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Why Julian Assange's extradition case is taking so long

.ON MAY 20TH the High Judge in London ruled that Julian Assange should be actually approved a hearing on a brand new allure against his extradition to The United States. Mr Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks and an Australian national, has actually been actually defending greater than 13 years to remain in Britain. This newest beauty, through which he will definitely contend that America has refrained from doing enough to assure his liberties as a defendant, is just one of the few legal pathways he has actually left behind. If extradited, he will definitely encounter 18 costs of espionage and personal computer hacking: with each other they bring a maximum sentence of 175 years behind bars, though America has actually mentioned he is actually probably to offer only 4 to six. Mr Assange's promoters contact him a "political prisoner" and also state (without documentation) that the scenario against him is actually "trumped up". What is he affirmed to possess carried out?