At the Cannes Film Festival there is apparently a widespread movement demanding “justice” for Roman Polanski. According to the latest reports, many of the glitterati like Woody Allen have signed a petition in support of Polanski who pled guilty in 1978 to raping a 13 year old girl and then fled to Europe to escape punishment. After all, Polanski is an artist and this all took place over 30 years ago. Who knows, maybe we will next hear that he was upset because he was losing his house to foreclosure.
The truth is that Polanski does deserve justice. He deserves to be brought back to the USA to be sentenced and to serve that sentence with no special rights just because he is known to the Hollywood elites. It is not a small matter to rape a thirteen year old, even if you are a great director. Nor does it matter if you get the support of another director like Woody Allen who ran off with his step daughter who, at least, was not a minor (just by a little bit).
Sometimes, doing the wrong thing carries with it a penalty even if you have talent.
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