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charges of which he is obviously guilty and which are punishable by decades in prison or death.

I think it's safe to assume there will be punishment if he is extradicted to the land of the free.




> charges of which he is obviously guilty and which are punishable by decades in prison or death.

Could he really be sentenced to death? I'm not familiar with US law on the subject, so I'm curious. That really sounds scary :\


http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-115

Death is a possibility, depending on what he is charged with, though given the nature of the case I'd personally doubt the government would pursue it. It is, however, within the realm of possibility, especially after he revealed the anti-Chinese hacking information.




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