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Re:Sweden asks to meet Julian Assange inside Ecuador embassy by peeters on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @09:20AM (#11953641)
> At the end of the day, as long as Ecuador doesn't kick him out, all he has to do is wait for the statute of limitations to expire.

Don't know about Sweden, but in the U.S. the statute of limitations is not granted to those fleeing from the law.

> No statute of limitations shall extend to any person fleeing from justice.

- 18 U.S.C 3290 (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3290):

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Re:Sweden asks to meet Julian Assange inside Ecuador embassy by sorenjan on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @09:25AM (#11953673)
Some of the charges against him has already expired, the rape charge expires in august 2020.
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