Polanski

[threeplusfire]

The Polanski story enrages me. If Polanski had murdered someone, run down a kid in a drunk driving incident, stolen millions of dollars from a bunch of investors, burned down a church - would anyone be asking if this extradition was necessary? Yes, It's been decades. Yes, Polanski has made some incredible art and is famous. That doesn't change the fact that he drugged and raped a child, and skipped the country to avoid serving his sentence. That's pretty damned reprehensible. Thinking he should get a pass because he's managed to elude being extradited is even more shitty.

Comments

[delchi.livejournal.com]

As I commented elsewhere , the only one I can think of is that some countries will refuse extradition if the country the prisoner is being send back to will face the death penalty. That's at least reasonable from a humanitarian position ( not that I agree, but still it makes more sense ). Protecting this guy is just a joke. I can't think of a single reason to protect him or give him any shelter from the justice he deserves.