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> I mean trust them to decide who to prosecute, not trust them to decide who to convict. > Rule of law includes not skipping bail "prosecute" "convict" "skip"

by elif 6y ago

> I mean trust them to decide who to prosecute, not trust them to decide who to convict. > Rule of law includes not skipping bail "prosecute" "convict" "skip" "bail" These are all terms which explicitly apply to people who have been charged with a crime. If you believe that he was charged with a crime in sweden, you are mistaken. Otherwise, you are not really discussing Assange here.

ben_w 6y ago
“Julian Assange supporters ordered to forfeit £93,500 bail money” - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/08/julian-assange-supporters-ordered-forfeit-bail https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/08/julian-assange... “Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks for skipping UK bail” - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/01/julian-assange-sentenced-to-50-weeks-for-skipping-uk-bail/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/01/julian-assange-sen... Timeline according to Swedish authorities (archive): https://web.archive.org/web/20190502114026/https://www.aklagare.se/en/nyheter--press/media/the-assange-matter/chronology/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190502114026/https://www.aklag...