Federal Judge Orders Release of Chelsea Manning from Prison

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of Chelsea Manning, who leaked classified military information to Wikileaks.

Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst, was jailed last year for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

“The court finds that Ms. Manning’s appearance before the grand jury is no longer needed, in light of which her detention no longer serves any coercive purpose,” Judge Anthony J. Trenga wrote in his opinion.

“Enforcement of the accrued, conditional fines would not be punitive but rather necessary to the coercive purpose of the court’s civil contempt order,” Trenga wrote.

Trenga’s ruling came days after Manning attempted suicide and was hospitalized. Manning is currently recovering.

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