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originally posted by: amazing
He'll never get a fair trial. Governments have too much power.
originally posted by: paraphi
originally posted by: amazing
He'll never get a fair trial. Governments have too much power.
Well, in the UK you would at least be able to go to the court and /or read the court papers. In that way you could judge whether he had a fair hearing. Also, you would not get government interference - it just does not happen. Anyway if it comes to it this is the UK extradition process.
I think he's been treated very fairly in the UK and has used and abused the legals system to avoid facing allegations of rape.
Supreme court - just search for Assange
Courts and Tribunals - just search for Assange
originally posted by: amazing
What what has he done.
originally posted by: paraphi
originally posted by: amazing
What what has he done.
Well, at a purely legal level within the UK and Sweden, he has:
- Allegedly committed rape in Sweden, for which he has been able to avoid due legal process having exhausted all legal avenues in the UK. But that's what legal avenues are for. Sweden may reinstate demand for Assange, but who knows.
- Broken English law by skipping bail - a criminal offence, for which he has tried unsuccessfully to have cancelled on account of his "special" nature. When he leaves the Ecuadorian embassy he'll be arrested and face a magistrate for that offence. He'll probably be quickly release.
He can then go his merry way. However, as his Visa to stay in the UK has probably expired he may be asked to leave the UK, or not. Doubtlessly he'll unleash his lawyers on that one, but that's fine. He can fly back to Australia, or his newly adopted home, Ecuador. Whether other countries will bar his entry if he tries to go there (e.g. to France) is anybodies guess.
If the US sticks in an extradition while he's in the UK, then there will be a transparent legal process, and we'll all be able to see the arguments for and against. There is no guarantee the UK will allow Assange to be extradited.
Forget all the other stuff with Wikileaks. The UK don't give a toss about that, nor did the Swedes.
When he was saying this, all the haters said that was BS and there was no evidence. Now we know he was right now, the haters ignore these remarks they made, and start talking about going through a "corrupt" legal system! You could not make this crap up!
Do not talk to me about laws When the west in recent years has broken so many that led to the deaths of millions of innocent people!
They essentially run on the last fumes of a full blown conspiracy theory with Assange being the hacker who stole the info
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: CriticalStinker
Assanage is not a journalist he's a hacktivist.
In order to carry out their operations, hacktivists might create new tools; or integrate or use a variety of software tools readily available on the Internet. One class of hacktivist activities includes increasing the accessibility of others to take politically motivated action online
The alleged offences are:
- Espionage: 18 U.S.C. § 793(d) - imprisonment up to 10 years
- Conspiracy to commit espionage: 18 U.S.C. § 793(g) - imprisonment up to 10 years
- The theft or conversion of property belonging to the United States government: 18 U.S.C. § 641 - imprisonment up to 10 years
- Violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: 18 U.S.C. § 1030 - imprisonment up to 10 years
- (general) Conspiracy: 18 U.S.C. § 371 - imprisonment up to 5 years