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(27,670 posts)but the British have determined that Sweden is prosecuting him, because if the allegations had been brought forth in England, he would already have been charged in England, and therefore, Sweden is already prosecuting him.
Wow.
Did I miss anything?
An attorney once told me this: "It does not really matter if you did not commit a crime for which you have been accused, and it does not matter if there is no evidence that any crime has been committed. If the law finds you guilty of a crime, you are guilty of a crime".
Thanks for this. You have removed the last vestiges of doubt from my mind.
I am now completely convinced that Julian Assange is innocent beyond any reasonable doubt, and I believe that he is being falsely accused, smeared, and framed.
But are you sure that this is not satire? You didn't get this from some Monte Python skit, did you?
"even if the court was constrained to determine whether someone was an accused by solely considering the question of whether the prosecution had commenced, we would not find it difficult to hold that looking at what has taken place in Sweden that the prosecution had commenced. Although it is clear a decision has not been taken to charge him, that is because, under Swedish procedure, that decision is taken at a late stage with the trial following quickly thereafter. In England and Wales, a decision to charge is taken at a very early stage; there can be no doubt that if what Mr Assange had done had been done in England and Wales, he would have been charged and thus criminal proceedings would have been commenced. If the commencement of criminal proceedings were to be viewed in this way, it would be to look at Swedish procedure through the narrowest of eyes. On this basis, criminal proceedings have commenced against Mr Assange."
And so, have the British already found him guilty?
there can be no doubt that if what Mr Assange had done had been done in England and Wales,
so he done it? not allegedly done it?
What a bizarre witch hunt this is. A parody that must be making Monte Python totally green with envy.