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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by jacquesm on Friday May 19, 2017 @06:59AM (#14374419)
No, that's not how it works. Showing up for a trial (and being represented) reduces your chances of a conviction. Sweden could have held a trial in absentia leading to a conviction if they believed they had a case to begin with.

I always wondered why they did not do that.

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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by Tomte on Friday May 19, 2017 @07:27AM (#14374562)
As it has been explained many times: no, they couldn't have.

Trial in absentia is not a universal feature of justice systems. Germany, for example, doesn't have it. Neither has Sweden.

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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by draugadrotten on Friday May 19, 2017 @08:10AM (#14374809)
Sweden most certainly has trial in absentia. It is up to the judge to decide if a case can be tried in the absense of the accused.

Use google translate: http://lawline.se/answers/8630

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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by Tomte on Friday May 19, 2017 @08:25AM (#14374903)
Thank you, I had heard otherwise. Upvoted.
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Re:Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation by jacquesm on Friday May 19, 2017 @09:09AM (#14375220)
In fact, it does. I don't know why people keep perpetrating these long ago debunked falsehoods.
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