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Democracyinkind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-28-09 01:13 AM
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100. Like very, totally unlikely. But anyway.
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  -Polanski update Democracyinkind  Sep-27-09 01:04 PM   #0 
  - The French are going to be pissed.  orpupilofnature57   Sep-27-09 01:09 PM   #1 
  - They already are  ProgressiveProfessor   Sep-27-09 01:29 PM   #3 
  - yes, but they always are.  aikoaiko   Sep-27-09 01:29 PM   #4 
  - The Swiss couldn't care less - scratch that they will let him go an rearrest him -  grantcart   Sep-27-09 01:51 PM   #7 
  - I'm sure that there will be riots  Freddie Stubbs   Sep-27-09 02:23 PM   #15 
  - They are perpetually pissed  ProudToBeBlueInRhody   Sep-27-09 06:44 PM   #97 
  - What the fuck is that supposed to mean?  aint_no_life_nowhere   Sep-28-09 11:46 AM   #116 
     - There are about four other posts you could have replied to asking the same thing  ProudToBeBlueInRhody   Sep-28-09 06:50 PM   #117 
        - Too many trolls, not enough time  aint_no_life_nowhere   Sep-28-09 08:25 PM   #123 
  - We should care why?  k agathon   Sep-27-09 07:03 PM   #98 
  - Oh well.  girl gone mad   Sep-28-09 07:07 AM   #105 
  - I really can't imagine how anyone could be upset by this.  imdjh   Sep-27-09 01:20 PM   #2 
  - He made a plea deal. That is why he pled guilty. The deal was  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 01:33 PM   #5 
  - Do you have any links for that? Esp. about that turd Judge Rittenband?  Beer on a stick   Sep-27-09 02:19 PM   #11 
  - Here ya go - I can't find the more detailed one I read earlier but  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 02:36 PM   #18 
  - He was never sentenced, he bailed on time for a mental eval.  Pavulon   Sep-27-09 02:21 PM   #13 
  - Bullshit - it was plea deal that the judge backed out of. The 42 days  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 02:35 PM   #16 
     - Judges have no legal obligation to keep a plea agreement made by the DA--None.  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 03:48 PM   #40 
     - The judge blew it. And he had a well known personal grudge.  Cetacea   Sep-28-09 07:00 AM   #103 
     - That quote is not in the link you cite (nt)  Nye Bevan   Sep-28-09 11:42 AM   #115 
  - He should have paid for his crimes. 42 days isn't justice for rape. nt  Liquorice   Sep-27-09 02:53 PM   #23 
  - Kindly cite the '42 day' deal? He was in for a psych eval, prior  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 03:35 PM   #27 
  - No justifying it ,a Misanthrope.  orpupilofnature57   Sep-27-09 01:34 PM   #6 
  - Hey! Even I don't go around raping teens!!! n/t  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 03:38 PM   #29 
  - He served the sentence that was agreed and the judge later threw out the plea agreement  grantcart   Sep-27-09 01:52 PM   #8 
  - Exactly - the big mystery here is why did the US issue the international  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 02:20 PM   #12 
  - No they agreed to a 90 day psych eval, and he bailed.  Pavulon   Sep-27-09 02:23 PM   #14 
  - Bullshit - see my earlier reply to you. A plea deal works like that -  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 02:37 PM   #19 
     - No. He agreed to a 90 day psych eval. The court then gave him a  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 03:42 PM   #32 
        - He was suppose to serve 90 days  romantico   Sep-27-09 06:36 PM   #96 
  - did he do the psych eval he was suppose to. did that nullify agreemnt? nt  seabeyond   Sep-27-09 02:38 PM   #20 
  - Yes, he served the 42 days. That why this is so stupid. The "victim"  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 02:42 PM   #21 
  - google is full of opinion. i dont want opinion on either side. and your story isnt sounding  seabeyond   Sep-27-09 02:46 PM   #22 
  - Why did you put "victim" in quotes?  girl gone mad   Sep-28-09 07:13 AM   #107 
     - Because he thinks ALL 13 year old girls like to be raped  JeanGrey   Sep-28-09 07:59 PM   #121 
  - He did the psych eval and bailed on the sentencing. n/t  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 03:39 PM   #30 
     - thanks. feels like those defending are not giving whole story. i cant hunt it down  seabeyond   Sep-27-09 03:41 PM   #31 
     - Here's a newspaper archive---  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 03:45 PM   #34 
        - didn't think that the judge would accept the plea agreement  seabeyond   Sep-27-09 03:46 PM   #38 
        - The sentencing, as in most plea deals, is a formality. Everyone  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 03:48 PM   #39 
