Should the United States pursue the 32 year-old case against filmmaker Roman Polanski?

I am firmly in favor of his punishment for this crime against a child.

btw, this story is NOT the only outstanding warrant that has been served this week.

Fugitive member of worldwide LSD ring arrested after 40 years
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/group-smith-member-2586158-brotherhood-years
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11235364

A fugitive member of a local group that distributed LSD worldwide has been arrested after nearly 40 years on the run.

Brenice Lee Smith, 64, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday after flying in from Hong Kong, the OC Weekly reported.

He is being held at the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City, a jail spokesman said.

In the 1960s, Smith was a member of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, a group of hippies who lived in shacks, tents and caves in Laguna Canyon, dropping acid and smoking weed. The group, which was associated with psychedelic guru Timothy Leary, evolved into an international hashish- and LSD-distribution network that was eventually brought down by authorities.

The group smuggled hashish in from Afghanistan and Pakistan, and produced high-grade LSD nicknamed "Orange Sunshine."

The Brotherhood of Eternal Love was nicknamed the Hippie Mafia in a 1972 article in Rolling Stone.

Smith was one of the group's founders, and was returning home after years living in exile in Nepal, according to the OC Weekly, which first reported the arrest.

Yes. I'm sickened at the outpouring of "support" from the Hollyweird crowd. Their behavior is simply appalling.

Anyone who perpetrates a crime, any crime, should do the time. Even more so if the victim is a child.

Agreed!

There is an article currently on Yahoo that states the prosecuter in Polanski's case lied about him:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091001/ap_en_mo/us_roman_polanski

I think there is more to this than anyone knows but yes I agree if he did it, and he was found guilty then he does need to serve some time.

Correction he wasn't the lawyer to prosecute but he was indirectly involved in the trial and then in the documentary.

He admitted to the crime.

Waste of time and money. Is he currently a danger to the US? Even the victim says let it go after all these years. Spend the effort to deal with current pedophiles luring kids via the Internet

Waste of money and time you say? So what if the victim said to let it go? How many other kids has he molested and how many MORE will he molest if isn't apprehended and punished. It's not just about that one child. It's about any child that he comes in contact. Pedofiles don't molest children just once. Whether he's in the US or not, he's a danger to any child. And all children are worth protecting. If Switzerland doesn't feel that way then they can refuse to give him up and deal with whatever he may do to their kids.

Oh...and charges against children can't be dropped by the victim.

I respectfully disagree Linda. He caused harm and broke the law and then ran. If he gets away every pedophile will use his case to defend their actions.

Yep....Celeb's support him because there is money to be made. Either through his own story or from the movies he produces and casts them in. It would be different if he was accused of it and there was yet to be proof...BUT HE FRIGGIN' admitted to doing it. How on Earth can they still support the man? Oh yeah......money.

It sends a bad message to criminals about fleeing, and it sets a precedence in other "old" cases. He was 45 and she was 13....that was a horrible thing to do to a child, I don't care how many years went by. Rewarding him for running away would be dumb and that is what would happen if he didn't come back to face the charges...this is not a "victimless" crime. I think at 75 he should have been adult to deal with it before this.

I never knew he anal raped her...I can't imagine the hell she went through back then. Look at all the people who have been jailed for stealing because they were broke and spend years in prison. He did a very sick thing to this child...so if the court has pity, they should let the people who were poor and did crimes go free too.

I strongly support our country bringing him back to face the consequences of his actions, all of them, including running away.

He plead guilty to the molestation charge, then escaped to a foreign country to avoid incarceration. Something is (was) fishy in France, methinks.

I agree that he should, indeed, be forced to come back to the USA and made to pay time for his admitted crime. Otherwise, his case will be used as examples of how similar sickos can beat the rap.

However, I somehow, feel that there is more to the story than just one incident of molestation. The authorities might already have some additional incidents waiting in the wings. And now, DNA matching can be used, provided that evidence can still be gathered from the women whose lives Polanski most likely ruined.

No namby, pamby slap on the wrist with electrical cuffs sentencing either. Throw this guy's posterior into the pen and toss away the keys. No mercy. No excuses. No exceptions.

And Linda?

Even though he fled, it doesn't mean he may not have been going back and forth. Afterall...he's a movie mogul with business still to be done over hear. He has enough money to come and go, albeit briefly, to do business or see family. He wouldn't have any problem flying under the radar. So...in theory OUR children are still at risk. Not just Switzerlands.

You bet. He should pay for his crime. He is no better than I am and I know what would happen to me. As far as I'm concerned he is a piece of trash and should be treated accordingly.

Jeff, France has always smelled like dead fish. I was there for 4 years and I have never met a more uninformed society than the French. All they care about is their bottle of wine, a hunk of bread, some pate' and some cheese. Mainly the wine. I was there during the Berlin crisis and the French were absolutely oblivious as to what was going on and didn't care.

of course they should pursue it--- the man offered up a guilty plea for the crime against a child...

however, I'd make the loser pay a fine, rather than put him in jail. take the pedophile's money...