Assange to plead guilty to one charge of espionage and return home to Australia after decades fighting US extradition.
      • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
        55·
        14 days ago

        One of the most up voted comments on another thread about this was in effect “Assange has been cleared.” No, he pleaded guilty and served five years in prison, it’s just that he already served that time since he was never released pending trial.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    231·
    14 days ago

    Making sure he pleads guilty to something that isn’t a crime equals America not having freedom of speech.

    • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      132·
      13 days ago

      With everything that’s going on in the world, I feel like “freedom of speech” doesn’t exist. It’s just a “buzz”.

      Just to name a few things;

      • You want to criticize Israel? Antisemitism!
      • You want to criticize US-related Israel things? Antisemitism!
      • You want to provide evidence of crimes? That’s a ‘crime’!
      • You are against killing innocent people? Antisemitism!
      • You want to protest? You disrupt the order and therefore a crime!

      Perhaps it is just me being pessimistic.

    • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
      English
      3·
      13 days ago

      Worse, it validates the precedent that non-U.S.-citizens can be prosecuted for breaking U.S. law over things they did outside of the U.S.

      Really happy that Assange gets to go home, since he’s suffered enough personally, but I really don’t like the precedent that I can be prosecuted in, say, Israel under Israeli law for things that I did in Wisconsin (e.g. boycotting).