User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 17: May 2013/@comment-5580383-20130605090337/@comment-5580383-20130606143558

And hence why he should never be allowed to be Hokage.

Yep which still counts as an assassination and he  critically injured several members of the  Leaf Village.

Also it was more of a attempted Kidnapping with regards to Killer Bee than attempted assassination.

Going by these crimes,  Sasuke should be  hung by the gallows.