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I'm sure there will be punishment, but that it'll be out of the courts. The last thing they want publicized is a case about American Marines mistreating a convict.

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Why would you be sure of that? No one involved in mistreating Manning has had any charges brought against them, nor will there be.

No one involved in meting out that punishment has an iota of motivation to do anything but reward him. It's a deterrent they have control over.

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