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Assange would not be extradited to the US if there was a risk of him facing death there. There is no legal risk of Assange facing death in the US, is there? As

Assange would not be extradited to the US if there was a risk of him facing death there. There is no legal risk of Assange facing death in the US, is there? As far as I've read, he's just a nuisance to the US government, not wanted for any crimes. Or is that mistaken?

tedunangst 14y ago
Some Senators or whoever said he should be killed. That has been accepted as proof that once he's in the US, he'll be killed.
- slurgfest 14y ago
  That has 'been accepted' BY WHOM? How on earth do you get to "PROOF"?
  - tedunangst 14y ago
    Dude, I reddit on reddit.
- rustynails 14y ago
  Or Guantanamo for a suspected terrorist, or is that word no longer flavor of the month? I'm never sure these days. These fads come and go so quickly.
datalus 14y ago
I doubt the US would seek the death penalty. It would be way too public, instead they'd probably just put him in a black hole like Gitmo or some super max. And that would be that.
revscat 14y ago
For an example of what the US will likely to do Assange you need look no further than how they have treated Bradley Manning.
- JeremyBanks 14y ago
  That's not the sort of thing you can take for granted. Bradley Manning was a member of the US military and the world generally is relatively tolerant of countries abusing their own enlisted citizens. Assange isn't even American -- it would be a much bigger deal.
  - radio4fan 14y ago
    But America is not well known for extending more -- never mind equal -- rights to non-citizens than to citizens, despite the clear intentions of the authors of the Bill of Rights.
  - KimbaLion 14y ago
    This is how they treated another Australian called David Hicks ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks ... who by any measure has done far less "damage" to the US than has Assange. ________________________ Quote - "Hicks's legal team attributed his acceptance of the plea bargain to his "desperation for release from Guantanamo" and duress as "instances of severe beatings, sleep deprivation and other conditions of detention that contravene international human rights norms." ________________________ The US is effectively a Police State right now (read Pt 5 here: http://vrec.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/vilcabamba-ecuador-real-estate-www-vrec-org-vilcabamba-properties-ecuador-17th-may-2012-new-vrec-office-construction-america-cheap-modular-housing/ http://vrec.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/vilcabamba-ecuador-real...) ... and getting worse. If anybody believes they wouldn't throw Assange in the deepest darkest most inhospitable hole they have, I'm afraid they are deluded. He simply must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the USA.

tedunangst 14y ago

Some Senators or whoever said he should be killed. That has been accepted as proof that once he's in the US, he'll be killed.

slurgfest 14y ago
That has 'been accepted' BY WHOM? How on earth do you get to "PROOF"?
- tedunangst 14y ago
  Dude, I reddit on reddit.
rustynails 14y ago
Or Guantanamo for a suspected terrorist, or is that word no longer flavor of the month? I'm never sure these days. These fads come and go so quickly.

datalus 14y ago

I doubt the US would seek the death penalty. It would be way too public, instead they'd probably just put him in a black hole like Gitmo or some super max. And that would be that.

revscat 14y ago

For an example of what the US will likely to do Assange you need look no further than how they have treated Bradley Manning.

JeremyBanks 14y ago
That's not the sort of thing you can take for granted. Bradley Manning was a member of the US military and the world generally is relatively tolerant of countries abusing their own enlisted citizens. Assange isn't even American -- it would be a much bigger deal.
- radio4fan 14y ago
  But America is not well known for extending more -- never mind equal -- rights to non-citizens than to citizens, despite the clear intentions of the authors of the Bill of Rights.
- KimbaLion 14y ago
  This is how they treated another Australian called David Hicks ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks ... who by any measure has done far less "damage" to the US than has Assange. ________________________ Quote - "Hicks's legal team attributed his acceptance of the plea bargain to his "desperation for release from Guantanamo" and duress as "instances of severe beatings, sleep deprivation and other conditions of detention that contravene international human rights norms." ________________________ The US is effectively a Police State right now (read Pt 5 here: http://vrec.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/vilcabamba-ecuador-real-estate-www-vrec-org-vilcabamba-properties-ecuador-17th-may-2012-new-vrec-office-construction-america-cheap-modular-housing/ http://vrec.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/vilcabamba-ecuador-real...) ... and getting worse. If anybody believes they wouldn't throw Assange in the deepest darkest most inhospitable hole they have, I'm afraid they are deluded. He simply must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the USA.