GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days ago‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with USwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-link‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with USwww.aljazeera.comGFGJewbacca@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·edit-214 days agoFreed in exchange for a guilty plea in a plea deal
minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·14 days agoAnd time served. Guilty but free.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·14 days agoOne 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.
Freed in exchange for a guilty plea in a plea deal
And time served. Guilty but free.
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.
No justice. 👎 Boo, hiss.