Just threaten to commit suicide and Bob's your uncle. This horrible creature should rot in jail, in America, the country he wronged.

Assange is finding out how Leftist idealism can back-fire !

Julian Assange is guilty as accused and he now has to pay the price.

He should have kept his actions within the law and he would have been alright.

But no, he had to be the smart guy and poke a stick at the US. He should have enrolled in Power and Punishment 101 at uni.

Excellent summation, Binoy! And yes, an unexpected reprieve for Assange, but still a dangerous precedent for the future of press freedom and the public's right to have revealed the dirty secrets its governments want kept hidden.
And BTW, ttbn, when did Assange ever threaten to commit suicide?
And individual, why are Assange's revelations 'leftist' idealism? Many on the Right advocate free speech and freedom of the press, yourself included no doubt.
And yes, Mr Opinionated, how dare anyone poke a stick at the all-powerful US of A? No, we should just roll over and let the US dominate, destabilise and exploit the world at will, no matter what the cost for its less powerful inhabitants. We can go ahead and poke the bear all we want ... and the panda ... but no, never the all-sacred eagle! Your sychophantic brainwashing is complete!

Here's the thing. Julian Assange won a Walkley award for breaking those videos that showed US soldiers shooting innocent unarmed civilians from a chopper.

Although he was never an accredited journo. But still, gets brownie points for breaking the story! Then he accepts stole material, i.e., official secret documents from Manning. And starts to publish them. Even though that act could have cost lives. No lives were lost claim the support group! How could they know that!? They do not know who they or their family members were!

Manning manned up faced his accusers, did a short stint in the stockade got a Presidential pardon, had a gender reassignment. And that could have ended there.

Meanwhile, his partner in a crime allegedly took himself to Sweden where he allegedly raped three women. Then when facing the prospect of the consequences in a Swedish court jumped bail, a criminal offence, then hid in an Ecuadorian embassy for 7 years. And had to be removed by force when he had outstayed his welcome, abused the hospitality afforded him!

Currently, is a suicide risk!? And won't be moved until a suicide prevention facility is made available.

Had he manned up like Mz Manning from the get-go? May have also been granted a presidential pardon. All the alleged internment was of his own making! He still needs to face the courts and account for his alleged crimes in Sweden and against the US!

It's, do the crime, do the time!

Otherwise, others will think there are no consequences for treachery, treachery reserved for the US while far worse criminality/human rights abuse was occurring in both Russia and China. None of which has seemed to bother "Warrior" Assange!?

I commend the judge and her judgement!
Alan B.

If they stuck him in prison, & let him commit suicide justice would be naturally served, & we could forget the peanut.