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Calif. pols support Polanski extradition
Polanski, 76, was arrested Sept. 26 in Zurich, Switzerland, for his decades-old child-sex conviction in Los Angeles.
The famous filmmaker, who lives in France but was in Switzerland to attend a film festival, has not traveled to the United States since he pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles court in 1978 to having unlawful sex with a minor, then fled the country before he could be sentenced. He was accused of drugging and raping Samantha Geimer when she was 13.
Polanski's lawyers have alleged misconduct on the part of the Los Angeles criminal justice system at the time of the plea deal. They have said they plan to fight extradition from Switzerland to the United States. Swiss authorities have denied Polanski's request for appeal.
Since Polanski's arrest, Geimer, who has long been hounded by the media, has publicly said she doesn't think the filmmaker should face jail time for what he did to her.
"Like any other person, he should be returned to face sentencing, as well as face his past," the Los Angeles Times quoted the California legislators' letter to Cooley as saying. "Anything short of this undermines a fundamental premise that justice is blind and no one is above the law."
"Despite the debates about Mr. Polanski's extradition, I am struck by how magnanimous his victim was by her forgiveness of his crime against her and, certainly, her words will carry weight in a court of law," state Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, told the Times. "But, nonetheless, closure is expected and needed."
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This news arrived on: 10/29/2009
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10-30-2009 15:23
The Professor wrote:
Closure
Where did this word come from? It is stupid to start with--as if catching a criminal will give some benefit to the victim (closure). It is even more disgusting when a state senator uses it. The victim doesn't want more publicity but the politician wants some newspaper space at her expense.
Whether P.J. is right or not, it is really only a anti-female screed by an egotist that assumes that THIS victim, at THAT age, wasn't totally intimidated by a powerful figure. And it is interesting that she doesn't say what she DID, but only what she WOULD have done, had there been someone to hear her screams and that perhaps she was worth more.
Whether P.J. is right or not, it is really only a anti-female screed by an egotist that assumes that THIS victim, at THAT age, wasn't totally intimidated by a powerful figure. And it is interesting that she doesn't say what she DID, but only what she WOULD have done, had there been someone to hear her screams and that perhaps she was worth more.
10-29-2009 21:41
P.J. wrote:
Leave Polanski alone
I cannot believe this is going on. If this really happened then I say punish him, but there is no way this is a case of rape. There are so many contradictions in her story at the time this alleged rape took place, I think the authorities think the same thing, or he never would have been able to get bailed out years ago.
I do believe there was sex involved, but no way was it rape, I think the girl told her mother she had been with Mr. Polanski and they concocted the story of rape.
I`ve always said you can`t rape the willing, and this girl had a chance to be with a big star and took advantage of the situation. Remember, a woman came into the room during the time she had just had sex with Polanski, IF it had of been rape, she would have been yelling bloody murder. She didn`t, then she had sex again and calmly walked past the same woman, AND let Polanski take her home. Plus, why was she there in the first place with out her mother?
It is people like her who give true rape victims a bad name. I know what I am talking about because I was raped at 13, and there is no way on earth I would have been so cavalier about what happened, I would have been screaming at the top of my lungs and scratching, biting, kicking, for all I was worth.
I do believe there was sex involved, but no way was it rape, I think the girl told her mother she had been with Mr. Polanski and they concocted the story of rape.
I`ve always said you can`t rape the willing, and this girl had a chance to be with a big star and took advantage of the situation. Remember, a woman came into the room during the time she had just had sex with Polanski, IF it had of been rape, she would have been yelling bloody murder. She didn`t, then she had sex again and calmly walked past the same woman, AND let Polanski take her home. Plus, why was she there in the first place with out her mother?
It is people like her who give true rape victims a bad name. I know what I am talking about because I was raped at 13, and there is no way on earth I would have been so cavalier about what happened, I would have been screaming at the top of my lungs and scratching, biting, kicking, for all I was worth.
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