“Hand yourself in” is not the compelling argument you seem to think it is.

He put egg on the face of the US government, proving that neither democrats or republicans have done anything to preserve peoples right to privacy, even US citizens.

So, what does anyone gain from his capture? Except for people claiming him to be a Russian asset, which they would still do because there is literally no bar that can be cleared for people to believe he did something he believed to be right for the public benefit.

You just want him punished for daring to speak out, because it marginally weakened the US hegemony on digital goods and services.

At the cost of immediate and longterm imprisonment.

Decisions made at gunpoint are not usually preplanned choices.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49782476