Smart Aleck
The question Oct. 12: Director Roman Polanski may be negotiating with prosecutors and the courts to return to the United States after fleeing in 1978 to avoid sentencing for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. Should he be allowed back in the country without facing further punishment?
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What good will Polanski’s going to jail accomplish? Rehabilitation? Punishment? His exile and time served are punishment enough. Let him return and make films here.
Joseph D’Augustine,
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Of course Roman should be allowed back into the United States without facing punishment.
After all, what’s the life of a 13-year-old girl or any young girl worth compared to the millions Roman can make for the studios?
And people think we don’t have our priorities straight.
LoreK1@aol.com
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May I suggest community service? How about a cross-country, college campus lecture tour with Joey Buttafuoco?
Tom Olafson, La Jolla
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No deals should be made. He should face the court system just like anyone else would have to. What did he prove by leaving the country?
LASTUART@aol.com
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Roman Polanski definitely paid. He lost his wife in one of the most brutal murders of the century.
Let him come back. Enough is enough.
Karen Lae, Irvine
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A celebrity committing such a crime against a child should be burned just like the average Joe would be.
Shawn Petri, Sherman Oaks
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A 13-year-old girl does not understand sexuality fully. Chances are excellent the experience harmed her.
Take the consequences, Roman.
Marea Boylan, Venice
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