Assange, the law of limitation, and the next eight days

Re:Assange, the law of limitation, and the next eight days by kiiski on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @10:19AM (#10041216)

Is five years evading law enforcement really that much better than ~1 year in prison? (One year based on the fact that the five year limit only applies if the maximum penalty is at most 2 years[1], and presumably a first timer would not spend the whole 2 years in prison (and the actual sentence in this case might be below 2 years anyway))

The general principle, as far as I know, is based on the idea that the need for punishment is lessened by time.

[1] https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preskription#Preskriptionstide...

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Re:Assange, the law of limitation, and the next eight days by draugadrotten on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @10:34AM (#10041332)

> Is five years evading law enforcement really that much better than ~1 year in prison?

No, clearly not, especially considering the circumstances of the evasion is similar to a Swedish prison. He probably doesn't have a playstation in the Embassy, but he could have had one in his prison cell.

The only reason Assange submitted himself to being locked up into the embassy for 5 years is because he truly fears extradition to the US. In my opinion, rightly so. Remember Sweden allowed secret CIA extraordinary rendition, aka torture flights only a few years before the Assange event[1].

[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05...

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Re:Assange, the law of limitation, and the next eight days by Tomte on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @10:38AM (#10041356)

You don't truly believe that the UK, being "cousins" and with all the "special relationship", would be a less probable actor to allow this dreaded extraordinary rendition, do you?

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