Roamin' Roman
Famed director Roman Polanski was arrested in Zurich and is being held for possible extradition to the US. He lives in France, which won't extradite him, and flew to Switzerland to attend a film festival. Do we really need this? I'm not saying what he did was okay, but the crime was commtted over 30 years ago, and the victim has asked for the whole thing to be over. (Furthermore, I believe the reason he fled to begin with was the judge reneged on a deal.)
I suppose the prosecutors (from California, by the way) claim this shows no one, not even a celebrity, is above the law, but I'd guess if anything he's being treated worse because this is such a high-profile case. I feel safe in assuming most Americans, to the extent they notice, will say "good." I'm more intrigued to see how this will play in Europe--as a case of justice finally being done, or a cultural scandal created by a too-powerful, philistine United States?
posted by LAGuy @ 12:08 AM
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I don't understand. He could be Charles Manson or Osama bin Laden and Europe would consider it a philistine act by the United States.
Yet another reason why prosecutors should be reigned in. Pointless headline grabbing by someone who sees an election coming
Here's one case where Barack Obama won't say the police acted stupidly.
Yes, Roman did admit he had sex with the 13 year old girl; however, he was not charged with rape. … what he did was wrong, even if it was long ago, he still was made responsible for this…
Polls show average Europeans believe he should pay for his crimes as well.
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