Still awaiting Mr #Assange appearing in the glass fronted dock.
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Judge says she will not look at allegations of US interference at the US embassy at the Ecuadorian embassy as this case is still ongoing in Spain.
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Says US intelligence might have had legitimate reasons to monitor #Assange in the embassy as they may have legitimately vonsidred him a threat to National security.
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Rejects defence argument about the delay in prosecution saying there was a "great deal of data," for the authorities to look at and there was no evidence the defence was hampered.
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Says any hurt caused to Assange's family by his extradition "is nothing unusual in these kind of proceedings."
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Judge says she does not accept it would be impossible to find 12 impartial jurors in the Virginia justice system, or that the plea bargening system was unjust.
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Judge "This court trusts that a US court wil properly consider Mr Assange's right to free speech."
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Judge moves on to what she calls "the final defence argument, his health.
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Judge accepts Mr Assange suffers from Autism, and clinical depression, and is at risk of self-harm.
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(judge going through some private medical information I'm not going to share)
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Says Assange would be in isolation, held "in a cage." in a US prison.
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Judge says Assange has the intellect and determination to get round suicide prevention measures.
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