Polánski extradition verdict expected late October

[reorg]

Source: Radio Poland

23.09.2015 11:40

A Polish court is expected to rule on 30 October as to whether director Roman Polánski should be extradited to the US over a 1977 case of unlawful sex with a minor.

Polánski appeared in court on Tuesday in Kraków, southern Poland, in the latest hearing in the proceedings, which began in February.

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Polánski seemed in relatively upbeat spirits, judging by his interactions with his lawyers, Jerzy Stachowicz and Jan Olszewski.

At one point the director plucked his smartphone from his pocket, and apparently began filming the judge and journalists gathered in the courtroom. ...

Read more: http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/222160,Polanski-extradition-verdict-expected-late-October

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The Polish court is expected to rule in his favor.

At the time, Polanski had fulfilled his part of a plea bargain but absconded when he had good reason to believe the judge, an asshole of sorts, would renege on his promise of no further jail time and send him to prison with an indeterminate sentence of up to fifty years.

Now, he intends to make a film about the Dreyfus affair in Poland and I'm very much looking forward to see this movie.

[geek tragedy]

1. Polanski rapes young girls and belongs behind bars. nt

[reorg]

2. No, he belongs behind a camera n/t

[geek tragedy]

3. so talented people should be allowed to rape with impunity? nt

[reorg]

8. Not sure why would you say that, he already did his time.

as I mentioned before and as you would know if you were familiar with the case.

Polanski has settled and is on good terms with his alleged "victim". I have no idea why some people insist on harrassing and obstruct the work of an accomplished artist and follow the lead of a Republican Attorney General of California while the rest of the world couldn't care less what exactly did or didn't happen in Jack Nicholson's bedroom some fourty years ago.

[branford]

11. The fact that Polanski is an "accomplished artist"

has absolutely no bearing on any aspect of his criminal matter, and citing it makes it appear you believe certain elites are not bound by the law.

There is also no doubt that Polanski fled his home to avoid formal sentencing for the crime of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, and has been a fugitive for decades. A civil settlement with his victim, and the purported "opinion of the rest of the world," doesn't change anything (although Polanski hardly has popular support about his criminal matter in the USA).

If Polanski wishes to challenge any aspect of the relevant American legal proceedings, he must first surrender himself to the authorities of California.

[reorg]

19. That fact is why I'm looking forward to the continuation of his work

It is amazing that someone at his age is even considering working again, and I hope he will be able to.

As to the other stuff, I'm also looking forward to see the Polish justice system do what the Swiss did a few years ago. They are going to give the finger to the insatiable desire for revenge on the part of some individuals in the US. Yes, even those US puppets, the Poles. Nobody outside the US cares for what you think is a "justice" system, thank you very much.

[branford]

20. Are you claiming that Polanski didn't have unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor,

or that because you like his artistic work, it doesn't matter?

I, for one, do not have an "artist" exception to the crime of rape.

[reorg]

24. I was stating that he already had fulfilled his part of the plea deal

so your point is moot. It was no "exception" at all, this kind of plea bargain was common at the time.

However, having been warned that the judge didn't intend to keep his word, Polanski had the good sense to leave the US and never come back. No harm done, except that Polanski could no longer travel to or stay in Hollywood. Which was perhaps for the better. If my pregnant wife had been murdered by some violent American lunatics there, I'd probably have left much earlier.

[geek tragedy]

13. He did not "do his time."

He fled the country rather than serving a day in jail, the kind of cowardly manner one would expect from a predator who would drug a 13-year old girl and then rape her in multiple orifices.

There is no "alleged 'victim'"--there is an actual one.

You are a rape apologist.

[hifiguy]

16. Jury results

On Wed Sep 23, 2015, 05:41 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Not sure why would you say that, he already did his time.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1215105

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ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Rape apologism--using scare quotes to refer to the girl Polanski drugged, and then vaginally and anally raped, and pled guilty to raping, as an "alleged 'victim'"

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Sep 23, 2015, 05:48 PM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

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I was juror 1.

[reorg]

21. Thank you

for the information and the vote

Not surprising, though, that certain posters use other means when they feel their arguments are not convincing.

[awoke_in_2003]

17. House arrest is such a bear. nt

[yardwork]

23. Is this satire?

We read about rape apologists but here's one in living color.

[Shemp Howard]

4. geek, you sure are dumb

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Don't you understand that Polánski is a great artist? He can rape whomever he wants, without consequences, because he is a great artist.

Yes, the rights of women are important, and the rights of minors are important, but that pales in comparison with the greatness of Polánski, the great artist.

Besides that, if you carefully read the orignal post, this whole dust-up is the fault of some evil judge, not the great artist.

Sorry for the extreme sarcasm, geek. I'm on you're side, of course. We are both dumb, because we refuse to excuse a great artist's drugging and sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl.

[geek tragedy]

5. we're not sophisticated enough to dismiss rape when it's perpetrated by one of the cool kids nt

[JustAnotherGen]

6. +1. N/T

[SusanaMontana41]

7. +1,000 n/t

[iandhr]

10. Well you can count me in the dumb crowd as well.

I don't get it either.

There is also no need to apologize for the sarcasm. It an acquired taste which I happen to have.

[lobodons]

9. Meanwhile, Nugent walks free.

Not condoning what Polanski did, but he did try to work with prosecutor and judicial system which in turn, turned on him, meanwhile Nugent wrote a song bragging about his raping exploits and is now a GOP/Conservative icon.

[branford]

12. If there's -admissible- evidence of Nugent committing a crime within the statute of limitations,

he should be charged. It nevertheless has absolutely nothing to do with Polanski's legal problems.

Further, if Polanski believes the judge or prosecutor in his case acted improperly, we have entire state and federal appeals systems to readily deal with such malfeasance. He had more than ample resources and legal acumen to avail himself of lawful channels to challenge any perceived improprieties. However, it is never acceptable to flee the jurisdiction to avoid sentencing, no less after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor.

[geek tragedy]

14. It's worse to rape than to sing about it.

Even singing as badly as Nugent.

[Mc Mike]

15. Thanks for the info, reorg. Rec. nt.

[Nye Bevan]

18. .

[yardwork]

22. That's it.

[reorg]

25. Don't think so

I'm not aware that anybody was raising any funds for Polanski, but he reportedly has given a small fortune to Ms Geimer, so she doesn't have to depend on anybody in her old age. I find that very generous, given that he certainly wasn't able to make the same kind of money as some of his colleagues were able to, despite their lesser talent.