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.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

There's a world of difference between personal forgiveness and legal consequence. The victim doesn't decide the punishment in our legal system.

Maybe Polanski should foot the bill for his flight back. He did create this entire problem.

I don't think we should fail to prosecute crimes because of finances.