Court grants Julian Assange temporary delay in U.S. extradition case

A British court says Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges, unless authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty.

The ruling is a partial victory for the Wikileaks founder in his long legal battle over the site’s publication of classified American documents.

Two high court judges say they would grant Assange a new appeal, unless U.S. authorities give further assurances within three weeks about what will happen to him.

The ruling means the legal saga – which has dragged on for more than a decade – will continue.

In the meantime, Assange will remain inside London’s high-security prison, where he’s spent the last five years.