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Because that would be running TOWARDS the trial. Why should he go back to a country he has left just to have a trial?

• eli 14y ago
  Because if you don't show up they could send you to jail anyway without you having had a chance to make full defense?
  • rhizome 14y ago
    I was taught that trials in absentia are not really a great thing.
    • tedunangst 14y ago
      The problem is evidence and particularly eyewitness testimony (unreliable to begin with) decay with age. Banning absentia trials creates an incentive for people to hang out for a few years, then come back and say "all this evidence is too old, you should reasonably doubt its integrity".
      • rhizome 14y ago
        Was the Pirate Bay trial(s) subject to any of those weaknesses?
        • tedunangst 14y ago
          Dunno. I thought the thread had wandered away from a specific case and was making a general comment. But yes, I believe that's something considered before proceeding in absentia.