Pardon Polanski [ by Michael T] [Culture Clash]
October 01, 2009President Obama should pardon Roman Polanski and here’s why.
Yes, I know Obama is busy. He is shilling for the Olympics and starring in a reality show called “How Democrats Fail the American People” but this is important. Roman Polanski needs to be pardoned.
Sacre bleu! you say. He’s a sleazebag celebrity who’s been on the lam for 31 years. Okay, we grant you this but the fact is the statute of limitations long ran out on this crime. Polanski basically fled because the judge was going to throw the book at him after reneging on a plea deal. Polanski was clearly wrong to take advantage of a teenager but let’s not forget that she is the victim in all this. And she has forgiven him.
So Polanski should be pardoned why? Because of the victim who does not want to be dragged through this mess. It will affect her and her family as the circus comes to L.A. (why is that city such a circus? ah, I digress). Add in the fact that Polanski has over three decades of exemplary behavior and the extenuating circumstances of his pregnant wife being murdered - something he was accused of being a part of for days afterward, a clear case of racism. You’d be a little nuts too if that happened to you. See the 1976 film “The Tenant” if you don’t believe he was unwell at the time.
Again, this is not to excuse what Polanski did. But he’s been in sort of a prison for 31 years and now sits in a Swiss jail for no good reason. So if charges are not dropped, President Obama needs to do the right thing. Pardon this great artist before jail kills him.
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He’s a scumbag and it would be great if he did die in jail. That way the victim wouldn’t have to attend the circus in L.A..
Posted by on 10/02 at 03:09 PM
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