Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced on Wednesday by a
military judge to 35 years in prison after having been convicted of espionage
for leaking classified U.S. military and diplomatic materials to the anti-secrecy
group WikiLeaks in 2010.
Bradley Manning, who is now 25, will likely be moved to the
Army’s central prison in Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. Bradley Manning’s lawyers are
planning to file appeals against his conviction and are petitioning his
release, a highly unlikely situation.
Bradley Manning's legal team is also asking the White House
to pardon their client and Bradley Manning himself wrote a letter to President
Obama to ask for pardon.
Below is the text of Bradley Manning’s letter to President
Obama requesting pardon as read by defense attorney David Coombs following Bradley
Manning’s sentencing on Wednesday:
