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It became a much bigger deal once he fled first Sweden, and then British jurisdiction. That set up it as a test of the powers of the legal systems of those coun
by matt4077 9y ago
It became a much bigger deal once he fled first Sweden, and then British jurisdiction. That set up it as a test of the powers of the legal systems of those countries.
If you allow someone to escape prosecution simply by raising the costs/creating inconvenience, you all but guarantee others to try to do the same, and/or to lose faith in the equality of justice.
Regarding the common conspiracy theories: always remember that he was arrested, then freed on bail, in both countries. If they had wanted to extradite him to Guantanamo, they would've done it long ago.
- grandalf 9y ago> If they had wanted to extradite him to Guantanamo, they would've done it long ago. Do you have any evidence to support this claim?
- brute 9y ago> always remember that he was arrested, then freed on bail, in both countries That's not how I remember it, but given that it has been a long time (2010), I accept that my memory could fail me here, so I tried to google it. Assange was questioned by the police during the preliminary investigation. He left Sweden about a month after the start of the investigations. The sources are a bit fuzzy then, Wikipedia writes: He left Sweden on 27 September 2010. According to one source his departure was with the permission of the Swedish authorities. Another source claims that the Swedish authorities notified Assange's lawyer of his imminent arrest on that same day. So he was neither arrested in Sweden nor freed on bail in Sweden.