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Re:Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Wins Trial Over A... by nisse72 on Saturday January 26, 2013 @03:39PM (#5121682)
> pretty corrupt

Based on those two examples?

According to this: http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/results/

...4 nordic countries place in the top 7. Sweden is nr 4. The US is nr 19.

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Re:Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Wins Trial Over A... by graue on Saturday January 26, 2013 @03:50PM (#5121717)
My opinion of Sweden's government has worsened considerably thanks to those extremely blatant examples of politically-motivated injustice. A high ranking shouldn't be an excuse to sweep real problems away.

For more on the Pirate Bay trial, see Falkvinge's post here:

http://falkvinge.net/2013/01/06/banana-republic-justice-behi...

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5016277

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Re:Man With 4th Amendment Written on Chest Wins Trial Over A... by Snoptic on Sunday January 27, 2013 @01:52AM (#5123461)
Sweden's two most famous failures were both kowtows to the US, so aren't much relevant in a comparison against US corruption.
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