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Isn't the whole the struggles and fiascos are about the suspect of him doing rape or not? How could the totally unrelated email leaks be the reason to grant a p

by ezoe 7y ago

Isn't the whole the struggles and fiascos are about the suspect of him doing rape or not? How could the totally unrelated email leaks be the reason to grant a pardon? This world is more rotten than you can ever imagine.

ryanlol 7y ago
> Isn't the whole the struggles and fiascos are about the suspect of him doing rape or not? Nope, those charges were dropped.
- Traster 7y ago
  Is it the case that some of those charges passed the statute of limitations while Assange was hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy? I think "charges were dropped" is putting it a bit strongly.
  - ryanlol 7y ago
    AFAICT Sweden refused to interview and indict Assange as long as he remained in the embassy. If that’s true then IMO “charges were dropped” isn’t putting it a bit strongly. Also AFAIK Swedish prosecutors wanted to drop these charges in 2013, but the UK prosecutors dissuaded them from doing do. Besides, not all of the Swedish charges hit statute of limitations.
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  - cperciva 7y ago
    I'm not familiar with Swedish law in this area (including whether it even exists -- not all states have statutes of limitations), but it would be quite remarkable to have a statute of limitations which didn't have an exception for fugitives.
    - ryanlol 7y ago
      > but it would be quite remarkable to have a statute of limitations which didn't have an exception for fugitives. It wouldn’t. It’s quite common to have a statute of limitations that requires the prosecutors to serve an indictment, in this case that wouldn’t even have been particularly difficult to achieve. AFAIK most (all?) Nordic legal systems are like this.
  - monocasa 7y ago
    The more serious charges were dropped before they exceeded their statute of limitations.
  - einpoklum 7y ago
    No and yes. Assange was never formally charged with a crime, but allegations were made against him. Officially, Sweden wanted him extradited to be investigated (although, of course, he offered to be investigated in the Ecuadorian embassy due to his being persecuted in the UK).
div 7y ago
That case was in sweden, and dropped by the swedish prosecutor.

by ezoe 7y ago

ryanlol 7y ago

> Isn't the whole the struggles and fiascos are about the suspect of him doing rape or not? Nope, those charges were dropped.

Traster 7y ago
Is it the case that some of those charges passed the statute of limitations while Assange was hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy? I think "charges were dropped" is putting it a bit strongly.
- ryanlol 7y ago
  AFAICT Sweden refused to interview and indict Assange as long as he remained in the embassy. If that’s true then IMO “charges were dropped” isn’t putting it a bit strongly. Also AFAIK Swedish prosecutors wanted to drop these charges in 2013, but the UK prosecutors dissuaded them from doing do. Besides, not all of the Swedish charges hit statute of limitations.
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- cperciva 7y ago
  I'm not familiar with Swedish law in this area (including whether it even exists -- not all states have statutes of limitations), but it would be quite remarkable to have a statute of limitations which didn't have an exception for fugitives.
  - ryanlol 7y ago
    > but it would be quite remarkable to have a statute of limitations which didn't have an exception for fugitives. It wouldn’t. It’s quite common to have a statute of limitations that requires the prosecutors to serve an indictment, in this case that wouldn’t even have been particularly difficult to achieve. AFAIK most (all?) Nordic legal systems are like this.
- monocasa 7y ago
  The more serious charges were dropped before they exceeded their statute of limitations.
- einpoklum 7y ago
  No and yes. Assange was never formally charged with a crime, but allegations were made against him. Officially, Sweden wanted him extradited to be investigated (although, of course, he offered to be investigated in the Ecuadorian embassy due to his being persecuted in the UK).

div 7y ago

That case was in sweden, and dropped by the swedish prosecutor.