• muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Does the uk not have a law against executions and if so would the not be breaking said law by extraditing him.

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        8 months ago

        That’s exactly what they’re arguing here. However the US is trying to use a non-answer to avoid this, and in the past that’s worked.

    • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Regardless of any judicial or legal red tape preventing that extradition, are we seriously operating under the assumption that the United States government would execute him?

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        8 months ago

        are we seriously operating under the assumption that the United States government would execute him?

        Legally, UK and EU courts must consider this, because sending someone to a country where they will be executed for their crimes is a breach of human rights.

        By the strict reading of the law, he could be extradited for life in prison. If he was being extradited to be sentenced to death, that would be a no go.

        The US are skirting and pushing the bounds of UK law here. Unfortunately, they will likely get away with it, because the English are pussies.

    • LWD@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      I don’t like Julian Assange, but I think that if he were found guilty of his crimes of espionage, that he has already served out more than a proportional sentence in exile.