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In reply to the discussion: Context and the Assange case. [View all]cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)is already forfeit. We had a few threads about that a year or so ago. Some jurisdictions have additional penalties, not sure about the UK (and even if they do, they may well want to be done with him ASAP)
I don't think he would be likely to be extradited to the US. Wikileaks may have made a bunch of politicians and intelligence agencies mad, but they haven't broken any US laws, and making politicians mad isn't something that even close allies will extradite for. For him to be extradited, the US would have to charge him with something, which they haven't seen fit to do in the last 5 years. Then Sweden and the UK would both have to agree to it, and there would be another long round of appeals and legal wrangling, during which he could put forward a much more credible case for asylum than he currently has.
I would be interested in an informed Swedish legal opinion, but honestly don't bother. These threads are about 95% entrenched camps snarking at each other. It's an interesting case in a lot of ways, and entertaining forum drama, but pretty low signal-to-noise.