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Comment by tedeh | Hacker News Reader

So is Julian Assange going to be released now or what?

He is currently imprisoned pending a USA appeal (which they have stated, to the court, they will make); his lawyer told the court that he would submit an application for bail on Wednesday (and not to the court today).

Appeals are not a right in the UK and rarely granted. This is a highly political case, so it might get herd. I hope he goes free. Assange is a true Australian hero, even though his own government abandoned him.

Right; to be pedantic, he is being held in custody until such point that the High Court decide to grant leave to appeal.

I would be frankly _amazed_ if in this case the High Court doesn't allow an appeal. And I'd be surprised if the Supreme Court didn't too. It's such a high profile and politicised case that it's incredibly likely to be viewed to be in the public interest.

"Mr Assange was jailed for 50 weeks in May 2019 for breaching his bail conditions after going into hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in London."

Given that the US Government is appealing and he has a record of skipping bail, I'd guess no. I suppose they might possibly let him out with an ankle bracelet, but no idea for sure.

(Most) English prisoners only serve half the given sentence in prison before being released on license, so he won't go back to prison for that. I don't know if he can be held pending a US appeal on the extradition case, given his history of skipping bail.

doesn’t make sense to jail him until appeal is resolved. he is only in jail for skipping bail.

So, didn't the 50wks go by already (or due to other factors) or he remains in custody due to the extradition proceedings?

Time served; it's already more than 50 weeks after May 2019, much though it may seem like it's still March 2020.

Looks like the judge has ordered his discharge in the case - I guess it depends on where he is in serving his uk sentence.

If released , will he be safe?

If Hillary Clinton gets a role under Biden, then probably not.

"Can't we just drone this guy?"

"It would have been a joke if I ever said that."

- HC

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he should be, if he served his time. not a lawyer but it doesn’t sound right to jail him until appeal is resolved. he is in jail only for skipping bail I think, not for being extradited

he might. he better fly to russia the same day

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