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Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extradition (www.bbc.com)

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[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 21 points 9 months ago

Not a single non US citizen should be extradited to the US. The US has the worst prison system and punishments outside of some really cruel regimes. They also refuse to work with international criminal courts.

Besides I'm pretty sure the guy only committed a crime in Sweden and not the US.