Cash5YR

Polanski originally took a plea bargain dropping 5 out of 6 charges. He was under a 90 day psychiatric evaluation as a result of the offer, which he ended at day 42 to appear in court and formally accept. The bargain would have been time served and probation. However, the judge decided that he was going to reject the plea and give Polanski 50 years.

The victim's lawyer met with the judge and learned he intended to reject the offer and imprison Polanski as long as possible. As the victim's lawyer stated:

"He was going to sentence Polanski, rather than to time served, to fifty years. What the judge did was outrageous. We had agreed to a plea bargain and the judge had approved it."

This action was against the wishes of the victim's council, and many believed the judge was acting in this manner to gain media attention. Who knows. Either way, the book was about to be thrown at Polanski, so he fled.

Shitty situation for everyone, but how the judge acted could be viewed by some as an injustice of the system. Personally, I don't have sympathy for him if he was guilty. However, even the victim has come out saying that the judge's actions were more detrimental to her in the end due to a lack of closure etc.

It is just going to be the banana that went up her ass and pussy.

I am not at all surprised.

Is Jon Stewart really as short as he seems on camera? I always feel like it is Frodo talking with Gandolf whenever he is interviewing someone over 6 feet tall.

Too busy drawing the real life version of Seymour from Futurama...