New US charges against Julian Assange could spell decades behind bars

The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after his arrest in London last month. He faces a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison if convicted of all the US charges. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty ImagesJulian Assange could face decades in a US prison after being charged with violating the Espionage Act by publishing classified information through WikiLeaks.Prosecutors announced 17 additional charges against Assange for publishing hundreds of thousands of secret diplomatic cables and files on the wa