Roman Polanski is Arrested, Detained at behest of US.

blackascoal said:
They've allowed Polanski to "go free" for decades. He's travelled around europe at will, and if the US was ever serious about sending him to prison we could have done that DECADES ago when he was much younger and his encarceration would have impacted his life much more dramatically.

I suspect this is nothing more than theatre.

I recognize how much the right loves to hate France .. but perhaps you should do a bit of thinking before accussing France of lower moral standards when it comes to child-rape.

Our celebrities simply pay the victim to shut up.

Most US child rape victims are raped by their relatives.

Catholic priests have been getting a pass on raping children since the beginning of time.

Ever been to Utah?

Should Polanski been sent jail for his crime? .. absolutely .. but 32 years later .. give me a break.
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Especially when the victim is saying, don't do this? Would his jailing at this point protect society? Is he a danger?
I feel at this point a hefty fine and donating to the community would better serve society then throwing him in jail.
Yes, he broke the law, but the punishment at this point should fit the many years that have passed since the commission of this crime.
 
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blackascoal said:
DEEPLY stupid my friend.

France being democratically socialist never entered my mind.

Polanski is not charged with any crime in France .. and France has a long history of resisting US prosecution ..
http://www.google.com/search?q=fran...b2ojAAQ&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11

In fact, during the reign of terror of George Bush, much of europe grew a distaste for extrdicting people to insane US jurisdiction where "terror" suspects are shipped off for torture.
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They are investigating the prosecutor, seems Polanski left because the prosecutor wasn't going to honor the plea deal.

Not an excuse by any means, but just more information.
 
Southern Man said:
How much money did he give her?
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He gave her money 32 years ago. I would feel the same way, what purpose would it serve for the man to be jailed now? Community service and a very large fine! He can also give her more money!
 
blackascoal said:
Obviously language is a problem for you here brother.

" .. but they MAY try the person in France as if the crime had been committed there"

Not doing the "MAY" is not a violation of their constitution .. quite obviously.

Any clue as to how many criminals the US wouldn't extradite to other countries, or the crimes they were accused of?

Why should France do what we tell them?
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Please read the post you quoted again. The problem with language is not mine.
 
froggie said:
He gave her money 32 years ago. I would feel the same way, what purpose would it serve for the man to be jailed now? Community service and a very large fine! He can also give her more money!
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So he should get away with raping a 13 year old girl with the only penalty that he give away a portion of his wealth?

Is that the new rule? If you have enough money, just do whatever you want, go hide in France and pay off those you harmed? No need to worry about any jail time?
 
Superfreak said:
So he should get away with raping a 13 year old girl with the only penalty that he give away a portion of his wealth?

Is that the new rule? If you have enough money, just do whatever you want, go hide in France and pay off those you harmed? No need to worry about any jail time?
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What purpose does it serve at this point? Especially when the victim doesn't want to be put through this. I am just saying, I wouldn't testify against him. Miscarriage of justice, maybe, but 32 years is a long time. I would just want it to go away.
 
froggie said:
What purpose does it serve at this point? Especially when the victim doesn't want to be put through this. I am just saying, I wouldn't testify against him. Miscarriage of justice, maybe, but 32 years is a long time. I would just want it to go away.
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No testimony is necessary, he pleaded guilty to the crime.
 
froggie said:
What purpose does it serve at this point? Especially when the victim doesn't want to be put through this. I am just saying, I wouldn't testify against him. Miscarriage of justice, maybe, but 32 years is a long time. I would just want it to go away.
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He already plead guilty. The fact that he ran and hid in France should not absolve him. Put him in jail for the remainder of his life. That is where he belongs.
 
Superfreak said:
He already plead guilty. The fact that he ran and hid in France should not absolve him. Put him in jail for the remainder of his life. That is where he belongs.
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Fine, if you feel it would serve society the best. It is supposedly the reason we jail people to protect society or is it for some type of conservative revenge?
 
Superfreak said:
So he should get away with raping a 13 year old girl with the only penalty that he give away a portion of his wealth?

Is that the new rule? If you have enough money, just do whatever you want, go hide in France and pay off those you harmed? No need to worry about any jail time?
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If it's good enough for the Catholic Church...
 
froggie said:
Especially when the victim is saying, don't do this? Would his jailing at this point protect society? Is he a danger?
I feel at this point a hefty fine and donating to the community would better serve society then throwing him in jail.
Yes, he broke the law, but the punishment at this point should fit the many years that have passed since the commission of this crime.
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I think being trapped in France for 32 years is a violation of the Geneva convention.
 
Superfreak said:
So he should get away with raping a 13 year old girl with the only penalty that he give away a portion of his wealth?

Is that the new rule? If you have enough money, just do whatever you want, go hide in France and pay off those you harmed? No need to worry about any jail time?
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Did he even pay her off? Your argument rests on an unproven conspiracy.
 
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