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Published on Thursday, July 19, 2012 by Common Dreams
Lawyer: Treatment of Bradley Manning 'Should Shock the Conscience' of the Court
- Common Dreams staff
The mistreatment Bradley Manning experienced at the US Marine Corps Brig in Quantico, Virginia "should shock the conscience of this court," Manning's lawyer said Thursday at a pre-trial hearing.
(photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
24-year-old Manning, who faces 22 charges, was held in solitary confinement from July 2010 to April 2011.
David Coombs, Manning's lawyer, said Manning's treatment was "unlawful," and that the blanket he had there was basically "a large piece of sand paper."
On Thursday the judge also denied a request from the defense to have United Nations torture investigator Juan Mendez testify, saying it was irrelevant as Mendez had not visited Manning at Quantico. Mendez had, in fact, attempted to but was refused an unmonitored visit. In a 14-month investigation into the Manning, Mendez accused the U.S. government of harsh treatment of Bradley Manning that may amount to torture.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/07/19-3
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AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)the point that should be made.
Very pithy.
Well said.
Whether others are going to follow your lead and borrow you words, I cannot say. I am, however.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)1-Old-Man
(2,667 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)He should probably have an attorney actually familiar with the UCMJ. He might get a lighter sentence if he did.
As is, he'll probably get the maximum. There's no parole in military prisons.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)Of course, I don't mind. Justice, in my mind, would be Manning spending the rest of his life behind bars.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)And, even worse our Glorious Military!
Mimosa
(9,131 posts)I believe what Manning did was basically wrong. I suppose he could have gone through proper channels if he thought he knew of 'war crimes'.
But IMO Assange was practising internet journalism. And he is not a citizen of the United States.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)and a standard detention location for persons facing long sentences (before the pretrial detention facility at Quantico was closed)
Model of Marine punishment Discipline: For Quantico brig prisoners who may never wear a uniform again, the irony of their prison is the military regimen they live under.
July 22, 1997
Scott Wilson,SUN STAFF
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-07-22/news/1997203052_1_prisoners-brig-cells
... Marine Corps Brig, Quantico .... is used primarily as a place to temporarily harbor inmates awaiting transfer to longer term facilities, such as the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas .... Pretrial Confinement Facility at MCB Quantico was permanently closed on 31 December 2011 ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Brig,_Quantico
... counsel acknowledged that he periodically inquired into the appellants custody classification during his pretrial confinement and was told by brig personnel that the appellant was being held in Special Quarters 1 solely because he was facing more than 5 years confinement ...
UNITED STATES v. John JOURDEN
http://www.jag.navy.mil/courts/documents/archive/2006/JOURDEN%20J.%20200500086%20UNPUB.pdf