On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 8:48 PM, televisiongirl <[email protected]> wrote: > Because, of course, famous people in LA have never gotten away with any > crimes. /sarcasm > The man had sex with an underage girl. He ran. He's been "on the run" for > decades. I'm glad the victim found it in her heart to forgive him. The law > should not. If one choses to live their life "on the run" they should not > attend film festivals in countries with extradition treaties with America.
I see that the feelings about this run hot for many. Of course Hollywood stars have gotten away with murder (and other crimes) since there first was a Hollywood - there is nothing new about that, and it predates modern media. In the same way, powerful members of any Company Town across the country often get away with crimes. The determining factor here is not so much celebrity as it is connections to powerful and wealthy people and institutions. As much as you may be against statutory rape (I take second place to no one in being against that particular crime) it does not change the underlying facts of the Polanski case. He did not get away with rape because of his celebrity (indeed, he plead guilty to it). He did not get a lighter sentence for the crime because he was a celebrity (indeed both the prosecutor and the judge in the case were out to give him a much more severe penalty than non-celebrities (or other celebrities) got for the same crime. The inability to settle this case a long time ago is a result of the abuse of power by the DA and the Judge. This has nothing to do with the state or the law forgiving him. He should get the penalty he deserved, under the law and based on the current practices of the time, for the crime he plead guilty to. Any consequence for fleeing the jurisdiction should be suspended in the interest of justice, given the gross perversion of justice perpetrated by the State and Court in this case. If those two things happen I don't think anyone would have anything to complain about, and I don't think he will spend too much more time in prison. The victim's feelings are relevant only because the only thing that has prevented her from fully putting this behind her has been the power abuses of the court and prosecutors office. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
