Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Edward Snowden said if the government would guarantee him a fair trial, he would return to the United States. Snowden spoke via Skype from Russia on Saturday at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum, WTOP reported. "I've told the government I would return if they would guarantee a fair trial where I can make a public interest defense of why this was done and allow a jury to decide," Snowden said.

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More grandstanding by Snowden

[Zontar_Thing_From_Ve]

The US Constitution guarantees him a fair trial. This is just grandstanding in the style of Julian Assange. No answer Snowden gets will be deemed by him to be sufficient, so he'll never leave. And I'm pretty sure his idea of "fair trial" means "I get acquitted no matter what" rather than a non-prejudiced jury gets to hear his case and decide the verdict without outside interference.

Re: They might guarantee it...

[Lead Butthead]

The sixth amendment to the U.S. Constitution:

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

... which the US government has ignored on multiple occasions through out its history.