After a
lot of reading and thought, I'm going to put forward how I feel about the Roman Polanski arrest. Skip now if you don't want to hear it.
For me it comes down to a few simple facts:
1) She said "no", he committed rape. Period. Her age no longer matters, how she was dressed is, was and always will be irrelevant, how old she 'looked' doesn't matter, the drugs only make the situation worse.
2) He copped a plea. He plead guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor before a judge, admitting that he knew her age at the time of the rape. He plead to a lesser count than rape, and statutory rape. It happens all the time.
3) He skipped town before sentencing. He again broke the law. It does not matter why he skipped town, he did. He had the money and the lawyers to fight anything that was thrown at him, he chose instead to break the law... again.
4) He has shown no remorse for his actions.
The gave up any right to a plea deal when he skipped town. Additionally, he deserves ADDITIONAL jail time to what ever he would have been sentenced to by breaking the law again and skipping town. I don't care how good of a director he is, I don't care how much money he has, he broke the law... repeatedly.
Do the crime, do the time.
I know if it was anyone I personally know, this wouldn't even be a discussion.
For me it comes down to a few simple facts:
1) She said "no", he committed rape. Period. Her age no longer matters, how she was dressed is, was and always will be irrelevant, how old she 'looked' doesn't matter, the drugs only make the situation worse.
2) He copped a plea. He plead guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor before a judge, admitting that he knew her age at the time of the rape. He plead to a lesser count than rape, and statutory rape. It happens all the time.
3) He skipped town before sentencing. He again broke the law. It does not matter why he skipped town, he did. He had the money and the lawyers to fight anything that was thrown at him, he chose instead to break the law... again.
4) He has shown no remorse for his actions.
The gave up any right to a plea deal when he skipped town. Additionally, he deserves ADDITIONAL jail time to what ever he would have been sentenced to by breaking the law again and skipping town. I don't care how good of a director he is, I don't care how much money he has, he broke the law... repeatedly.
Do the crime, do the time.
I know if it was anyone I personally know, this wouldn't even be a discussion.