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Re:First U.S. Ban on Sale of Cellphone Location Data Might B... by adrr on Monday July 10, 2023 @08:32PM (#36675018)
He could just stop fighting the extradition unless there are concerns he wouldn’t get a fair trial in the US. I haven’t heard of such concerns and he could probably get a solid legal defense team with private donations.
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Re:First U.S. Ban on Sale of Cellphone Location Data Might B... by handity on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @10:56AM (#36681930)
If he is extradited, 100% guaranteed he will not get a fair trial by any common definition of that term.
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Re:First U.S. Ban on Sale of Cellphone Location Data Might B... by adrr on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @05:15PM (#36687310)
Can you point to any trial that wasn't fair in the US in recent history?
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Re:First U.S. Ban on Sale of Cellphone Location Data Might B... by bilalq on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @12:52AM (#36690592)
I have no particular viewpoint regarding Assange, but depending on your understanding of "fair", there are probably many whose fairness can be questioned. Partiality of judges, imbalance of legal team budgets, etc. Look at any case brought up by a patent troll against a small/medium business.

One case that personally always bothers me was regarding the murder of Philando Castile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Philando_Castile#Tr...

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Re:First U.S. Ban on Sale of Cellphone Location Data Might B... by adrr on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:36PM (#36698447)
I’ll narrow my statement down to fair for the defendant.
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