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tptacek on Aug 20, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Legal myths about the Assange extradition

The precedent that you are referring to here is what? That Assange, as a foreign head of state, is immune to extradition?

brudgers on Aug 20, 2012 [–]

I believe the precedent being cited is that the general welfare may be more important than black letter law.

tptacek on Aug 20, 2012 | [–]

I'm pretty sure that's not a precedent set by the failure to extradite Pinochet, who was a genocidal tyrant.

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