What is up with France?

[reagan80]

This is old news, but I want to know why a fugitive rapist, living in Paris, hasn't been extradited back to the US to face justice after all of these years. The rape happened in the 1970's.

For those of you that don't know who I'm talking about, I'm referring to Roman Polanski. Roman Polanski is the Oscar-winning director of the Pianist(2003).

Here's the dirt on Polanski........... http://www.vachss.com/mission/roman_polanski.html

This isn't the first time that the French have openly harbored fugitive criminals.

1) Ira Einhorn was a hippy guru from the 70's. He was arrested for killing his girlfriend Holly Maddux in Philadelphia in 1979. Her remains were found in a steamer trunk and had obviously been there for a while. He fled the country. He was tried and convicted in absentia. In 1997 he was arrested in France, but there's a catch. We couldn't get him back unless we promised not to seek the death penalty and grant him a new trial.

2) The French gave cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal honorary citizenship last year. The crime happened in 1981.

As I have said many times before, what is wrong with the French?

[Ziegfried]

...You need to stop doing this.

[Schutzstaffel]

what is wrong with the French?

They're French.

[Gospel]

They're too weaksauce to really have anyone violent, or criminal in their own population, so they have to import men with actual testicles.

[brit]

You really can't detain someone once the crime has passed it's statute of limitation. If a crime ocurrs in the 70's or 80's, then what can you do exactly? But then again, it is rape and I don't think rape has a statute of limitation. As a matter of fact, it's the only crime without a statute of limitation. So yeah, I get teh question now.

[Xaenn]

The simple answer to me would seem to be that they are too lazy to do anything.

[reagan80]

Skinner8 said:

...You need to stop doing this.

OK, I'll stop making threads for a while. The general consensus seems to be that they're all lame. This thread will self-destruct in 10 minutes..................

[Xaenn]

If you would've said what's wrong with the USA people might've been more receiving... XD

[Daedric]

Originally posted by reagan80
OK, I'll stop making threads for a while. The general consensus seems to be that they're all lame. This thread will self-destruct in 10 minutes..................

Why would you delete a thread just because he told you to?

[Akerie]

BECAUSE THE WORLD IS COMPLICATED!

[reagan80]

I think my thread is bordering on spam, and I don't see much potential in this thread growing with activity anyway.

When this thread is considered dead, I'll get rid of it........

I hope a mod doesn't lock it before then.........

[Schutzstaffel]

Post better articles while you're at it.

[Xaenn]

When it's dead why not just leave it dead?

It doesn't really seem to be spam to me....

[Gospel]

LOL FROGS LOZZLE

[GundamGuy]

Originally posted by reagan80
I think my thread is bordering on spam, and I don't see much potential in this thread growing with activity anyway.

When this thread is considered dead, I'll get rid of it........

I hope a mod doesn't lock it before then.........

I dont think that this thread will get locked and even if it does its not realy a big deal...