Fugitive Filmmaker Roman Polanski Evades Arrest in Poland as U.S. Renews Chase

[joeybee12]

LONDON — Roman Polanski has evaded a fresh bid by U.S. authorities to have him arrested with a view to extraditing him.

U.S. officials requested that the Polish government seize the director as he visited Poland to attend the opening of a Jewish museum in Warsaw. Polanski was questioned by prosecutors in Krakow today.

“Roman Polanski said he would comply with all requests made by prosecutors in this case and provided his address,” Poland’s justice ministry spokesman Mateusz Martyniuk told AFP.

“Prosecutors therefore decided not to arrest him in connection with a possible U.S. extradition request.”

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/fugitive-filmmaker-roman-polanski-evades-arrest-in-101351233087.html

It's been a while....

[seabeyond]

1. get him and throw his ass in prison. that would just make my day. nt

[Texasgal]

2. Oh boy...

here we go.

[FSogol]

3. Now you did it. Polanski is more contentious than Applebees, pitbulls, and circumcision combined.

[Lochloosa]

6. You left out Kudzu

[MineralMan]

4. That'd be OK with me.

A trial is in order, and there is no reason one should not be held, if he ends up in U.S. custody.

He gets no pass for being a filmmaker, even an outstanding filmmaker. If he is found guilty of statutory rape, then there is a penalty for that. He should not escape his day in court. Once he fled to escape prosecution, the statute of limitations no longer applies. He is a fugitive from justice. Only a trial can convict or find him not guilty.

[Travelman]

9. A trial was alredy held

He pleaded guilty, and then fled the country to avoid going to jail.

I suppose there could be another trial for a charge of "escape" or "evading justice" or whatever California law may provide for, though it's probably pointless now.

[MineralMan]

10. You're right. I forgot that.

Then he should be returned to serve his sentence and be tried for fleeing the country to avoid serving it.

I have zero sympathy for the man. Zero.

[hifiguy]

5. If only such zeal had been shown in prosecuting war criminals

and bankster criminals. Destroy the world and nobody gives a single shit.

[Are_grits_groceries]

8. They should be prosecuted.

However, if you want a crime that can truly destroy a person, sexul abuse can do it. They deserve to have ZERO statute of limitations.

[wheniwasincongress]

7. But but but

he went through the Holocaust...leave him alone (Yes, I've head this one many times!)

[closeupready]

11. But was it rape-rape??