The fact a 102 years old law that has never been employed for this purpose is used and the possibly disproportionate sentencing period might lead to extraneous considerations to refuse extradition. — Benkei
The US had to make a decision between throwing everything and the kitchen sink at him so that there's a higher probability something will stick when he's in a US court and a better chance for a successful extradition. They chose the former, which suggests to me the likelihood of conviction on all counts is very low. This was necessary then to request extradition for everything because it is not allowed to request extradition for something and then charge that person for additional crimes once extradited.
The death penalty is a no go in any case but I'm sure they have given assurances they won't pursue it or the extradition request would be stupid. That leaves the sheer amount of years and the extraordinary grounds that might suggest it's politically motivated or disproportionate. Unfortunately, disproportionately is a specific ground for the European Arrest Warrant so you can reason a contrario it doesn't apply to an extradition to the US. So I don't think the chances of UK courts refusing extradition are very high, just that there's a possibility. — Benkei
But no. On the subject of Assange, everyone is suddenly very measured and rational. As if people want to salvage something from their former state of denial about the government's bad intentions and bad faith in this case. — fishfry
He revealed the US doing truly awful, immoral things as we "brought Democracy" to the world. If you're outraged about Assange's alleged "spying" but unaware of the war crimes he revealed, you should educate yourself about the particulars. Your outrage is misplaced. — fishfry
Fuck Assange. He helped the Russians interfere in the 2016 US elections. Another FSB/GRU tool. Thanks for Trump, Jules! Go. Rot. :shade: — 180 Proof
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