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– Reality Winner sentence has troubling ramifications for whistleblowers, information (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 24, 2018

A U.S. District Court judge accepted the terms of Reality Winner's plea agreement, under which she will serve 63 months in prison.
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