Julian Assange’s 14-year saga as a fugitive and prisoner may be coming to an end. The Wikileaks founder has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge with the U.S. Justice Department in exchange for no additional prison time. He has already served 5 years in a maximum security prison in England after spending 7 years hiding in an Ecuadorian Embassy.
Assange would only agree to a hearing outside of U.S. soil. Last month he won his right to appeal an extradition order.
High Court judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson ruled for Assange after his lawyers argued that the U.S. government provided “blatantly inadequate” assurances that he would have the same free speech protections as an American citizen if extradited from Britain.
In his appeal, he also claimed fear of the death penalty.
He is scheduled to appear at 9 am on Wednesday in Saipan, of the Mariana Islands- a…