           - Bullshit. Any defense attorney who tells a client that needs  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 03:54 PM   #43 
              - He never pleaded guilty to rape.  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 03:58 PM   #49 
              - "Unlawful intercourse with a minor." It's going to be amusing and sickening  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 04:03 PM   #53 
                 - Well, if he does get extradicted, I hope he gets a new trial. I'm not  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 04:05 PM   #59 
              - drugged, raped and sodomized. i think i am wasting time caring what happens to this person. nt  seabeyond   Sep-27-09 04:02 PM   #52 
     - He bailed because he had information that the judge was going  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 03:46 PM   #36 
        - so, all the kids raped by adults should be protected to the expense of adult not charged?  seabeyond   Sep-27-09 03:48 PM   #41 
           - He did not plead guilty to rape. He pleaded guilty to sex with a  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 03:57 PM   #47 
              - at 14 it was not your responsibility. though i would like to give it to the kids. but reality  seabeyond   Sep-27-09 04:04 PM   #55 
              - You need help. Seriously. n/t  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 04:04 PM   #56 
              - No....I think you need help. Go wait at the border with your torch  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 04:12 PM   #66 
                 - Have you considered that you don't view this as rape 'cause you don't want to be a rape victim?  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 04:36 PM   #77 
                    - Thanks for your concern but you are wrong. I do call the early  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 05:04 PM   #84 
              - At 13 she couldn't consent to rape  tammywammy   Sep-27-09 04:05 PM   #57 
  - He didn't serve any sentence--he doing a psych eval. The  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 03:36 PM   #28 
  - That is a completely wrong statement of the facts.  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 03:58 PM   #48 
  - He isn't a serial rapist? You've got a 13 year old, and a 15 year  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 03:34 PM   #26 
  - Are you referring to Kinski, the Movie Star?  Cetacea   Sep-28-09 06:58 AM   #102 
     - That's a dumb statement.  girl gone mad   Sep-28-09 07:46 AM   #108 
  - There are a lot of rape apologists on DU.  Odin2005   Sep-27-09 03:44 PM   #33 
  - yes. and our girls are free game puberty and on. ya ya ya, only one poster said it  seabeyond   Sep-27-09 03:45 PM   #35 
  - Yep, that is disgusting.  Odin2005   Sep-27-09 04:06 PM   #60 
  - yes, and using the excuse that the woman doesn't want charges filed doesn' t matter  Liberal_in_LA   Sep-27-09 03:54 PM   #44 
  - You see similar posts here whenever an adult woman teacher is arrested for seducing a minor boy.  closeupready   Sep-28-09 08:06 PM   #122 
  - I suggest you get a copy of the HBO documentary on him, 'Roman Polanski  OmmmSweetOmmm   Sep-27-09 03:46 PM   #37 
     - Why do you put "girl" in quotes? A 13 year old is a girl. And as to  Liquorice   Sep-27-09 03:57 PM   #45 
     - I put it into quotes because she's a woman now. As to whitewashing,  OmmmSweetOmmm   Sep-27-09 04:02 PM   #51 
        - He's a rapist and a coward, IMO. nt  Liquorice   Sep-27-09 04:03 PM   #54 
     - Her forgiving him has no relevance whatsoever in this case.  LisaL   Sep-27-09 03:57 PM   #46 
     - And according to the prosecutor interviewed in the documentary,  OmmmSweetOmmm   Sep-27-09 04:09 PM   #62 
        - In which case it might have been good for Polanski to stay around,  LisaL   Sep-27-09 04:31 PM   #73 
           - No, because it was the judge who was going to sentence him and the judge  OmmmSweetOmmm   Sep-27-09 04:39 PM   #80 
              - If she were an adult-maybe. But she was 13.  LisaL   Sep-27-09 05:04 PM   #85 
                 - Two weeks away from 14 - age of consent. nt  Thickasabrick   Sep-27-09 05:06 PM   #86 
                 - I don't care if it was one day. It doesn't legally make a difference.  LisaL   Sep-27-09 05:07 PM   #87 
                 - Doesn't matter, she was 13 when she was raped.  OmmmSweetOmmm   Sep-27-09 05:18 PM   #89 
                 - doesn't matter what age she was - she told him NO  TorchTheWitch   Sep-27-09 06:34 PM   #95 
                    - You're right. I was just addressing the poster who was being an age apologist. She was raped. Period  OmmmSweetOmmm   Sep-28-09 06:45 AM   #101 
                 - And she didn't consent. She said no.  Shell Beau   Sep-28-09 11:08 AM   #114 
