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« Reply #520 on: May 20, 2010, 11:04:47 pm » |
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I don't think the French had laws covering quid pro quo sexual harassment till the 90s, which is what it sounds like right now.
No idea about that. I was thinking more of the court of public opinion. The French won't react as strongly as Americans to sex with teenagers, but feminist ideas are a lot more mainstream there AFAIK. |
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« Reply #521 on: July 12, 2010, 05:47:41 am » |
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...and freed.... via New York Times Polanski Free as Swiss Reject Extradition Request
By DAVE ITZKOFF
Roman Polanski
8:42 a.m. | Updated
The justice ministry of Switzerland said on Monday that it had denied a request to extradite the director Roman Polanski to the United States, where he has been a fugitive since 1978 after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl, and that he was no longer under house arrest.
In rejecting the extradition request from the United States, the Swiss ministry cited two factors: first, the Swiss said, the U.S. had failed to provide the records of a January hearing in Los Angeles County Superior Court that would have shown the judge in charge of the Polanski case in 1977 agreed that “the 42 days of detention spent by Roman Polanski in the psychiatric unit of a Californian prison represented the whole term of imprisonment he was condemned to.”
Second, the Swiss said, when Mr. Polanski traveled in September 2009 to the Zurich Film Festival where he was arrested as he arrived at the airport, he did so in “good faith” that “the journey would not entail any legal disadvantages for him.” The Swiss justice ministry noted that Mr. Polanski had been staying regularly in Switzerland since 2006, and though “he was registered in the Swiss registry of wanted persons, he was never controlled by the Swiss authorities.”
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The 76-year-old French-Polish film director Roman Polanski will not be extradited to the USA. The freedom-restricting measures against him have been revoked. This announcement was made by Mrs Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, head of the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP), in Berne on Monday. The reason for the decision lies in the fact that it was not possible to exclude with the necessary certainty a fault in the US extradition request, although the issue was thoroughly examined. Moreover, also the principles of State action deriving from international public order were taken into account.
At the end of 2005 the US authorities issued an international search warrant against Roman Polanski due to sexual offence against a minor committed in 1977. On the basis of this international order of arrest, Roman Polanski was arrested on 26th September 2009 upon his arrival at the airport of Zürich and taken into provisional custody pending extradition. On 22nd October 2009 the US authorities filed a formal extradition request. On 4th December Roman Polanski was released from custody after depositing a 4.5 million franc bail and was granted house arrest under electronic monitoring in his chalet in Gstaad.
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« Reply #522 on: July 12, 2010, 06:14:31 am » |
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« Reply #523 on: July 12, 2010, 07:39:12 am » |
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I can hear the pedophiles running to ticket counters right now to buy their one-way rides to Geneva.
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« Reply #524 on: July 12, 2010, 07:40:11 am » |
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« Reply #525 on: July 12, 2010, 07:48:44 am » |
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This just in, The Swiss endorse rape.
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« Reply #526 on: July 12, 2010, 08:13:35 am » |
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Well, as long as a rapist is going somewhere "in good faith" they shouldn't be punished for crimes they know they've committed. That would be wrong.
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« Reply #527 on: July 12, 2010, 08:31:31 am » |
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A brave day for child-molesters everywhere.
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« Reply #528 on: July 12, 2010, 08:32:29 am » |
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Though obviously some places more than others.
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« Reply #529 on: July 12, 2010, 08:33:09 am » |
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I can hear the pedophiles running to ticket counters right now to buy their one-way rides to Geneva.
Yeah a stampede...fuck this shit.
This just in, The Swiss endorse rape.
Well, as long as a rapist is going somewhere "in good faith" they shouldn't be punished for crimes they know they've committed. That would be wrong.
A brave day for child-molesters everywhere.
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« Reply #530 on: July 12, 2010, 08:35:57 am » |
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Yea...we shouldn't hate on a rapist.
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« Reply #531 on: July 12, 2010, 08:43:56 am » |
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Justice has been rendered.
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« Reply #532 on: July 12, 2010, 08:46:25 am » |
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Justice has been rendered. Where? |
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« Reply #533 on: July 12, 2010, 08:51:36 am » |
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Justice has been rendered.
Justice has been rendered impotent. |
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« Reply #534 on: July 12, 2010, 08:53:03 am » |
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« Reply #535 on: July 12, 2010, 08:53:38 am » |
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Justice has been rendered impotent.
Justice is blind. |
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« Reply #536 on: July 12, 2010, 09:21:56 am » |
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Justice is blind. No it wasn't. |
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« Reply #537 on: July 12, 2010, 10:16:36 am » |
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Gotta have to find a Roman Polanski "Haters Gonna Hate" somewhere.
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« Reply #538 on: July 12, 2010, 03:44:59 pm » |
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No it wasn't. Justice is blind. You will only be satisfied if Polanski is found guilty. You don't want justice. You want vengeance. |
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« Reply #539 on: July 12, 2010, 04:05:28 pm » |
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He was already found guilty.
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« Reply #540 on: July 12, 2010, 04:28:01 pm » |
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He was already found guilty.
So at this point all you want is vengeance. I see. |
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« Reply #541 on: July 12, 2010, 04:29:59 pm » |
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Why would I want vengeance?
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« Reply #542 on: July 12, 2010, 05:50:34 pm » |
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Why would I want vengeance?
Because you feel that he has escaped from justice. |
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« Reply #543 on: July 12, 2010, 05:59:06 pm » |
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Are you saying that he didn't escape?
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« Reply #544 on: July 12, 2010, 05:59:53 pm » |
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Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told reporters: “He’s a free man.”
I do not condone what Polanski did back then. But I think he has been punished enough. I want to see him make more movies. And there ya have it folks. |
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« Reply #545 on: July 12, 2010, 07:06:40 pm » |
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Are you saying that he didn't escape?
His extradition was overruled by a legal body. |
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« Reply #546 on: July 12, 2010, 07:11:10 pm » |
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« Reply #547 on: July 12, 2010, 07:13:03 pm » |
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That doesn't answer my question.
You're asserting that he escaped justice when in fact justice has been rendered by Switzerland. |
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« Reply #548 on: July 12, 2010, 07:18:18 pm » |
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Who said anything about Swiss justice?
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« Reply #549 on: July 12, 2010, 07:19:09 pm » |
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Who said anything about Swiss justice?
You said he escaped justice. |
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« Reply #550 on: July 12, 2010, 07:20:26 pm » |
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When did I say that?
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« Reply #551 on: July 12, 2010, 07:27:27 pm » |
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When did I say that?
Because you feel that he has escaped from justice.
Are you saying that he didn't escape?
Having to ask for a clarification of my statement is the same as contesting my statement in this instance. |
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« Reply #552 on: July 12, 2010, 07:29:54 pm » |
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IOW, I never said it.
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« Reply #553 on: July 12, 2010, 07:46:58 pm » |
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IOW, I never said it.
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« Reply #554 on: July 12, 2010, 07:48:03 pm » |
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Still waiting.
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« Reply #555 on: July 12, 2010, 07:59:53 pm » |
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« Reply #556 on: July 12, 2010, 08:42:21 pm » |
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I've been waiting longer.
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« Reply #557 on: July 12, 2010, 08:55:16 pm » |
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I've been waiting longer.
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« Reply #558 on: July 12, 2010, 09:17:50 pm » |
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Really? A page of this shit? You are both warned.
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« Reply #559 on: July 13, 2010, 12:40:34 am » |
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And there ya have it folks.
Fucking hell. Im really pissed off. |
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