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Yes, I am aware of this, but read your link: A person may be held in custody for a period of normally not more than 14 days (seven days if only the degree of s

by halviti 14y ago

Yes, I am aware of this, but read your link: A person may be held in custody for a period of normally not more than 14 days (seven days if only the degree of suspicion "reasonable suspicion" exists) In order to hold him for 5 months, they would need to file an extension every two weeks... and at 5 months, you're obviously just abusing the law. If they didn't have enough evidence 5 months ago, surely they don't seem to have it now.

pathy 14y ago
AFAIK it has to be extended every 14 days by a judge. But yes, I agree with you on that, it can easily be abused and Sweden has been criticized for that in the past. That said, he has fled the country before and he could tamper with evidence if he had access to a computer (probably) so in that sense it makes sense to keep him confined - and he still has to serve his 1 year sentence from the TPB trial. The time he has spent now will be deducted from his TPB sentence so he will probably only have to serve very little additional time for that. That said: It does not justify prolonged solitary confinement. He did get some access to others so it wasn't true solitary confinement but probably almost as taxing.
- toyg 14y ago
  I wonder if, by pure coincidence of course, he'll end up being released right about the end of his TPB-related sentence, and this "hacking" charge will simply be dropped. An expensive international manhunt for copyright infringers looks a bit overzealous in the press, but for a "dangerous computer hacker targeting tax records"? Much more politically acceptable.
  - mongol 14y ago
    It is not probable. He would not remain in jail this long unless a judge determined that the "probable cause" that the prosecutor brings forward every 2 weeks is strong enough for him to remain jailed. Despite what some people seem to believe, this is not part of a plot to keep him behind bars "just because".
hedwall 14y ago
Yeah, but he is now serving his 1 year prison sentence.
mongol 14y ago
How does it work in the US? The police catches you, you enter trial - how múch time is allowed to pass in between?

by halviti 14y ago

pathy 14y ago

AFAIK it has to be extended every 14 days by a judge. But yes, I agree with you on that, it can easily be abused and Sweden has been criticized for that in the past. That said, he has fled the country before and he could tamper with evidence if he had access to a computer (probably) so in that sense it makes sense to keep him confined - and he still has to serve his 1 year sentence from the TPB trial. The time he has spent now will be deducted from his TPB sentence so he will probably only have to serve very little additional time for that. That said: It does not justify prolonged solitary confinement. He did get some access to others so it wasn't true solitary confinement but probably almost as taxing.

toyg 14y ago
I wonder if, by pure coincidence of course, he'll end up being released right about the end of his TPB-related sentence, and this "hacking" charge will simply be dropped. An expensive international manhunt for copyright infringers looks a bit overzealous in the press, but for a "dangerous computer hacker targeting tax records"? Much more politically acceptable.
- mongol 14y ago
  It is not probable. He would not remain in jail this long unless a judge determined that the "probable cause" that the prosecutor brings forward every 2 weeks is strong enough for him to remain jailed. Despite what some people seem to believe, this is not part of a plot to keep him behind bars "just because".

hedwall 14y ago

Yeah, but he is now serving his 1 year prison sentence.

mongol 14y ago

How does it work in the US? The police catches you, you enter trial - how múch time is allowed to pass in between?