Too late...

Sorry, but my post got here first. :-P

What's interesting is that I call this pure hype and get thumbs down. Someone else says the exact same thing... thumbs up.

Assange's lawyer is doing his job and is trying to do anything that's within the law to keep his client out of jail.

The truth is that if the whole US issue was off the table and it was a matter of Assange facing the rape charges, he'd be in Sweden by now. There would be no grounds to fight the extradition.

This is why a lawyer in the UK who knows that the US would have to take the Death Penalty off the table if they wanted to extradite someone from the EU is making those remarks. He's just doing his job. Were I him, I'd probably do the same thing.

In truth, were Assange to face charges in the US, he'd get something like 20 years or less. Even Manning wouldn't get the death penalty.

And speaking of the death penalty... In Illinois the state is in the process of removing the death penalty. But please don't let the facts get in the way of your delusions.