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It is true that if he were a regular guy, and not a "film great", he would have the book thrwon at him. I think that speaks more of the injustice within the legal system, more than of any favoritism towards famous people.
But the reason Roman fled in the first place, is because the judge was going to deviate from the deal that had been struck ( the law isn't about right and wrong, it's all about deals ). Roman learned he was going back to prison. At the end of the day, the girl / woman was payed for the misconduct, she accepted it as restitution, and that should be the end of it. After all, Roman Polanski is worth more to the world as a free man, than in prison.
Underage women all over wind up having sex with older men, and for many it's a clear choice. But it doesn't make the news or go to court. It has less to do with age, as it does with personal maturity, but the law only sees the age factor.
The Home Office received 95 extradition requests from the US between 1 January 2004 and 31 July 2009; 47 of these have taken place, with 36 ongoing, five withdrawn by the US and seven refused by UK authorities. The UK has made 42 extradition requests to the US during the same period; 27 of these have taken place, with 12 ongoing, three withdrawn by the UK and none refused. The numbers of requests made between the UK and its extradition partners are often unequal – Spain extradited 104 people to us between 2004 and 2008 and received 27 – but this signifies no imbalance in the governing arrangements.
It is true that if he were a regular guy, and not a "film great", he would have the book thrwon at him. I think that speaks more of the injustice within the legal system, more than of any favoritism towards famous people.
But the reason Roman fled in the first place, is because the judge was going to deviate from the deal that had been struck ( the law isn't about right and wrong, it's all about deals ). Roman learned he was going back to prison. At the end of the day, the girl / woman was payed for the misconduct, she accepted it as restitution, and that should be the end of it. After all, Roman Polanski is worth more to the world as a free man, than in prison.
Underage women all over wind up having sex with older men, and for many it's a clear choice. But it doesn't make the news or go to court. It has less to do with age, as it does with personal maturity, but the law only sees the age factor.
So as long as a rapist has enough money to give the victim then the rapist should go free?
Lets not call it a misconduct, he drugged and raped her. It does not matter one bit whether underage girls have sex with men, stop making excuses for the convicted RAPIST.
Raping any girl/wman is bad enough, but a 13 year old girl? He admitted in court he did it, so to me it doesn't matter how famous he is, how much money he has, or how long it has been, he should have been in jail LONG ago.
What I hate is that even if they bring him back to the US, our punishments have become so soft that he'll get a slap on the wrist compared to what he would've gotten if he faced his sentence back in the 70's.
And while I empathize for the victim, she has absolutely NO say in whether he should face the music or not. She was a one-time victim, not the law. Her opinion may be quite skewed since the rapist paid off her family years ago.
They wouldn't have extradited him had he been a regular ******.
If he was a regular ******, he wouldn't have had the resources to flee the country. If he was a just a wealthy regular ******, instead of an acclaimed filmmaker, France wouldn't have protected him from extradition for 30+ years.
Tough, if the people are out of your country, and not your problem anymore, why extradite?
Really??? So, then criminals could just commit their crime, then leave the country. Yeah, that would be a great system.
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