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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 64 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Freed in exchange for a guilty plea in a plea deal

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And time served. Guilty but free.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 69 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

He probably got a good sentence considering he never stepped foot in a US prison

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

No justice. 👎 Boo, hiss.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

He never denied his guilt. Just disagreed with it.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months 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.