                 - Seriously, back when this happened it was a very different time. Even though  OmmmSweetOmmm   Sep-27-09 05:17 PM   #88 
                    - Actually, back in that time, men AND boys were very much aware of statutory rape laws.  imdjh   Sep-28-09 10:50 AM   #111 
     - Judges in this country don't have to adhere to plea deals.  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 04:00 PM   #50 
        - According to the account that I saw in the documentary, the judge  OmmmSweetOmmm   Sep-27-09 04:05 PM   #58 
        - back in 70's? a pass on rape? i dont believe it. no, tell me aint so  seabeyond   Sep-27-09 04:07 PM   #61 
        - That documentary was crap. Reading the girl's grand jury  Liquorice   Sep-27-09 04:10 PM   #63 
           - Disgusting bastard.  OmmmSweetOmmm   Sep-27-09 04:36 PM   #76 
              - Yep. nt  Liquorice   Sep-27-09 04:37 PM   #79 
        - Unless it's an open plea, they do or they must vacate the plea. That's why it's called bargaining.  rug   Sep-27-09 04:32 PM   #75 
           - The judge had never ratified the plea--he sent him to psych eval.  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 04:41 PM   #81 
              - That is not responsive.  rug   Sep-27-09 05:29 PM   #90 
                 - Wrong. Plea withdrawal is up to the judge. It's within the discretion  msanthrope   Sep-27-09 06:23 PM   #92 
                    - No. You're confusing a motion to withdraw a plea on a bargain that's been honored with  rug   Sep-27-09 06:32 PM   #93 
  - This is gonna be BIGG! Several careers are going to be made!  Dogmudgeon   Sep-27-09 02:03 PM   #9 
  - Yes, yes, yes -- no use watching boooorrrrring Health Care Reform, etc. when we can watch THIS!!!  demodonkey   Sep-27-09 02:16 PM   #10 
  - Diversion's like sarcasm , a defense mechanism against helplessness  orpupilofnature57   Sep-27-09 02:35 PM   #17 
  - Your making fun of a CHILD RAPE case is disgusting.  Odin2005   Sep-27-09 04:12 PM   #65 
  - LOL. Brilliant.  Cetacea   Sep-28-09 07:05 AM   #104 
  - The extradition treaty was made in 1990.  Call Me Wesley   Sep-27-09 02:58 PM   #24 
  - It's she who said those things, not me.  Democracyinkind   Sep-27-09 03:31 PM   #25 
     - As much as I liked to say that  Call Me Wesley   Sep-27-09 03:50 PM   #42 
        - Not enough OJ, Girl from Aruba , Michael Jackson stuff on the news ?  jakeXT   Sep-27-09 04:15 PM   #67 
        - I know all about Sheik Abdel Rahman and Ali Mohammed. It's possible to keep track of both.  Democracyinkind   Sep-27-09 04:23 PM   #70 
           - I bet there was no DU or google news in 1993  jakeXT   Sep-27-09 04:32 PM   #74 
              - Salem called Nancy Floyd pre 9/11 but the FBI had forbidden her to talk to him.  Democracyinkind   Sep-27-09 04:53 PM   #82 
        - Re: Marc Rich  Democracyinkind   Sep-27-09 04:17 PM   #68 
  - "Does this have anything to do with the UBS case? - No. Most definitely not"  depakid   Sep-27-09 04:11 PM   #64 
  - How is it connected? I'd be most interested in a theory....  Democracyinkind   Sep-27-09 04:19 PM   #69 
  - Puleeze  depakid   Sep-27-09 04:36 PM   #78 
     - Obviously I can. Tell me? Who, what, when, why?  Democracyinkind   Sep-27-09 04:54 PM   #83 
        - Hardly in any need of a conspiracy theory  depakid   Sep-27-09 06:33 PM   #94 
           - Like very, totally unlikely. But anyway.  Democracyinkind   Sep-28-09 01:13 AM   #100 
  - Oh, bullshit.  girl gone mad   Sep-28-09 07:58 AM   #109 
  - Who wouldn't be messed up after what the Manson Family did to his wife, baby and friends  mule_train   Sep-27-09 04:29 PM   #71 
  - He paid her.. And she can forgive, the state  Pavulon   Sep-27-09 04:31 PM   #72 
  - While I am "messed up" over events in my own family. Seriously messed  ScreamingMeemie   Sep-28-09 07:09 AM   #106 
  - I'm sure many wealthy corporate criminals have similiar excuses for their crimes.  anonymous171   Sep-28-09 07:12 PM   #119 
     - no, pretty sure Manson just hit 2 homes nt  mule_train   Sep-29-09 09:25 AM   #124 
  - Victim wants him left alone...  HipChick   Sep-27-09 05:41 PM   #91 
  - An affair? You are describing this as "an affair?"  LisaL   Sep-27-09 07:25 PM   #99 
  - You know, the kind of affair where..  girl gone mad   Sep-28-09 08:05 AM   #110 
  - especially women playing this game. affair? rape is an affair for you.  seabeyond   Sep-28-09 10:58 AM   #112 
  - It was RAPE., NOT an affair. Please do not LIE and call  geek tragedy   Sep-28-09 11:02 AM   #113 
  - "had sex with" WTF!? She was raped. nt  anonymous171   Sep-28-09 06:56 PM   #118 
  - How you get that she feels Polanski should be left alone from that statement is beyond me  justiceischeap   Sep-28-09 07:55 PM   #120 
  - I feel sick after reading this thread.  redqueen   Sep-29-09 09:35 AM   #125 
 

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