I fail to see how his familys history has any bearing at all on this case at all. Is this some aspect of the law I am not aware of?

“Sorry your honor, I did ply the child with alcohol, rape and sodomize her. But you see my mother died in a concentration camp therefore I was just working through some issues you see”

It amazes me that people are even attempting to defend him honestly. Yes the case should have been dealt with a long time ago but just because it wasn’t does not make him unaccountable for his actions.

Regardless of when the crime was commmited, Polanski is still a wanted fugitive, who fled before his sentence was handed down. His 90 day psychiatric evaluation was just that, an evaluation of his mental state, not a sentence for his crime.

And, since they found Polanksi to be of sound mind and had his evaluation cut short, that proves that he was not in an “unstable mental condition”, as you put it.

Furthermore, the assertion that his drugging and sodomy of an underage girl should be viewed as dividends for a life of harship is sickening.

It seems that a kitchen table has more moral fibre than you do.

“not to mention that the woman he raped and her family still suffer the burden of his actions every day.”

You’re kidding, right? How about getting the facts straight before posting something so harebrained:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/oct/26/roman-polanki-samantha-geimer-filing

Samantha Geimer was doing just fine until Mr. Polanski was arrested. The only reason she’s “suffering” now is because this newly-formed lynch mob won’t leave her the hell alone. The true tragedy here is that the one person people should be listening to is being completely overlooked in the name of so-called “justice”.

to Michael Kofsky:

You obviously fall into the first category – those who believe that the written law and morality are synonymous – and therefore arguing with you would be like arguing with a kitchen table.