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> "the courts don't ruin another person's life based on allegations that turn out to be false, as in the case of Julian Assange"

I think your bias might be leaking but the case against Assange was never shown to be false. As far as I'm aware he's still in an embassy avoiding his trial.

tomp on July 1, 2014 [–]

Exactly. They weren't shown to be true, either. He is in the embassy waiting to be charged, not avoiding trial.

dllthomas on July 1, 2014 | [–]

The point is that it's not a very good example of "allegations that turn out to be false" - they haven't turned out at all.

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