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Likely for ideological reasons as Chelsea Manning was offered immunity for the testimony. The paper mentioned interestingly that Chelsea has served the longest
by threatofrain 8y ago
Likely for ideological reasons as Chelsea Manning was offered immunity for the testimony. The paper mentioned interestingly that Chelsea has served the longest sentence for leaking information.
- joe_the_user 8y agoOffering limited immunity and demanding testimony is standard procedure for grand juries and civil libertarians have been complaining about the way in which this has been abused for years. The only way out of this sort of thing is making the legal argument the person simply isn't going to testify and the jailing is basically punishment, not coercion (where is considered OK here since it's supposedly not self incrimination). If anyone could considered unwilling to testify, it would be Manning, since she's already served a huge sentence for leaking information.