Julian Assange: The question of the death penalty

“Nothing about this case is normal.” Anyone who follows Julian Assange’s trials in the British courts has heard this sentence countless times, and his supporters like to say it often. He can mean many things, of course how extraordinary the content of this case is, but most often that one can make absolutely no binding statements about what might happen next in the processes surrounding his extradition to the USA.

On Tuesday it’s a sentence that fits pretty well. Because actually, well: normally, two judges of the British High Court should have made a (final) decision: Do they reject an appeal from Assange’s defense and thus, from a British perspective, clear the way for his extradition to the USA? Or do they allow the appeal – and the proceedings continue in court?

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