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          US Military Judge Considering Sentence for Documents Leaker

   A U.S. military judge has started deliberating the sentence for the
   Army private she convicted of disclosing a vast collection of
   classified information to the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks.
   The judge, Colonel Denise Lind, considered the case against 25-year-old
   Private First Class Bradley Manning on Tuesday and says she could
   announce his sentence as early as Wednesday morning. Lind heard closing
   arguments in the case Monday.
   An Army prosecutor, Captain Joe Morrow, said Manning should be
   sentenced to a 60-year term for leaking more than 700,000 documents to
   WikiLeaks. It was the largest leak of secret information in U.S.
   history.
   Morrow said Manning`s leak of U.S. State Department diplomatic cables
   and American battlefield reports from Iraq and Afghanistan was
   "destructive."
   But Manning`s defense lawyers pleaded with Lind for leniency. Defense
   attorney David Coombs called for a sentence that "doesn`t rob him of
   his youth." He said Manning can be rehabilitated and should not "rot in
   jail."
   Lind has convicted Manning of 20 offenses, including espionage, and he
   could face up to 90 years in prison.
   Last week, Manning apologized for hurting the U.S., and he pleaded with
   Lind for a chance to go to college and become a productive citizen.
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