Joe Biden or Donald Trump, which of the two favorites in the American presidential election has the most grievances against Julian Assange? The question then arises that the legal fate of the founder of Wikileaks could interest the White House as the matter is politically sensitive. From his London prison, the 52-year-old Australian faces extradition to the United States after the revelation of 750,000 documents showing war crimes committed by the American army during the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. On Tuesday, the British High Court of Justice gave the American authorities three weeks to guarantee that the cyber activist will benefit from the First Amendment of the American Constitution which protects freedom of expression, and that he will not be sentenced to the death penalty. If these guarantees are given, Julian Assange will be tried in New York under the anti-espionage law, which could earn him up to 175 years in prison.
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