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In reply to the discussion: Context and the Assange case. [View all]Judgestone
(2 posts)I'm the Swede, mentioned in 299.
It's so strange, the whole thing. It's not enough, going into a Swedish police station, accusing somebody of rape, and having him or her arrested. Not if the supposed victim doesn't have any injuries.
What will happen, is probably an interrogation by the police. If the suspect denies and the supposed victim hasn't gone to a doctor to show wounds and can't give the police clothes with rape traces, nothing will happen. You don't lock somebody up just because of verbal accusations and if that anyway should occur, the prosecutioner will set that person free as soon as he or her hears about it. In normal cases.
Every day and several times every weekend, the police all over the country have these stories. There's nothing they can do without evidence. It's just that simple.
Therefore, this whole thing is so strange. It's not normal procedure; far from it.