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Re:Ecuador to Expel Assange Within ‘Hours to Days,’ WikiLeak... by newnewpdro on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:10AM (#19580403)
Sure, if "selling drugs on the internet" were his only crime.

I vaguely recall reading he (unsuccessfully) paid to assassinate people.

Edit:

Read it here https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/

  Later that day, DPR messaged Nob.

  DREAD: ok, so can you change the order to execute rather than torture?

  DREAD: he was on the inside for a while, and now that he’s been arrested, I’m afraid he’ll give up info.
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Re:Ecuador to Expel Assange Within ‘Hours to Days,’ WikiLeak... by invalidusernam3 on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:22AM (#19580445)
That's part of the controversy, everyone vaguely recalls that but is unaware that those accusations weren't even brought to trial (https://freeross.org/uncharged-crimes/). He was convicted of money laundering, computer hacking, conspiracy to traffic fraudulent identity documents, and conspiracy to traffic narcotics by means of the Internet.
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Re:Ecuador to Expel Assange Within ‘Hours to Days,’ WikiLeak... by hanniabu on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:22AM (#19580444)
That was never proven, yet they used an unproven accusation in the case against him and nobody seemed to think that was an issue.
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