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Student Post - You Can Run, but You Can't Hide

By Corey Rayburnyung

The New York Times recently published an article rehashing the story of Roman Polanski, who was detained in Switzerland for deportation. Polanski now faces punishment for a 32-year-old conviction on one count of having unlawful sex with a minor?that was once viewed as a ?lapse in judgment? by an otherwise clean individual. In 1977, at the age of 13, Samantha Geimer was drugged and raped by Polanski. Mr. Polanski fled the United States when the possibility of jail time and deportation was indicated by Judge Laurence J. Rittenband. The most interesting part of this seemingly ?normal? case of unlawful sex with a minor is the astoundingly relaxed manner in which sex crimes were viewed in the 1977 era. A report prepared by Polanski?s probation officers characterized the rape as an exercise of bad judgment and suggested that Polanski receive probation rather than actual punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 03, 2010 (boomark / email).