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If there were no extradition treaties, then every murderer would just leave one country and go to the next, and live life. So when a UK man murders some guy an
by jollybean 5y ago
If there were no extradition treaties, then every murderer would just leave one country and go to the next, and live life.
So when a UK man murders some guy and jumps to the US, the US sends him back to the UK.
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"Publishing leaked military secrets is not even illegal in the U.S. due to the first amendment right to a free press."
This is false.
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"With the leaker found and prosecuted, convicted, and sentence served, the U.S. Department of Justice should congratulate itself on a job well-done "
Multiple people can commit crimes. In particular, the question is whether or not Assange was party to a crime.
Hence the trial.