Imprisoned U.S. Army Private Chelsea Manning has asked a military appeals court to reverse her 2013 conviction or reduce her 35-year sentence for sending mountains of classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks while serving as an intelligence analyst in Iraq, according to a court document released Thursday.
Manning’s civilian attorney Vincent Ward said the 28-year-old transgender soldier was deprived of a fair court-martial because overzealous prosecutors confused the judge in their unsuccessful effort to convict Manning of aiding the ...