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Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by jimbob45 on Monday January 04, 2021 @07:41PM (#25640443)
(Lousy) conspiracy theory: the judge is on the US payroll to keep him in Britain. It’s cheaper and easier for the British to house and guard him than it is for the US to deal with him (and go through the spectacle of his ostensible execution). Better to jail him away in Britain while muttering something about humanitarianism.
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Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by TedDoesntTalk on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:48PM (#25641831)
What exactly is his fate if the appeals process which the US is planning fails to change anything? Does he live free in the UK or will he be prosecuted there for something else?
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Re:USA vs. Julian Assange Judgment by jimbob45 on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @01:15PM (#25648763)
AFAIK he just continues to chill in the UK under house arrest until he succumbs (ostensibly during a decade).
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