He confessed to a crime, then fled the country before sentencing. There's nothing unusual about long term flight notices and catching fugitives decades later. Why shouldn't he serve time for his crime -- and the additional crime of flight? The LA authorities finally got in sync with Polanski's movements, asked the Swiss to pick him up for extradition, and they did so. The only special treatment is that someone who wasn't a famous filmmaker probably wouldn't have been allowed to leave the country after raping a 13 year old girl.
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Date: 2009-10-01 08:11 pm (UTC)He confessed to a crime, then fled the country before sentencing. There's nothing unusual about long term flight notices and catching fugitives decades later. Why shouldn't he serve time for his crime -- and the additional crime of flight? The LA authorities finally got in sync with Polanski's movements, asked the Swiss to pick him up for extradition, and they did so. The only special treatment is that someone who wasn't a famous filmmaker probably wouldn't have been allowed to leave the country after raping a 13 year old girl.
Nice to see that "national honor" trumps justice.