Military-Justice

Chelsea Manning Sentenced to 35 Years for WikiLeaks Disclosures

2013-08-21 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

U.S. Army Private Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in military prison for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks that exposed war crimes and civilian casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. The sentence was the longest ever imposed on a whistleblower under the Espionage Act and sparked …

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Port Chicago Disaster and Black Sailors Mutiny Conviction

1944-07-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On July 17, 1944, two transport ships loading ammunition at Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California explode, killing 320 men instantly, including 202 African American enlisted men who comprised the entire loading workforce. Three weeks later, 258 surviving Black sailors refuse to return to loading …

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