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Re:Snowden appeals to 15 countries for political asylum by dmix on Monday July 01, 2013 @05:01PM (#5973532)
Espionage is tried with juries? Source?
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Re:Snowden appeals to 15 countries for political asylum by tptacek on Monday July 01, 2013 @05:14PM (#5973597)
What source would you need for that? The 6th Amendment guarantees trial by jury.
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Re:Snowden appeals to 15 countries for political asylum by dmix on Monday July 01, 2013 @06:04PM (#5973880)
Fair enough. I had assumed military trials may be treated differently as Manning's trial didn't have a jury. But it turns out he declined a jury with this reasoning:

> "The answer may be that a tough judge is still a better option than a military jury picked from a pool of serving soldiers that widely considers Manning to be a traitor. "

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/9901659/...

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Re:Snowden appeals to 15 countries for political asylum by tptacek on Monday July 01, 2013 @07:43PM (#5974543)
Yes, Manning is being tried under the UCMJ, but would have had a jury available to him there as well. However: Snowden is a civilian. He can't be tried in a military court (absent his joining the armed forces of some organization we're war with).
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