Bradley Manning, the American soldier who has been convicted of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
The military judge did not offer any explanation to Manning for the sentence.
Moreover, according to stuff.co.nz, his defence attorney David Coombs said that Manning with good behavior and credit for the more than three years could get released from the jail in about 7 years.
Amnesty International and the Bradley Manning Support Network have also announced an online petition requesting President Barack Obama to pardon Manning.
However, the White House said that if Manning wants to request for a presidential pardon, he must apply for mercy and his request would be considered in that process as every other application, the report added.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there was a process for pardons.
Manning is convicted for leaking over 700,000 Iraq and Afghanistan battlefield reports and State Department diplomatic cables in 2010 while he was working as an intelligence analyst in Iraq.
He was convicted last month of 20 offences, including six Espionage Act violations, five theft counts and computer fraud.
However, the prosecutors were unable to prove that he aided the enemy, a crime punishable by life in prison, the report added.
-With inputs from ANI
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