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International Business Times
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Litty Simon

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Awaits Judgment On His Extradition To The United States

A British court is expected to deliver a final decision on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States for the mass leak of secret U.S. documents, concluding 13 years of legal battles and detentions.

According to Reuters, two judges at the High Court in London are poised to decide whether the court is convinced by U.S. assurances that Julian Assange would not be subject to the death penalty and could invoke the First Amendment right to free speech if he were to stand trial in the United States for espionage.

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