Michael Evan Beckman, Rogowski’s attorney for the parole suitability hearing, said in an interview Wednesday that he believes the board found that Rogowski accepts full responsibility for the crime. (Charlie Neuman / San Diego Union-Tribune) “We respect the board and the difficult decisions they have to make, but in this case we are very disappointed with the result, and feel he still represents a significant threat to public safety, particularly women,” the prosecutor said in an interview Wednesday. Sachs said he wants to see the inmate stay behind bars. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa, where Rogowski is housed. Richard Sachs represented the prosecution at Rogowski’s parole hearing Tuesday at Richard J. Gavin Newsom gets 30 days for review - and if he wants to, revoke it.ĭeputy Dist.

The state’s parole board has 120 days to review the case. Tuesday’s recommendation is the first step in the approval process. His previous bids for parole were denied in 20. The finding that the 53-year-old was suitable for release came on the third try for Rogowski, who long ago admitted killing Bergsten, a friend of his girlfriend, in his Carlsbad condo. The leaks included a mountain of reports and other documents on the progress of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, which the prosecution argued had been access online by Osama Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda movement.(Joel Zwink / The San Diego Union-Tribune) In rejecting an early plea in which Manning admitted enough of the charges against him to be put away for as long as 20 years, the administration cast him as an attention-seeking traitor with 'general evil intent, and not the well-intentioned, if naive humanist portrayed by his defence lawyers.' But he tensed up on the judge's arrival on the bench, revealing no sign of emotion as the 'guilty' verdicts piled up.Īs part of a broad-brush campaign against leaks which it says are a threat to national security, the Obama administration set out to use Manning's trial as a warning to other would-be leakers, investing most of its prosecutorial efforts in pursuing the 'aiding the enemy' charge for the first time in a leak case. Manning, who leaked the documents while serving in Iraq, seemed relaxed on arriving at court. Guilty: Bradley Manning is escorted out of court after the verdict.

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