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You are certainly right, every case can fall under those points. However in this case there is an obvious flight risk, he has already fled the country once to
by pathy 14y ago
You are certainly right, every case can fall under those points.
However in this case there is an obvious flight risk, he has already fled the country once to avoid a prison sentence.
As for evidence destruction, I guess it can be argued that since the evidence is electronic and he hardly needs to be there in person to the destroy it he can instruct someone to do it for him.
I don't agree with solitary confinement in general but Torrentfreak has a way of spinning the story like he is some poor innocent lamb while he in reality is accused of a rather serious crime.
- freshhawk 14y ago> accused of a rather serious crime stretching "rather serious" a bit there aren't you?
- pathy 14y agoStealing personal information from the tax authority for years? I consider that rather serious. Not on the level of killing someone or some such of course but in terms of potential damage to many it ranks rather highly.
- freshhawk 14y agoAh yes, the things he hasn't been charged with yet? I agree that they do count as serious though.
- pathy 14y agoThat's how the Swedish court system works, he has been accused (with the higher level of confidence if I remember correctly) and won't get formally charged until it is taken up in court. The system is a bit different compared to for example USA. He was taken into custody while the investigation was being finished up.
- freshhawk 14y agoAh yes, that's ringing a bell (I think from the whole Assange debacle). Makes the reporting in torrentfreak guilty of some rather dishonest spin doesn't it?