On 1 oct. 2009, at 08:52, John Thornton wrote:
> I expect everyone who defends Polanski on these grounds is OK with
> EVERY poor person and person of color simply walking out of court
> tomorrow and from here on claiming they cannot get a fair trial and
> we should just let their case drop.
> On the same grounds we'll have to release every poor person and
> person of color currently incarcerated.
Considering the incarceration rate in the US, it's very likely that you'd release a whole bunch of innocent people, or at least people who did not get a fair sentence. So yes, I support that idea 100%.
Jean-Christophe Helary