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In reply to the discussion: Like it or Not, Bradley Manning is a Traitor [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... shouldn't have "mattered anymore" by your definition. Is Don Siegelman a "criminal" who shouldn't matter any more too?
Face it dude... This country now is starting to have a lot more POLITICAL PRISONERS! Our justice system is broken!
1) Manning is serving 35 years in prison. Those who he's shown to have committed arguably greater crimes aren't being held accountable.
2) John Kiriakou is in prison for being a whistleblower on the crimes of torture our nation has committed, and those who've put that program in place aren't being held accountable.
3) Deric Lostutter, the online hacker that exposed the Stuebenville rapists and authorities wrongfully not pursuing justice there, may face 10 years in prison whereas the rapists themselves at most are serving 2 years and have had CNN journalists crying for their punishment.
4) And of course Snowden probably faces far more punishment than the criminals he's exposed of wrongdoing of all of our civil liberties rights too!
Not to mention tons of banksters getting off scott free while so many with up side down mortgages are losing their homes, etc.
Our justice system needs fixing. And those like you that try to write off those that are victims of it are just making the problem worse!