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If there is sufficient evidence here then an investigation is right and proper. It's easy to see this as about Julian Assange but it's also about someone who c
by Tyrannosaurs 16y ago
If there is sufficient evidence here then an investigation is right and proper. It's easy to see this as about Julian Assange but it's also about someone who claims that they've been raped - something which has to be taken seriously.
I don't see a particular issue with the original prosecutor being overruled by his seniors - in cases such as this I'd imagine that they want to make sure that they do everything they can make sure that they get it right and appear above reproach and if in doubt investigate it properly seems a sensible approach.
- Andrew_Quentin 16y agoI agree. Rape is a serious crime, regardless of who, by whom or to whom. However, it would be difficult to say that the handling of this case has been proper. To the contrary, it seems like a complete mess. The prosecutors seem to be playing a PR game very publicly. A proper investigation does not issue an arrest straight away, retreat the arrest, then issue an arrest again once the mood has calmed down.
- ithkuil 16y agoreminds me of Prosecutor Ekström from the Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Trilogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Trilogy)
- berntb 16y ago>>The prosecutors seem to be playing a PR game very publicly. I'm not going to argue that Swedish prosecutors won't play a PR game -- but I do think a good argument could be made that if Hanlon's razor was ever apt, it would be for Swedish police/prosecution... :-( "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."