Obama commutes Chelsea Manning’s sentence | International News Live Blog

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President Obama commuted the 35-year prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, setting up the army intelligence analyst turned high-profile leaker to be freed on May 17, the White House announced Tuesday. Manning was on a list of 209 commutations and 64 pardons, which may not be Obama’s final act of clemency before he … http://internationalnewslive.com/obama-commutes-chelsea-mannings-sentence/