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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
The jail time is a deterrent so a little French pervert won't drug and rape a 13 year old girl. He skipped out on that, and hasn't served any time for it.
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If a little French pervert wants to drug and rape a 13 year old girl, he will do it anyway regardless of jail time or even a death penalty statute. Psychology studies have shown that jail time or even the existence of capital punishment has little bearing on the thought processes going into criminal acts when they are perpetrated. It may act as a deterrent against repeat offenses however.
I personally believe Polanski was mentally ill at the time due to the murder of his own pregnant wife which was only a few years prior.