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It's not and the vast vast majority of those sentenced to under a year (even for skipping bail) are released in 2/3 time as per sentencing guidelines in the UK.
by MiroF 7y ago
It's not and the vast vast majority of those sentenced to under a year (even for skipping bail) are released in 2/3 time as per sentencing guidelines in the UK.
Unsure why so many people are invested in arguing that this is just the routine functioning of the law when it certainly isn't
- foldr 7y ago>It's not and the vast vast majority of those sentenced to under a year (even for skipping bail) are released in 2/3 time as per sentencing guidelines in the UK. He's already served his time. He's currently being detained prior to his extradition hearing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49689167 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49689167
- peteretep 7y agoJust a note that you are doing sterling work here correcting the firehouse of falsehoods being deployed.
- MiroF 7y agoExactly - so he is in jail for crimes he has not yet been tried for. That was the exact point that the user sneak above was making.
- foldr 7y ago>Exactly - so he is in jail for crimes he has not yet been tried for. This is what happens to anyone who isn’t granted bail. Unless you are granted bail, you are kept in custody in the period between being charged with a crime and being tried for it. As I mentioned above, it’s not difficult to see why Assange has not been granted bail in this instance. In fact, he didn’t even apply for bail.