Office of John L. Calcagni III offers clients representation in the areas of Criminal Defense, Military Defense, Federal Criminal Defense, OUI Defense in MA , and Assault and Battery matters. John L. Calcagni, III is licensed to practice in state and federal courts in the States of Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Florida, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Please call (401) 351-5100 to arrange for a free consultation about your case. If you cannot make it to one of our offices, we will to come to your home or detention center.
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