> If you were to pick a convenient politically motivated prosecution this ranks up there with navalny skipping bail by dint of being in a coma.
I would agree with you, except his prison sentence is only 8 months. If this was some corrupt hit job, they could have easily put him in prison for decades.
"Only 8 months" tells you nothing of the conditions or prison population within which he will be placed. 8 months in solitary or in a maximum-security prison (where hard-core, repeat-offender murderers and rapists are) is much harsher than years in a minimum-security prison.
Julian Assange, who hasn't even been convicted AFAIK, has been kept in solitary in a maximum-security prison while only being accused, falsely it turns out, of non-violent crimes. The reasonableness of the entire punishment must be taken into account, not just the duration.
> The reasonableness of the entire punishment must be taken into account, not just the duration.
I agree, and I am not arguing that the treatment of Craig Murray has been reasonable. I am arguing that, if this was a larger conspiracy against him, his prison sentence would be much longer.
I would agree with you, except his prison sentence is only 8 months. If this was some corrupt hit job, they could have easily put him in prison for decades.