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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by cmrdporcupine on Friday December 10, 2021 @11:01AM (#29511424)
They intend, fully, to make an example out of him.

Why murder him when he's no threat to them anymore, and they can drag him through more hell for the next decade in order to show what happens when you cross the line?

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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by zepto on Friday December 10, 2021 @12:53PM (#29513094)
They committed to letting him serve his prison term in Australia, if convicted.
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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by dane-pgp on Friday December 10, 2021 @05:41PM (#29516353)
I'm afraid you may have fallen for the deliberately misleading words of the supposed assurances given by the US. Here's what the Guardian[0] says of that particular claim (with my emphasis):

"and could apply, if convicted, to be transferred to a prison in Australia."

My understanding is that his application could be denied, without any recourse, by the DoJ (of whichever administration is in power at the time), and probably by the Australian government too.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/dec/10/julian-assange...

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Re:Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules by zepto on Saturday December 11, 2021 @05:38PM (#29524917)
Ah, very weasely. I imagine any prisoner can apply to be transferred to a prison in another country.
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