A US congressman says the US army private who is suspected of leaking military documents to a whistleblower website should be sentenced to death if found guilty in court.
Speaking to the Michigan-based radio WHMI on Monday, Republican Rep. Mike Rogers said that Private Bradley Manning, who is held at the Quantico Marine Corps Base in northern Virginia, deserves the capital punishment.
"We know for a fact that people will likely be killed because of this information being disclosed," Rogers told the local radio, Fox News reported on Tuesday.
"That's pretty serious. If they don't charge him with treason, they ought to charge him with murder." ... READ MORE
