http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704682604575368940917717562.html

Since when does a judge need the court records and testimony to turn down an international extradition request?

Especially when the subject pled guilty.

F—k Him. I raised two girls, at 13 they are still babies, As others have said,
Do that to one of mine,
no where in this world can you hide,
The creative mind of a stressed father has no bounds,
He is a walking Dead MAN! Show no mercy!

Is it possible that Mr. Polanski committed the crime he pleaded guilty to, and left this country because he thought, that what he did was acceptable, from his point of view ,as an exceptional person: as a being above a certain plebian, bourgeois American morality?
Is the thirty three year delay, in apprehending him, as a wanted fugitive, betray an utterly feckless law enforcement and their attempts to capture him; that that fecklessness betrayed law enforcement’s tacit agreement with his self-estimation? Is justice delayed, justice denied, in this case? Is the drugging of a child with intent and commission of rape and sodomy acceptable in any cultural setting? Is her mother an accessory to these acts as a passive enabler? From beginning to end this case reeks of the unsavory, the malign and the self-serving, not to speak of the criminal, in Mr. Polanski and his intellectual allies and law enforcement. The motto of the LAPD is ‘to protect and to serve’ in this case utterly laughable!

I do have a 12 year old daughter (who thinks shes 22) and if anyone attempted to do to her that Polanski did to the 13 year old, I would make their misfortune my mission in life.

I am astounded that anyone can make excuses for the dirtbag Polanski.

Yet our own government allows mass-murderers and international terrorists to freely walk our streets, give interviews on national television, and write columns for the corporate press, to say nothing of official and unwavering support for murderous regimes, civilian-targeting attacks, wars of choice, and propping up brutal dictators.  The hypocrisy is astounding.

Rico, PH:

I’m with you on this.  I do NOT have a 13 year-old daughter—only sons, but that doesn’t mean I’m accepting of raping a child.  There is no “gray area”.  Polansky is a confessed pedophile, who fled justice. He’s damn lucky but his other victims aren’t.

Prison has several purposes:
Deterrence—scaring others
Punishment—retribution
Rehabilitation—teaching how to live in society
Separation—remove the predator from his prey

In this last, Polansky’s flight has allowed him to victimize others.

He’s a sick prick.

Well, it wasn’t “rape-rape” in Whoopie Goldberg’s famous formulation.

melpol:
You obviously don’t have a daughter. There’s no such thing as a “fully mature” 13 year old.

A sad day for justice.

It is pigheaded of those that wanted to punish Polanski for rape, there are two sides to the story. The mother of the fully mature 13 year old prostitute is the major culprit, she sent her daughter to be XXX by the wealthy Polanski. Any rational thinking judge should have thrown out the case, it was an obvious set up. The teenager had many customers that were not named in a trial due to the guilty plea. The court system must not only use the letter of the law but also its spirit when judging a person. Lets look at the situation not only the action.