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Tierra_y_Libertad

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18. No. They are alleging it is because the statute of limitations is running out.

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 11:32 AM

Mar 2015

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/13/us-sweden-assange-idUSKBN0M90NH20150313

The main reason for prosecutors' change of heart is that several crimes Assange is suspected of are subject to a statute of limitations expiring in August.

Prosecutor Marianne Ny said she still believed questioning him at the embassy would lower the quality of the interview and he would need to be in Sweden should the case come to a trial.

"Now that time is of the essence, I have viewed it therefore necessary to accept such deficiencies to the investigation," she said in a statement.

Sweden's Supreme Court is currently weighing whether to hear his request to lift the warrant for Assange's arrest and has asked the prosecutor to submit an opinion before a decision can be taken.

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Swedes Offer to Question Julian Assange in London/NYT [View all] Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 OP

But wait, anonymous internet experts have assured us the prosecutor can't do that!! riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #1

This is not good news for Assange hack89 Mar 2015 #2

That is all Assange has asked for! You're presuming his guilt riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #4

The prosecutor has said for years that the interview was the last step before arrest hack89 Mar 2015 #6

You are misunderstanding a basic legal fact of the case--this interview is the due process given in msanthrope Mar 2015 #7

No. I'm not. I know all of that perfectly well. Nt riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #22

It also puts Ecuador in an awkward position.. Although one wonders if Ecuador arranged this to msanthrope Mar 2015 #5

No--no one told you that. The prosecutor was under no obligation to do that. And the only msanthrope Mar 2015 #3

Oh FFS, plenty of DUers said she couldn't go. I'm not rehashing that old argument riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #21

So you advocate him running out the clock rather than msanthrope Mar 2015 #23

I'm not advocating anything. Simply pointing out the logical calculations riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #25

A person in Assange's situtation would get a fair trial. Unfortunately, he's also guilty as Hell... msanthrope Mar 2015 #28

It's already a fact that the prosecutor engaged in serious lies about his case riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #29

Care to cite that? Because the British courts heard Assange's msanthrope Mar 2015 #32

Yes, I seem to recall that line of reasoning. pa28 Mar 2015 #19

Interesting that he did not immediately accept the offer (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #8

Even more interesting they didn't make the offer 3 years ago. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #9

Why would they? After he fled Sweden to avoid his scheduled interview, why would they msanthrope Mar 2015 #16

No. They are alleging it is because the statute of limitations is running out. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #18

Did you even read your whole source?????? msanthrope Mar 2015 #20

Per the BBC, it appears he has accepted LittleBlue Mar 2015 #31

Cheerleading for rapists is sickening. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #10

Alleged. There's been no trial or even charges filed. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #11

Well, no. That happens when a criminal goes on the run... Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #12

He's not an alleged rapist, though....he's already testified that he did the acts listed on the EAW. msanthrope Mar 2015 #14

You be the judge LiberalLovinLug Mar 2015 #33

I think I'll take court evidence over some unverified leak. The EAW stands. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #34

Criminal? Sweden is finally offering to meet with Assange after Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #15

Bail-jumping makes you a criminal. You might dismiss the rape, but he is a bail-jumper. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #17

There is no bail. He left (not fled) with Sweden's permission. Cayenne Mar 2015 #24

Um....you really want to claim there's no bail on Assange? nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #27

The 4 charges, as listed in the EAW, are filed after this interview, in keeping with Swedish law. msanthrope Mar 2015 #13

Well, that wasn't so hard now was it? pa28 Mar 2015 #26

But I was told this could never happen LittleBlue Mar 2015 #30