Obama commutes majority of Chelsea Manning's sentence

President Barack Obama commuted the vast majority of Chelsea Manning's sentence on Tuesday, shrinking her time behind bars from another 28 years down to four more months.

After spending around seven years in prison, she is now set to be released on May 17 2017.

Manning was convicted of leaking a huge amount of United States military and foreign policy material in 2010. The information was provided to then little-known WikiLeaks, launching the organization into international renown.

Edward Snowden, whose intelligence leaks catapulted to international fame similar to Manning's in 2013, has publicly called for her sentence to be commuted. Read more...