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And when they get dropped, everybody act as if the charges were real.
by hartator 6y ago
And when they get dropped, everybody act as if the charges were real.
- Maximus9000 6y agoIt's the old adage of: "accusation on the front page, acquittal on page 13"
- Traster 6y agoWe'll never know if the charges could be proven because Assange fled to an embassy for many years, denying us all the right to see what would happen at trial.
- hartator 6y agoOne of the accusers dropped her charges. She says she was pushed by the Swedish authorities to make a case. The other withdraws he consent after the facts as she says Assange didn't tell her that he was seeing other girls.
- kristopolous 6y agoScandalizing someone's vices to discredit their message is millenniums old. It's kinda disturbing that people weren't immediately on to it as a smear job.
- ivanhoe 6y agoWe wouldn't know it anyway as the trial in Sweden would never happen, so that he could be deported to US asap...
- ben_w 6y agoWhile I agree that the behaviour of the UK and the USA is suspect, and also that the incredibly low prosecution rate for sexual assault[0] suggests that a guilty-but-not-infamous person otherwise identical to Assange would probably not have been charged, one of his accusers was trying to reopen the case and get him extradited to Sweden as soon as they found out he was no longer in the embassy, and this failed because the judge decided too much time has passed for a fair trial[1]. [0] assuming UK rates are similar to Swedish rates, given a quick google didn’t give me their stats [1] https://www.thelocal.se/20191119/swedish-prosecutor-holds-press-conference-in-julian-assange-case https://www.thelocal.se/20191119/swedish-prosecutor-holds-pr...
- pelliphant 6y agoThey where real... Sure, the attention they got where overblown. But let's not act like assange wasn't acting like an asshole... Or that the charges where dropped because of reasons related to if he's guilty or not.