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He wasn’t convicted of any crimes because he was avoiding trial.
by dangus 2y ago
He wasn’t convicted of any crimes because he was avoiding trial.
- tootie 2y agoCrimes he was definitely guilt of and could likely have plead to at any time, served a sentence and been free years ago.
- etc-hosts 2y agoMy memory is the US was trying to extradite Assange to the US and was threatening to charge him with Sedition with a possibility of decades of prison time. That was at least the stated intent of the previous CIA director
- goodpoint 2y agoThey could even murder him.
- mythrwy 2y agoWouldn't he have to be a citizen of the US to be charged with sedition?
- etc-hosts 2y agoThe US tries to charge foreigners of crimes all of the time. Here's a slightly biased summary, but in this case I think the extreme outrage and bias is totally justified. https://prospect.org/justice/julian-assange-espionage-act-1917-freedom-press/ https://prospect.org/justice/julian-assange-espionage-act-19...
- HWR_14 2y agoNo. Until the recent convictions in relation to January 6th, the most recent US conviction for sedition was against an Egyptian for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He died in federal prison.
- smegger001 2y agoi was never clear on how you can charge a foreign national on foreign soil with a US Crime but that doesn't seem to mater when your the US. dont piss of the US government and dont piss off the MPAA Kim Dotcom and Assange were both charged with breaking us law while not residing in the US, being from the US, or committing their alleged crime in the US.
- resters 2y agoHe helped reveal far more serious crimes committed by US officials -- none of whom faced any consequences.
- pie420 2y agoIf I murder 2 people and reveal that john murdered 22 people and Bob murdered 36 people, does that mean I get to skip trial because I revealed bigger crimes? Sometimes, if I can get a plea deal, but this was not the case, so what is the problem here?
- kevinventullo 2y agoGetting a plea deal is contingent on the state caring about the larger crimes in the first place. See the problem?
- resters 2y agoOne does not have to believe that the state is entirely corrupt to believe that Assange's treatment by the USG in the past decades has been highly inappropriate. The upcoming 2024 elections in the US find both parties trying to court subsets of the population who mistrust the government, so surely freeing Assange was done for realpolitik reasons. It is not too late for Mike Pompeo to end up serving time. Let's hope that he is brought to justice ASAP.
- RockCoach 2y agoThe problem here is that Assange didn't kill any people, while Uncle Sam has killed hundreds of thousands for oil, revenge, and preserving the hegemony.
- Beldin 2y agoAssange is alleged to have released unredacted info that exposed informants in warzones. This while running a service - not an infrastructure, a service - for exposing information. Arguing that he hasn't personally killed anyone is not a strong rebuke against such allegations.