Originally Posted by For-Chan Cookie

If they hadn't bungled up the case in the first place, things wouldn't have turned out like this. Apparently the judge at the time was trying to make an example of Polanski and just ended up scaring him out of the country before he could do more than spend a month in jail.

But since they have bungled it, I'm not sure what they should do or if they really can do anything. I didn't notice any mention of the statute of limitations on the case. But he did plead guilty to the charge of statutory rape back in 1977 (before I was born!).

I hate the idea that because he is a "brilliant filmmaker" he should get a get out of jail free card. He still raped a girl and even admitted to raping her. I don't think that living in France for thirty years is such a horrible punishment. Not every person who does such a thing will reflect on their crime. The last thirty years could have been his own personal hell, or not.

The thing that really struck me about the article that I read though was that his victim said she wished people would stop dragging the case around because she just wants to get on with her life. She's married and has children and wants people to leave well enough alone because she has to relive everything all over again every time it gets brought up.

Ultimately, I think that for her sake, more than anything else they need to either put him in jail right away or close up the case.