In the remote mountain high country of the Australian state of Victoria, police are continuing a huge manhunt. The fugitive is Dezi Freeman, a man alleged to have killed two police officers and injured a third in late August in the town of Porepunkah, 300km northeast of Melbourne.

Freeman identifies as a sovereign citizen, someone who believes they are not subject to the law.

Australia is no stranger to such beliefs. In the 1970s, the self-styled Prince Leonard, a disgruntled wheat farmer, declared........

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