Julian Assange to stay in prison over absconding fears

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

3 hours ago

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange is to remain in prison when his jail term ends because of his "history of absconding", a judge has ruled.

He was due to be released on 22 September after serving his sentence for breaching bail conditions.

But Westminster Magistrates' Court heard there were "substantial grounds" for believing he would abscond again.

The Australian, 48, is fighting extradition to the US over allegations of leaking government secrets.

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[still_one]

1. Throw away the F**king key

[bluedigger]

2. Indefinite detention is not cool.

Either charge, convict and sentence him of new crimes, or free him.

[LincolnRossiter]

3. I believe he could get his "speedy" trial if he stopped fighting extradition to the US.

Up to him.

[cstanleytech]

6. True enough but after Epstein's "suicide" I would not blame him for fighting extradition

if he has knowledge of major crimes committed by people powerful inside the US and they know he knows and he knows that they know.

[Ghost Dog]

11. Would that be a "fair" trial?

[LincolnRossiter]

12. Sure. Of course, the fact that he broke federal law is

practically beyond dispute. Whether or not you agree with those laws is another matter.

[Ghost Dog]

14. Uh huh. So guilty before trial, then, is the zeitgeist.

Cool.

[comradebillyboy]

4. Like many criminals, Assange is a flight risk and must be held until

the extradition proceedings are concluded.

[Bradical79]

7. He violated his bail conditions

If you violate your bail conditions, you go back to jail while the process plays out. That's how bail works.

[cstanleytech]

5. He might be safer to commit a murder in the UK and go to prison there as people that might roll over

on other powerful people here in the US have a bad habit of "suiciding" in prisons with faulty cameras and guards asleep.

[PhoenixDem]

8. Keep him there

Unless he spills his guts about how his releases came about in 2016. Then maybe he can be paroled when he is 80.

[Scurrilous]

9. ...

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. I have only one thing for ASSange....

[Dawson Leery]

13. Time to get out the little violin.