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She can't be tried again though, so how would they undo it?
by wheelerwj 10y ago
She can't be tried again though, so how would they undo it?
- jandrese 10y agoMidnight assassination squads? They could start digging through laws looking for anything they can make stick (parking violations, jaywalking, etc...), but IMHO the most likely scenario is that nothing further happens to Chelsea Manning. She is yesterday's news. She is never going to work in a government position again, but somehow I don't think that's going to be relevant to her future plans.
- r00fus 10y agoNot for the same crimes, of course.
- DINKDINK 10y agoLegally they wouldn't be able to convict Manning of the same crime again. The state can do what they do with every dissident; surveil her in the extreme and then prosecute her for some trivial offense. Law is extremely complex and dense. You have certainly broken laws but haven't been punished for them sole reason that you haven't drawn the ire of the political class. Do you think it's just mere coincidence that anytime a citizen embarrasses the police they end up being busted for some trivial offense? The Fourth Amendment was designed to prevent the state from harassing citizens and to rate limit the states ability to execute revenge convictions. With everyone having a dossier on them now, the state implicitly chills citizens from pushing back against the government.
- FrostyElsa 10y agoOJ stole a TV after being found guilty in his murder trial decades later? 30-life. Yeah. Talk about a disproportionate punishment.
- voxic11 10y agoJust order the prison not to release them. That's what Bush did https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Toussie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Toussie
- unclenoriega 10y agoMy understanding is that President Bush was able to revoke the pardon because it hadn't been executed yet. This won't be the case with Manning's commutation.