You say you want to investigate all the criminal things: how is it "equality under the law" in the slightest to focus only on Assange and not all the things he revealed that could inform his proceedings?
I'm in total support of prosecuting whatever crimes have been revealed by Assange. But this thread isn't about those; it's about prosecuting Assange for the crimes raised against him. How is it "equality under the law" to bring him to trial without fair
opportunity to form a defense?
He has had nearly a decade to prepare a defense. However, even ignoring all that, there are literally millions of people who prepare a defense after they have been arrested -- that is not something unique to Assange, that's basically the common case. People don't typically have the luxury of preparing a defense before arrest; only Assange does because he has fled the law for years. Not Biden: that should be normal for due process. I don't know the laws to
know that well, but there's probably one there already.
Are you suggesting there should be a legal process that results in innocent people being pardoned? I think there is: *it's called the courts*. I'm genuinely struggling to understand what you are suggesting, and I truly do want to. You on one hand seem to be wholly opposed to our current court system trying Assange, and clamoring for an alternate system that -- so far as I can tell -- is no different than the court system you are criticizing. I would love to find even a single point of common ground on which to build. You said "we would charge him with sexual stuff _after_ the higher stakes stuff was resolved if needed" -- so just to confirm I understand this. You are saying you support Sweden pursuing sexual assault claims against Assange once he is released from UK prison, assuming they continue rejecting the US claims for extradition? -david