Beerball Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 Or will this all go away because he is 'one of the greatest film directors of our time'
KD in CA Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 It's unbelievable that people would support this pedophile.
DC Tom Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 So do they sentence him under today's laws, or under the laws 30 years ago? Oh, this isn't going to be a circus.
buckeyemike Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 So do they sentence him under today's laws, or under the laws 30 years ago? Oh, this isn't going to be a circus. They support Polanski because he's an auteur, an artist, an "innocent victim". And the big bad United States finally got him. That said, even his victim (who's now 45) says he shouldn't get hammered by the legal system. I think he may serve a couple of years and get deported. He would be sentenced under the laws that existed at the time of the offense, which would be 1977. Escape laws really weren't on the books then like they are now.
Steely Dan Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 At the very least he's sweating like Travis Henry waiting for another pregnancy test result to come back.
DC Tom Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 He would be sentenced under the laws that existed at the time of the offense, which would be 1977. Escape laws really weren't on the books then like they are now. Yeah, I know they should...my point was that there's a significant number of people who would go apeshit over that little fact, and this is going to turn into a considerable circus.
WellDressed Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 Or will this all go away because he is 'one of the greatest film directors of our time' Wow, he's 76 and the Repulsion of the Knife in the Water in Chinatown is still haunting some people. I' sure some of them are Frantic over the subject matter, especially Rosemary's Baby. If only he could have found The Pianist to get him out of town, he would be out of harm's way.
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 LA Times: He's a "victim" and has "suffered" http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/...0,2170887.story
Beerball Posted September 28, 2009 Author Posted September 28, 2009 LA Times: He's a "victim" and has "suffered" http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/...0,2170887.story By PATRICK GOLDSTEIN LA Times: His career has clearly suffered from his inability to work in Hollywood, where he made such celebrated films as "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby." French minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand, who said over the weekend that he was "dumbfounded" by Polanski's arrest in Switzerland, adding that he "strongly regrets that a new ordeal is being inflicted on someone who has already experienced so many of them." By PATRICK GOLDSTEIN LA Times: I think Polanski has already paid a horrible, soul-wrenching price for the infamy surrounding his actions. The real tragedy is that he will always, till his death, be snubbed and stalked and confronted by people who think the price he has already paid isn't enough.
BuffaloBill Posted September 28, 2009 Posted September 28, 2009 At the very least he's sweating like Travis Henry waiting for another pregnancy test result to come back. Nah Travis did not sweat because he knew he was going to be a deadbeat dad ..... again.
stuckincincy Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 Here's the latest... http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/29/cr...ry5349005.shtml
IDBillzFan Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 LA Times: He's a "victim" and has "suffered" http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/...0,2170887.story I wonder if Goldstein would be less sympathetic if someone gave his 13-year-old daughter a quaalude and then raped her anally.
Magox Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 It's unfathomable that anyone could defend him. The mother!@#$er gave a 13 year old girl alcohol and quaaludes to drug her, raped her and then proceeded to bone her in the ass. What freaking twisted kind of rationale could possibly defend such a deplorable, cowardly disgusting action?
PromoTheRobot Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 I'm not defending what he did, but apparently his flight was a result of the judge renegging on a plea deal. What would you do if you entered a plea thinking you will get one sentence and the judge deciding on his own he was going to throw the book at you? PTR
Beerball Posted September 29, 2009 Author Posted September 29, 2009 I'm not defending what he did, but apparently his flight was a result of the judge renegging on a plea deal. What would you do if you entered a plea thinking you will get one sentence and the judge deciding on his own he was going to throw the book at you? PTR I think that is why they are called judges.
PromoTheRobot Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 I think that is why they are called judges. Then why have plea deals? To trick people into pleading guilty? PTR
Beerball Posted September 29, 2009 Author Posted September 29, 2009 Then why have plea deals? To trick people into pleading guilty? PTR I'm not a lawyer, but I did see one on TV last night. I think the judge has the option to accept or deny the deal. If he/she denies it then you go to trial or try to strike a new more better (from the judges perspective) deal. I don't know the specifics of the deal. What would Polanski have been on the hook for?
IDBillzFan Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 What would you do if you entered a plea thinking you will get one sentence and the judge deciding on his own he was going to throw the book at you? PTR I'd start by stop anally raping a 13-year-old child. But that's just me. If you're unable to do that, then maybe you do what everyone else in that situation would do: you appeal.
PromoTheRobot Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 Wanted and Desired Some background on the case. Our most astonishing discovery was that at a key moment, Rittenband took Polanski’s attorney Douglas Dalton and the Assistant D.A. Roger Gunson into chambers and told them how he wanted them to argue their case in court - a clear violation of court procedure. Rittenband also openly discussed the case with journalists. One reporter, Richard Brenneman, told us how he was buttonholed by Rittenband during a particularly tricky stage of the proceedings : “Dick - tell me. What the hell should I do with Polanski ?” One of Polanski’s friends recalled how his father, a prominent Hollywood producer, overheard the judge boasting at his LA Country Club about how he would put “that little blank blank Polanski away for the rest of his life.” PTR
Assquatch Posted September 29, 2009 Posted September 29, 2009 At the very least he's sweating like Travis Henry waiting for another pregnancy test result to come back. It gets easier every time.
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