Roman Polanski is Arrested, Detained at behest of US.

Watermark said:
I'm pretty sure the prosecutor has the right to dump the plea deal and go with something new - and I can't imagine any prosecutor with any sort of political ambitions willingly accepting the original 16 month plea. He also would probably get the sentence hugely aggravated by fleeing for so long. But he would be sentenced according to the much more lenient 1970's statutes - it really depends on the judge and the prosecutor, and whether or not he decides to fight the charges.
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Yeah, I know. Just saying, that's the way I'd handle it.
 
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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So it's OK to commit a crime and then find sactuary somewhere, in a bid to avoid the consequence??
 
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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What's the going price, to pay off the rape of a 13 year old??
 
RStringfield said:
The only problem with your article, sf, is that the author asks us to forget about the state violating the plea deal, but consider that he plead guilty. He then continues as if Polanski's guilt of forcible rape is certain. That's having your cake and eating it too. Plenty of innocent people plead guilty based on the risk of going to trial.

He should be brought back and sentenced based upon the original plea deal.
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That plea deal went out the window, the minute he broke his part of it and left.
 
Southern Man said:
But, but, liberals will argue that there is no gay or straight pedophilia, only pedophilia...
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I agree. There is only pedophilia. To assert otherwise is splitting hairs, in a manner of speaking.

It's like differentiating between Lassie (female), straight bestiality, and Bambi (male), homosexual bestiality.
 
apple0154 said:
I agree. There is only pedophilia. To assert otherwise is splitting hairs, in a manner of speaking.

It's like differentiating between Lassie (female), straight bestiality, and Bambi (male), homosexual bestiality.
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In order for a male to have sex with a male regardless of the species he will be performing a homosexual act. Seems simple to me, albeit incredibly disgusting.
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
So it's OK to commit a crime and then find sactuary somewhere, in a bid to avoid the consequence??
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It is not what I am saying and I am not going to spell it out. I just feel the victim is the one being re-victimized here and some even care about the victim, it is all about justice now, whether it serves the victim or not. I thought justice was for the victims, but maybe it is just for society.
There has always been two justice systems in the states, one for those who have, and one for those who have not. I know people like to think this is not the case in America, but it is. You get a good lawyer with your money, you always do better in the court system. The famous always get less time.
If they depend on a trial to convict him, there will not be one. She will not testify and neither would I after all those years.
The man may get off, it won't be the first time and it won't be the last time.
I am with the victim on this one, but I always stand on the side of the victim and what is best.
At this point, it isn't justice being served if the victims life is once more turned upside down because of this man.
You all seem to think for her to relive this moment she has probably been working her whole life to overcome brings justice, well, I don't think that it does.
I just don't support his movies. Now, that would bring him justice.
 
I would suggest giving him the minimum sentence for the original offense, then adding a year to the sentence for every year he eluded the courts....
 
PostmodernProphet said:
I would suggest giving him the minimum sentence for the original offense, then adding a year to the sentence for every year he eluded the courts....
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Won't he have to go to trial and at this point, I think the only thing he will be tried for is evading the law!
 
froggie said:
It is not what I am saying and I am not going to spell it out. I just feel the victim is the one being re-victimized here and some even care about the victim, it is all about justice now, whether it serves the victim or not. I thought justice was for the victims, but maybe it is just for society.
There has always been two justice systems in the states, one for those who have, and one for those who have not. I know people like to think this is not the case in America, but it is. You get a good lawyer with your money, you always do better in the court system. The famous always get less time.
If they depend on a trial to convict him, there will not be one. She will not testify and neither would I after all those years.
The man may get off, it won't be the first time and it won't be the last time.
I am with the victim on this one, but I always stand on the side of the victim and what is best.
At this point, it isn't justice being served if the victims life is once more turned upside down because of this man.
You all seem to think for her to relive this moment she has probably been working her whole life to overcome brings justice, well, I don't think that it does.
I just don't support his movies. Now, that would bring him justice.
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Seeing as how he pled guilty, before splitting, is probably enough to convict him.
Plus most States have charges that have to do with Felony Flight to Avoid Prosecution.
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
Seeing as how he pled guilty, before splitting, is probably enough to convict him.
Plus most States have charges that have to do with Felony Flight to Avoid Prosecution.
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He plead guilty based upon a plea bargain, that the state pretty clearly did not honor. And he plead guilty to stat rape, not rape. Innocent people plea guilty all the time based on a deal. I am not saying he is innocent, I am fairly certain he is guilty to what he plead, at least. But, I don't really know.

Why shouldn't the state honor the agreement?
 
RStringfield said:
He plead guilty based upon a plea bargain, that the state pretty clearly did not honor. And he plead guilty to stat rape, not rape. Innocent people plea guilty all the time based on a deal. I am not saying he is innocent, I am fairly certain he is guilty to what he plead, at least. But, I don't really know.

Why shouldn't the state honor the agreement?
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Why should they honor it, when he didn't; he split.
 
watertard=pro-pedophile

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