Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, center, flank him as he leaves the Supreme Court in London, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Sweden’s public prosecutor was right to demand the return of Julian Assange, a lawyer told Britain’s Supreme Court Thursday, saying that failing to hand over the WikiLeaks chief would break with precedent and wreck European extradition rules. The point is a technical one, but it’s critical to Assange’s 14-month struggle to avoid extradition to Sweden where he’s wanted on sex crime allegations stemming from encounters with two Swedish women during a trip there in 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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by Stephen Cook
