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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
So if the victim hadn't been so forgiving and had said that the only thing that would pay the crime off is if RP had his junk ripped off by pigs, then you would be fine with that?
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That's just cruel and uneccessary punishment out of a desire for vengeance. I haven't quite worked out my ambigiously gay legal system yet but compensation should be constructive.
Look, I'm just saying that paying a debt to society by throwing a guy away to sit and rot in jail seems counterintuitive to me when that guy should be spending every day of his rest of his life working to improve the life of his victim.
I don't remember details of the dealings between Polanski and the girl very clearly but I believe they've reconciled and he's tried to compensate her. I could be wrong.
Polanski is not just some rich french snob who got away with a crime and laughs at it everyday while flaunting his freedom. He has expressed extreme remorse, reached out to the victim, and has been on the run for 30 years.
Remember that his own life is pretty tragic and must have affected him psychologically. His pregnant wife was brutally tortured, raped, and murdered by the Manson family in Los Angeles only a few years prior. I believe he was greatly mentally disturbed by all this and was mentally ill himself for a long period of time after his wife's murder. His wife begged for the life of their child but the Mansons killed it first before killing her.
What happened to Polanski's wife tempers my anger at his own actions. That is just me. The rest of you may not be so forgiving.
I encourage you all to read up on the circumstances of this case and his own life before passing judgement.