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So don't pardon Snowden. Commute the charges against him. Like 97% of the cases that go to prosecution in this country, let him plea to a lesser crime and ser

So don't pardon Snowden. Commute the charges against him. Like 97% of the cases that go to prosecution in this country, let him plea to a lesser crime and serve a 10 year sentence, minus time served in Russia.

ptaipale 10y ago
Edit: Sorry, this was rubbish, I was thinking of Assange not Snowden. -- Note that charges (technically, a European Arrest Warrant in order to get him for questioning) against Snowden have not been made by the U.S. but by Sweden, for a suspected rape. So Obama definitely cannot commute them in any way. There is no extradition request to the U.S., so when fighting an extradition to U.S., Snowden is beating a straw man.
- DarqWebster 10y ago
  That's Julian Assange, not Edward Snowden.
  - ptaipale 10y ago
    Sorry. Yes of course. Thanks.
dragonwriter 10y ago
> So don't pardon Snowden. Commute the charges against him. Commutation is reduction of sentence, it can only happen after conviction. > Like 97% of the cases that go to prosecution in this country, let him plea to a lesser crime Is there any indication that Snowden has any interest in pleading guilty to anything?