Roman Polanski arrested (discuss)...

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What do you guys think? Free Polanski or off with his head?

Anyone see the Hollywood documentary slant piece on him "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"? Purportedly the judge and prosecutor were in collusion and reneged on the plea bargain they made with Polanski, therefore he fled.

What are your thoughts?
 
WildCat said:
He did the crime, now he can do the time. Being a talented director does not give you the right to molest children.
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Does money mean nothing in the US any more?
 
From what I read on this, the victim has let it go, and was compensated long ago.
 
WildCat said:
It allowed him to buy his way into France and live high on the hog as a fugitive for over 3 decades.
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"Buy his way" being a euphemism for "being a French citizen"????

On the other hand, he admitted doing and was found guilty, so he should do the time..
 
DropGems said:
Anyone see the Hollywood documentary slant piece on him "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"? Purportedly the judge and prosecutor were in collusion and reneged on the plea bargain they made with Polanski, therefore he fled.
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Yeah I saw that documentary. What a sorry excuse for a judge that was, he completely screwed the trial.
 
BTW, any reason why Switzerland was the country that decided to arrested him, and not the other European countries he lived in and visited since his warrant?
 
Does it being neutral have something to do with it?

He also hasn't come to the UK for fear of arrest.
 
Architect said:
"Buy his way" being a euphemism for "being a French citizen"????
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Would France have denied his extradition if he was Roman Polanski the convenience store clerk instead of Roman Polanski the rich and famous film director?
 
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WildCat said:
Would France have denied his extradition if he was Roman Polanski the convenience store clerk instead of Roman Polanski the rich and famous film director?
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I don't know; you made the claim, now back it up.
 
I'm glad he's been arrested, i found the whole oscar award for The Pianist (and of course his continued career as a director) pretty distasteful. I don't understand why he was granted immunity from extradition to America, conviction of sex with a 13 year old girl should be taken seriously enough to grant extradition IMHO. Being a bit before my time, does anyone know why France took him in after he fled from custody? Was it just because he is a talented film maker?
 
Pardalis said:
BTW, any reason why Switzerland was the country that decided to arrested him, and not the other European countries he lived in and visited since his warrant?
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That is probably more to do with the way extradition are handled in different country. Until 2002 There was NO extradition treaty ratified with the US (that is If I undertsood the wiki correctly). And if wiki is correct this is a huge fact some people here seem to overlook :).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradition_treaties
 
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quarky said:
Not at all. I thought it had already been tried and settled in court. Evidently not.
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Actually while he was convicted, there was no trial.

Doesn't mean he shouldn't serve his time though.
 
quarky said:
Not at all. I thought it had already been tried and settled in court. Evidently not.
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No, it hadn't.

From the L.A. Times:
Polanski reached a deal with prosecutors in which he pleaded guilty to a count of unlawful sex with a minor and prosecutors agreed not to pursue rape, sodomy and other charges . A judge ordered Polanski to spend 42 days in state prison for pre-sentencing "diagnostic testing." Polanski served the time and was released. But on the eve of his sentencing in 1978, he boarded a plane for Europe, never to return to the U.S.
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Aepervius said:
I fully agree 100% with you. BUT on the other hand if really the judge & prosecutor MADE an agreement only to recant it afterward, they should be taken to task (if still alive) and the original agreement upheld.
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The judge is dead, and no violation of the plea bargain had taken place for the simple reason that Polanski fled the country before this could happen. Apparently he and his attorneys suspected the judge and prosecutor would renege on the agreement, thus prompting Polanski's flight.
 
andyandy said:
I'm glad he's been arrested, i found the whole oscar award for The Pianist (and of course his continued career as a director) pretty distasteful. I don't understand why he was granted immunity from extradition to America, conviction of sex with a 13 year old girl should be taken seriously enough to grant extradition IMHO. Being a bit before my time, does anyone know why France took him in after he fled from custody? Was it just because he is a talented film maker?
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He's a French citizen and that country has a law which restricts extradition for its own citizens.
 
