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Poll: Does Manning deserve prison?

Found guilty of violating the Espionage Act but acquitted of the most serious charge -- "aiding the enemy" -- Bradley Manning might go to prison for multiple decades. Does the punishment fit the crime?

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Pfc. Bradley Manning following his conviction violating the Espionage Act. Getty Images

Pfc. Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army soldier who became a source for WikiLeaks, was found not guilty of "aiding the enemy" after an eight-week court martial in Fort Meade, Md.

However, the decision, announced earlier Tuesday, determined that Manning violated multiple counts of the Espionage Act. So although Manning avoided the harshest sentence, he still could spend decades in a military prison.

Does he deserve that punishment? Weigh in with your vote in our accompanying poll.