I wouldn't wish jail on anyone, incarceration is horrible by design. Assange made terribly selfish decisions and broke bail, irrespective of his status as a journalist (I have doubts on several grounds but I'd rather be charitable, and he undoubtedly has acted believing he is a journalist) a belief in the rule of law really demanded he be punished.
Those who would seek to justify his avoidance of punishment for bail breach typically claim a higher cause. You can certainly build a model of ends justify means facing his proto-journalism, amazing things have come from Wikileaks.
Personally I cannot go past his auto self destruction. The decision to repudiate his own sexual behaviour, deny it has cause to be questioned, to ask rich friends to stand bail and then loose it on his own cognizance of risk, his constant cult of personality if-you-are-not-for-me-you-are-against-me posture.. this is not worthy. This is base.
Sorry.. not sorry. Learn to work smarter, man up, and talk to the Swedes on their terms not your own.
He's seen as culpability A and category 1. He has some factors that aggravate (rape and sexual offences are very serious crime and his hiding from justice meant his alledged victims were not able to see justice); and he doesn't have any mitigating factors.
The maximum sentence in crown court is one year. He got a bit less than that. He'll be out in 6 months if he's not an idiot.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 13.1 ms ] threadThose who would seek to justify his avoidance of punishment for bail breach typically claim a higher cause. You can certainly build a model of ends justify means facing his proto-journalism, amazing things have come from Wikileaks.
Personally I cannot go past his auto self destruction. The decision to repudiate his own sexual behaviour, deny it has cause to be questioned, to ask rich friends to stand bail and then loose it on his own cognizance of risk, his constant cult of personality if-you-are-not-for-me-you-are-against-me posture.. this is not worthy. This is base.
Sorry.. not sorry. Learn to work smarter, man up, and talk to the Swedes on their terms not your own.
Advice on sentencing for failure to surrender to bail is here: https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/magistrates-co...
He's seen as culpability A and category 1. He has some factors that aggravate (rape and sexual offences are very serious crime and his hiding from justice meant his alledged victims were not able to see justice); and he doesn't have any mitigating factors.
The maximum sentence in crown court is one year. He got a bit less than that. He'll be out in 6 months if he's not an idiot.
https://www.gov.uk/types-of-prison-sentence/determinate-pris...
> For prison sentences under 12 months, the person’s normally released automatically halfway through.