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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:36 PM Original message |
Polanski's sentence is only 90 days? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. His sentence was 90 days, then the prosecutor went back on the plea deal. nt |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. There was no sentencing deal |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. He was not sentenced. He skipped before sentencing. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. it sounds to me like that 48 days of 90 he didnt serve is the deal breaker polanski fled |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Please review the history of his case |
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27inCali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. a draconian sentence would have been appropriate |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. What if he was truly mentally disturbed? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Then that would further undermine the whole pretense |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Well we don't send the mentally ill to prison. At least we shouldn't. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Nonsense. |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Since it was pre Reagan, we still had good mental institutions that |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Hmm, you can't have it both ways. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yeah, but it's *legal* for middle-aged men to fuck 15-year-olds in Germany... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. What part about intensive treatment didn't you understand? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Apparently it wasn't intensive enough. (nt) |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. OMG. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Shame on you |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Are the wishes of the victim meaningful in statutory rape cases? |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The question is not ARE they meaningful, but SHOULD they be meaningful. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. It depends on the case of course. (nt) |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I think the victims wishes play a role in every case. But the level of importance varies. |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I've read about the wishes of the victim. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Have any of you using that awful argument ever considered |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. Shame on you for calling him a concentration camp survivor when he is not. n/t |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I agree, especially that the mother should have been a codefendent. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. There are plenty of villains to go around in this one |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Draconian sentence? Really? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. impose a Draconian sentence....i keep hearing, but we dont see. he served 42 days of 90 |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. Polanski is not a survivor of a concentration camp. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Why would he voluntarily do the time? They couldn't convict him now. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You don't get disbarred for losing a case. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Well, the lawyer would have to be a complete idiot |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Are you a lawyer? |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Never called "the lawyer an idiot for losing" |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. he plead guilty - he was already convicted |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. "Why doesn't he just do the time for his admitted crime?" |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. well, he didn't want to suck it up |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. He plead guilty. There is no need to convict him. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. All of what you've posted is moot. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
33. I thought he fled before sentencing? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. It seems so odd that he's a fugitive from a slap on the wrists. |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. I've read conflicting news reports on this. I've read 90 day, 50 years, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. IF there was any kind of " impose a Draconian sentence" dont you think news would be all over it |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. If he ran away for only 48 days, then he needs to be locked up extra |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. it would be pure arrogance if this ends up to be the case. nt |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Lawyer in Polanski Documentary Now Says He Lied |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. That is Huge!!! nt |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I knew something wasn't right about that documentary. Maybe Polanski paid that guy off? nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. a documentary made by the very industry protecting polanski. why would it be right |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. fucker. it just felt like it. be interesting how this story of arrogance continues. nt |
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