MSNBC MSNBC Live August 21, 2013
Years. The defense had asked for 25 years. And the maximum sentence would have been 90. Some are already looking at this as somewhat of a win for Bradley Manning and his defense team. Now, the judge had already ordered, prior to the sentence, that he would be given credit for the 3 1 2 years he has already spent in custody, so that already reduces the sentence. And so at the a little over ten years, he would be eligible for parole. That is a big wild card because who knows what the sense of Bradley Mannings offenses and how that is looked upon by any kind of military parole board. Given the fa...