▲ 329 ▼ ‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with US (www.aljazeera.com) submitted 2 years ago by GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee to c/world@lemmy.world 65 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) Freed in exchange for a guilty plea in a plea deal permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago (1 child) And time served. Guilty but free. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] protist@mander.xyz 69 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago He probably got a good sentence considering he never stepped foot in a US prison permalink fedilink source parent [–] victorz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago No justice. 👎 Boo, hiss. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JustZ@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago He never denied his guilt. Just disagreed with it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Maggoty@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago Dude was locked up for longer than we would have had him in prison. Time served was the right choice and reinforces that we're not the country assange wants to paint us as. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago (1 child) And time served. Guilty but free. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] protist@mander.xyz 69 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago He probably got a good sentence considering he never stepped foot in a US prison permalink fedilink source parent
[–] protist@mander.xyz 69 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago He probably got a good sentence considering he never stepped foot in a US prison permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago He probably got a good sentence considering he never stepped foot in a US prison permalink fedilink source parent
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago No justice. 👎 Boo, hiss. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago He never denied his guilt. Just disagreed with it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago Dude was locked up for longer than we would have had him in prison. Time served was the right choice and reinforces that we're not the country assange wants to paint us as. permalink fedilink source parent