Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition

Re:Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition by dolbz on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @07:54AM (#3186246)

I think John's point is that people are dismissing the actual allegations outright and assuming the conspiracy is true without any evidence at all.

There's no evidence I'm aware of to back up the conspiracy. On the other hand the Swedes obviously believe there is enough evidence for a prosecution given the extradition request.

Why shouldn't the normal legal process occur? If he's got a good defence case then he should present it to the Swedish court. If he doesn't then he deserves the punishment for any crime he's found guilty of.

Edit: I see John has responded himself. See his response :)

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Re:Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition by gillianseed on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @09:13AM (#3186472)

I can tell you with absolute conviction that the vast majority of the 'swedes' (being as I'm one of them) do not believe there is enough evidence for a prosecution. This is unprecedented, the original dismissal of these allegations by the chief prosecutor would have been the end of it had there not been political pressure (gee, I wonder from where?) to bring this to trial.

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