"I think Assange has his past to thank for how his life situation panned out. In his younger age people actually cared about honouring the rights of the accused

"I think Assange has his past to thank for how his life situation panned out. In his younger age people actually cared about honouring the rights of the accused more so than today." That's a pretty naive view of the justice system. I don't think it was better in the past at all.