Submission + - Assange Free after Plea Deal (reuters.com)
tinkerton writes: Julian Assange is now free and in Australia after pleading guilty for violating the Espionage Act. The time spent in prison was converted to time spent convicted on the island of Saipan so he could fly home immediately. https://www.reuters.com/world/...
His wife says Assange was not allowed to use a commercial flight and had to charter a flight instead.
A plea deal for the Espionage Act poses a bad precedent for journalism:
His wife says Assange was not allowed to use a commercial flight and had to charter a flight instead.
A plea deal for the Espionage Act poses a bad precedent for journalism:
“A plea deal would avert the worst-case scenario for press freedom, but this deal contemplates that Assange will have served five years in prison for activities that journalists engage in every day,” said Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University."
The plea deal documents.
