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Re:Bail has become a way to lock up the poor regardless of g... by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @09:23AM (#17715694)
> The US, without any doubt, protects the rights of accused person FAR better than ANY European country. Just ask Julian Assange

Since Assange’s entire excuse for his flight from justice is the fear that the whole Swedish and British process has been a pretext for being dragged to the US for an unfair trial, I don't think he'll back you.

Of course, he's also completely nuts. If the US wanted him from the UK, we'd just file charges and seek extradition directly rather than go through some Rube Goldberg Swedish rape charges to get him extradited to a country we have a less-closw relationship with than the UK.

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Re:Bail has become a way to lock up the poor regardless of g... by drivingmenuts on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @10:30AM (#17716241)
He's not hiding in the UK - he's hiding in Ecuador, with whom we do not have an extradition treaty, apparently. An embassy is the sovereign soil of it's own country. Otherwise, we could just storm the place with overwhelming force and take him. Ecuador lacks the means to effectively stop us.

Note: I am NOT suggesting we do this.

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Re:Bail has become a way to lock up the poor regardless of g... by FireBeyond on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @12:46PM (#17717361)
> An embassy is the sovereign soil of it's own country.

Apropos of anything else, no, it is not.

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