Julian Assange sentenced to a year in the hoosegow

“His seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy cost British taxpayers $21 million, and the judge said he sought asylum as a ‘deliberate attempt to delay justice.’

That may be a good outcome for him. He’s better off in British prison for jumping bail than he would be if he had to face serious criminal charges in Sweden (rape) and the USA (conspiracy to hack intelligence files). He may even get to enjoy a year or two of relative freedom in England after he’s released from prison, because his extradition to Sweden is expected to involve at least two years’ worth of paper-shuffling and legal wrangling.

He would be considered a risk to flee to Russia after his incarceration, but he’s probably better off if he doesn’t. I’m guessing that life in Swedish prison is probably better than life in Russia.

5 thoughts on “Julian Assange sentenced to a year in the hoosegow

  1. Assange will almost certainly be held in custody while any extradition proceedings are going on. He can’t honestly claim not to be a flight risk!

  2. If any of you had ever used PostGreSQL you’d want to bring back drawing and quartering specifically for Assange.

  3. I thought Sweden dropped the case. Too much time gone by or something.
    Anyway, British food is bound to be a step down from Ecuadorean.

  4. In retrospect, I bet the Ecuadorans would have just given him up for $10M up front.

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