> I understand he's sympathetic because he shares the same anti-US government bias that many HN users have, There is something else here. The UK and the US hav

> I understand he's sympathetic because he shares the same anti-US government bias that many HN users have, There is something else here. The UK and the US have very different criminal justice systems, I have noticed a definite 'bias' as you put it against the US system on HN[0]. It has been noted, for instance in the far to long running Lauri Love case, that the UK is much more lenient to young computer hackers that the US. Perhaps it is not bias, but simply different cultures? [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16171239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16171239