WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrived at Southwark Crown Court in central London Wednesday raising a defiant fist in front of cameras, before being sentenced to 50 weeks behind bars for jumping bail in 2012.
British Judge Deborah Taylor handed him a sentence just under the maximum term for the offense, which was a full year, saying he displayed a"disdain for the law of this country." Hours after he was arrested by British authorities in April, U.S. prosecutors announced charges against him for allegedly conspiring with former intelligence officer Chelsea Manning to gain unlawful access to a government computer.
For a made - up crime !
Less than a year
He better not be in GP fuckers. Alone and isolated is the only safe place for him. Make it so....
Why is Assange being treated this way? All he did was tell the truth about what is really going on.
Thanks overly harsh. Free Assange.
turntxblue18 Womp wimp.
On the radio this morning this sentence was described as 'vindictive'. Spot on.
wait there are 52 weeks in a year so is he getting like a week off for Christmas and a week off for Easter or something? seriously.
Britain should keep him in jail because he jumped bail until they can coordinate some form of getting the Benghazi idiot of make believe over here with trusted people as HE IS A CON and CRIMINAL! Like a game of just through out anything to ruin a country, if not find some info!
He deserves LIFE in jail.
Put Assange in The Tower of London
Flush the onerous little turd
“Wikileaks founder Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for challenging the establishment by British court.” FIFY FreeAssange
Who shaved him?
I don't think he'll like the jail accommodations either.
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