Kommentarer till Assange, Ecuador, and the Swedish Legal System

Av: skullaria

skullaria — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:00:55 +0000

Well surely there is some way to PARDON someone even if you can’t interfere with the trial? Does no politician have any right to pardon? That’s horrid, IMO, there’s no safety valve on the side of innocence in case of usual circumstances.
No, I do not understand law there. It seems so inflexible as to make it the perfect system to predict and manipulate.

Av: ajxn

ajxn — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:59:18 +0000

There has not been a trail yet, so how do you ”know” this?
The procecutor hasn’t been able to do their job becuse Mr A. refuses to come and stand on trail to prove that he is innocent, if he now are that.

Av: ajxn

ajxn — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:45:35 +0000

Why should we take your opinion into account when you don’t know that sweden doesn’t have a President? There are a King, and he have no formal power. When it comes to practicers of the law, the government are strictly forbiden to interfere. So yes, they can’t do that, and if they do, it would be like an American president having sex with a politic intern if papers would find out, and they will. The jury and judges know this.

About Swedish Law procedures, they are not based on the Common Law that England and US are. So the usual procedure in Sweden are that the suspect is first questioned, the arrested if charges still holds and then formal charges is put forward. In England and US the procedure is the reversed.
So it would be stupid of the prosecutor to go to England, question Mr A. and then get him arrest there. The last interigation has to be done in Sweden.

And Yes, Mr A. are subject to beeing charged with rape.

What might be possible is that the Prime minister or government could overroll an extradiction to US, but even so.
By the way, Sweden are not allowed to extradict Mr A. without approval from England. And England could have extradicted Mr A. already.
So no, there are no more risk for Mr A. to be extradicted to US than it was earlier when he was on GB soil.

Av: andreaxpcaseyk

andreaxpcaseyk — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:28:38 +0000

Reblogged this on Andrea Casey Summary.

Av: n0rights

n0rights — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:55:10 +0000

In Sweden does not need a witness to prove rape. It’s enough evidence injured female. The denial of the suspect also has no value. Swedish law.

Av: emirjame (@emirjame)

emirjame (@emirjame) — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:39:38 +0000

I also don’t believe the Swedish claim that they have sufficient evidence to charge. But they could prove me wrong by charging and even sentencing Assange. Their story that ‘they need an interview’ is bollocks. There is NO juridical system that depends on cooperation of the suspect. The verdict depends on evidence!! This because supects can refuse to participate & that is what we see them do always on television (”talk to my lawyer”).

Av: Torsten Loebert

Torsten Loebert — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:13:50 +0000

In the words of Foreign Secretary Hague, ”He faces serious charges in a country with the highest standards of law and where [Assange's] rights are guaranteed”. Come on. Why should we take Foreign Secretary Hague’s word on this when he does not even understand the distinction between ‘allegations’ and ‘charges’? Even the Swedish Embassy ignored this error and retweeted Hague’s message without correction.

Do not think for a moment that the words of Presidents, Prime Ministers, Secretaries of State and Foreign Ministers will pass over the heads of Lawyers, Jurors, Prosecutors or Judges in any Swedish court case.

Av: Mårten Schultz

Mårten Schultz — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:06:50 +0000

Men våldtäkt är inte ett litet brott, det betraktas som ett allvarligt brott i svensk rätt. Huruvida A behandlats som vem som helst är svårt att svara på. Det är få andra som skulle ha kunnat göra som A gör – lämna landet och därefter få asyl. Situationen är unik i sin helhet, också genom att A är så känd vilket gör det lättare att följa hans spår under flykten. Det finns många exempel på hur rättsväsendet använt sig av EAW vid misstanke om samma brott som här.

Av: Mårten Schultz

Mårten Schultz — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:55:11 +0000

This I am not sure of. As far as I know there is no such thing as a legal guarantee that could be given. Even if for instance a Swedish minister would give such a guarantee it would not be binding, since a request for extradition would be handled by the courts and it is illegal for the Government to interfere with a court process.

Av: Roland Giersig (@RolandGiersig)

Roland Giersig (@RolandGiersig) — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:42:37 +0000

OK, thank you.
Assange has been threatened by several Americans, including life-threats. If a swedish judge finds these threats to be credible, could a preliminary, binding judgement be made that Assange will not be handed over to the USA? I know that there has already been a statement that Assange will not be handed over if his life is endangered. But could this guarantee be given in a legally binding way?