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Because the date of Manning's release (May 17th) is international LGBT day

• croon 10y ago
  I would say that makes it worse. Don't you risk making it a token/pandering act instead of doing what is (arguably) the right thing to do?
• lione 10y ago
  Or, as they say in the article, that's 4 months from now, a somewhat reasonable time (considering it could have been 28 years and 4 months) to finish everything up, get her affairs on the outside settled, and all the bureaucracy done.
  • iainmerrick 10y ago
    But why does she have to remain in prison until then? Can't they at least put her in the equivalent of "gardening leave"?
  • dnautics 10y ago
    the commutation could have been done 2 months ago to allow for reasonable time. Also, it's not like the president doesn't have the resources or authority to accelerate it. Pardon my cynicism, but (not that I have any sympathy for the incoming president) it seems more like a political ploy to put the incoming president in a conflict where the president is tempted to do something deeply unethical to be politically consistent.
• BHSPitMonkey 10y ago
  It's a bit of a stretch to assume the timing of this massive batch of pardons and commutes was predicated on making her release (which includes a mandatory grace period) line up with that holiday.