[lbo-talk] Polanski

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Sep 30 15:44:25 PDT 2009


On Sep 30, 2009, at 6:38 PM, JC Helary wrote:


> On 1 oct. 2009, at 06:11, James Heartfield wrote:
>
>> Is justice served by imprisoning a 76 year-old man for something he
>> did when he was 44?
>
> In some cases yes. I'm thinking of assassinations, crimes against
> humanity etc. Things that have been judged in French courts in the
> past already (Paul Touvier, Klaus Barbie).
>
> But as you describe the case, no.

So it's ok to dodge a prison sentence - not one for political crimes, but for what looks to be a very nasty common crime - for 35 years by hiding out in Paris and Gstaad?



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