WikiLeaks case: Court reduces Bradley Manning's sentence to 90 years

Fort Meade: A military judge has reduced US soldier Bradley Manning's maximum possible sentence in the WikiLeaks case to 90 years in prison.

Manning had faced up to 136 years in prison after he was convicted of charges related to his disclosure of massive amounts of classified information to the anti-secrecy website. But the judge found during his sentencing hearing today that a number of the charges refer to the same actions and therefore were duplicative for sentencing purposes.

Manning was convicted of 20 counts. His defense attorneys had argued that some amounted to multiple convictions for a single act.

Testimony during Manning's sentencing hearing was to continue.