GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 5 Monaten‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with USwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down114cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·vor 5 MonatenAnd time served. Guilty but free.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·vor 5 MonatenOne 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.
minus-squareTheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·vor 5 MonatenHe probably got a good sentence considering he never stepped foot in a US prison
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.
He probably got a good sentence considering he never stepped foot in a US prison