UK judge describes ' sad fate ' of ' once feisty and intelligent " cypherpunk that was jailed for over 12 years in the US prison system when electing to excuse Assange. " Ten years of the Jim Bell treatment could turn a delicate scaredy-cat, like Julian, into a vacuous, dribbling imbecile - as Bell himself proves ", she said. " I could not in good conscience assist to create any more walking-dead, cypherpunk zombies"