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Which they conspicuously are suddenly no longer interested in pursuing, now that he has lost his asylum. You would almost think the whole case had been a ruse f
by Tycho 7y ago
Which they conspicuously are suddenly no longer interested in pursuing, now that he has lost his asylum. You would almost think the whole case had been a ruse from the start.
- WAHa_06x36 7y agoHow does that make any sense?
- jeltz 7y agoI am pretty sure the case was real (the names of the accusers leaked and I have no reason to think they were on the payroll of any government), but I also find it very likely that the case was dragged on to an absurd degree to harass Assange. Sweden wanted to drop the case already in 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/feb/11/sweden-tried-to-drop-assange-extradition-in-2013-cps-emails-show https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/feb/11/sweden-tried-t...
- SiempreViernes 7y agoNot so much to harass Assange as to uphold the image of the justice department, do you think any law agency will take a fugitive escaping to a different county and then being very public about their whereabouts quietly? Especially when they flee from accusations of a serous crime that the government has pretty lousy track record at solving. He flees to the UK, and you expect the prosecution to go "oh well, that's like 2 hours flight away, we'll never get him now"?
- einpoklum 7y agoAssange did not flee Sweden, and please stop repeating that false claim.
- compuguy 7y agoThey stopped perusing the case (I believe) partially because of they passed the statue of limitations on the accused crime.
- jeltz 7y agoAs far as I know the statue of limitations has not been reached yet. The reason he investigation was dropped was that Swedish law requires coercive measures to be proportionate, but I have no idea why they decided that it was too much in 2017 specifically. They had been talking about dropping the investigation since 2013. Basically the Swedish authorities thought that going after him more than they already had would be too much for the level of suspicion and the crime.
- monocasa 7y agoOnly the less serious charges had passed the statute of limitations.
- compuguy 7y agoThank you for the clarification. I've honestly not followed all of the ins and outs of all this that closely.
- FireBeyond 7y agoYes, it's entirely unheard of that cases get dropped. Must have been a ruse.
- einpoklum 7y agoIndeed, although to be fair - the statute of limitation on the fourth offense he was suspected of expires in 2020.