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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by Navarr on Thursday April 11, 2019 @09:36AM (#19634319)
"5 years."

Isn't he facing 10 years in UK for fleeing on bail?

Does US extradite him, trial him, (jail him?) and then ship him off to the UK to serve his time there?

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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by Crosseye_Jack on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:56AM (#19635926)
> Isn't he facing 10 years in UK for fleeing on bail?

IIRC it's up to 12 months for basically contempt of court / failing to surrender.

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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by occamrazor on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:22AM (#19635458)
It would normally work in the opposite way: first he’s judged in UK, serves his sentence if any, and then he’s extradited.
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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by PatrolX on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:04AM (#19635188)
Plus the 7 years of self-imprisonment in an embassy that he already served.
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Re:Julian Assange arrested in London by Navarr on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:19AM (#19635418)
I'm not sure any judge will treat being on the lam as time served, but yes.
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