Chelsea Manning Walks Free After Serving 7 Years Of A 35-Year Sentence
Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks, has been released from a military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Pvt. Chelsea Manning has left a military prison in Kansas and is returning to civilian life Wednesday, seven years after she was taken into custody for what is seen as the largest leak of classified data in U.S. history.
"After another anxious four months of waiting, the day has finally arrived," Manning said in a statement released by the American Civil Liberties Union.
"I am looking forward to so much! Whatever is ahead of me is far more important than the past. I'm figuring things out right now — which is exciting, awkward, fun, and all new for me."
