but surely that girl still suffers the consequences of this...although her parents are stupid fucks too, polanski should not just get a pass because time has passed, ESPECIALLY if there were photos involved.  If he goes to trial and there's no admissable evidence, i would be much more satisfied with the justice system than if they just let him be a fugitve forever.  That's why that fucking rapist Andrew Luster went to mexico, because he wanted to end up like polanski.  Guess what, he didn't make it for 30 years so he got prosecuted.  I am a firm believer in innocent until proven guilty, but if accused you must stand trial to prove you're innocent.  There is a due process, and sometimes it stops at the officer, and sometimes it stops with a grand jury.  When the guilty people are violent/sex offenders, I have to disagree that it's worth letting a few guilty ones go.  This is why non-violent crimes that aren't larceny shouldn't carry similar sentences to rape/murder/child molestation.  I'm not losing sleep over this, I just think Polanski should go fuck himself.  I refuse to ever consider possible child molestation a "relatively small issue".  Every murder that adds up in a genocide is an individual, it doesn't make an individual's death any less important because thousands died around him/her. I agree 100% that testimony is unreliable after a long time, but there may be dna evidence, or photographs, in which case would you say let him go anyway?  I think the right is extremely paranoid, but how is wanting to prosecute a pederass paranoid?

Chris

by chrisandyasemin on 12/03/2008 10:36:49 PM EST

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