Julian Assange Faces Judgment Day Over U.S. Extradition

Hundreds of protesters have gathered at London’s High Court to hear if WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange will be extradited to the United States over the mass leak of secret U.S. documents—the culmination of 13 years of legal battles. Two judges are set to declare on May 20 whether they are satisfied by U.S. assurances that Mr. Assange, 52, would not face the death penalty and could rely on the First Amendment right to free speech if he was tried for spying in the U.S. Mr. Assange’s legal team say he could be on a plane across the Atlantic within 24 hours of the decision, but that he could also be released from jail, or find himself yet again bogged down in months of legal battles....