Hopefully the extradition will happen quickly and he can face the legal consequences of his crime.
 
I wonder if he'd care to return to Poland? I saw a headline on Yahoo News that Poland just okayed forcible chemical castration for pedophiles.
 
TragicMonkey said:
I wonder if he'd care to return to Poland? I saw a headline on Yahoo News that Poland just okayed forcible chemical castration for pedophiles.
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...to be injected through the left eyeball.

But seriously, I feel awkward about this.

Polanski has made some films I really love and just yesterday I looked into the Sharon Tate murder because of the death of one of the killers.
That affair is so shocking and sad, that I tend to cut Roman some slack.

I realise I'm not making a rational argument here, just describing my stupid emotional reaction to this case.

But then I think: 'A thirteen-year-old girl?!!!' WTF!
Seriously, what gets into people? That's a frakkin' child, Roman!

I don't understand. I suppose I should be happy for that.

In conclusion: he should do the time.
This kind of behaviour should be discouraged.

Question: is this the only time he's been accused of paedophilia?
 
Listening to a bloke who was billed as an "expert in the history of Hollywood" on the radio this morning and he made the claim that, at the time of the offence, it was apparently not out-of-the-unusual for the "Hollywood set" (!), they were teams of lawyers and PR folk that would be going around "cleaning up" after the Hollywood set, what was unusual was that a blind eye wasn't turned to it.
 
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We all know that he did ****, but not rape, a 13-year old when he was 44. But the story took place more than 30 years ago. Plus the judge game, thanks to Anglo-Saxon system: case dismissed, then not dismissed.

If the US starts witch hunting, they really can`t stop.

Bobby Fischer II saga.

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let`s talk said:
We all know that he did ****, but not rape, a 13-year old when he was 44. But the story took place more than 30 years ago. Plus the judge game, thanks to Anglo-Saxon system: case dismissed, then not dismissed.

If the US starts witch hunting, they really can`t stop.

Bobby Fischer II saga.

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According to the victim, it was not consensual. At 13 it is statutory rape regardless, and for good reason.
 
let`s talk said:
We all know that he did ****, but not rape, a 13-year old when he was 44.
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"We" most certainly do not "all know" that. In fact, so far, you appear to be the only person who "knows" that.

But the story took place more than 30 years ago.
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So, if you can evade the law long enough, you should just get away with your crimes?


Plus the judge game, thanks to Anglo-Saxon system: case dismissed, then not dismissed.
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I have no idea what you're trying to say here.

If the US starts witch hunting, they really can`t stop.
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How is this in any way a "witch hunt"?

Bobby Fischer II saga.
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Um. . . what?
 
Polanski

Absolutely ridiculous arresting Polanski for this after 32 years.

Good grief.

Laws in the U.S. on this are totally ludicrous anyway, and not based upon research. The woman involved has said she doesn't want him to serve time, and I doubt there was any great harm done here.

With all of the criminals running rampant, some prosecutor arrests a guy for what sounded like consensual sex, 32 years ago? Some kind of statute of limitations has to apply somehow to this. If not it should. Please, this prosecutor must be some kind of moron.

I have a very strong feeling that Polanski will be free before long, and he should be. Watch and see. Not all justice systems are as stupid as the U.S.

Geeezzzzz.
 
nightwind said:
Absolutely ridiculous arresting Polanski for this after 32 years.

Good grief.

Laws in the U.S. on this are totally ludicrous anyway, and not based upon research. The woman involved has said she doesn't want him to serve time, and I doubt there was any great harm done here.

With all of the criminals running rampant, some prosecutor arrests a guy for what sounded like consensual sex, 32 years ago? Some kind of statute of limitations has to apply somehow to this. If not it should. Please, this prosecutor must be some kind of moron.

I have a very strong feeling that Polanski will be free before long, and he should be. Watch and see. Not all justice systems are as stupid as the U.S.

Geeezzzzz.
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Drugging someone is within your definition of consensual!?
 
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