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Today, Hollywood is still rushing to Polanski's defense. Directors Martin Scorsese, David Lynch and Woody Allen are among dozens in the film industry who have agreed to sign a petition calling for the immediate release of Polanski. In a British newspaper, film producer Harvey Weinstein, who has already signed the petition, called Polanski's original plea deal a "miscarriage of justice."
"Whatever you think about the so-called crime, Polanski has served his time," Weinstein wrote.
Polanski took a deal and pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse and served 42 days in a California jail where he was psychologically evaluated.
From the Daily Telegraph:
Goldberg, star of The Color Purple and Sister Act, said: "I know it wasn't rape-rape. I think it was something else, but I don't believe it was rape-rape.
"He pled guilty to having sex with a minor and he went to jail, and when they let him out he said 'You know what, this guy's going to give me 100 years in jail. I'm not staying'. And that's why he left." Polanski was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland on Sunday and faces extradition to the United States. He fled the US in 1978 before being sentenced for the crime and has been pursued around the globe by prosecutors ever since.
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More than 100 film industry figures have now signed a petition calling for the release of Polanski, the acclaimed director of Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby and The Pianist.
They include leading Hollywood figures Martin Scorcese, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Pedro Almodovar, Tilda Swinton and Monica Bellucci.
One celebrity supporter, the actress Debra Winger, said it was a "three-decades-old case that is dead but for minor technicalities. We stand by him and await his release and his next masterpiece." Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein said Polanski was a "humanist" who had been the victim of a "miscarriage of justice". He said: "We will have to speak to our leaders, particularly in California. I'm not too shy to go and talk to the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and to ask him once and for all to look at this." However, the views of the Hollywood elite seemed out of step with those of ordinary Americans and they now face a backlash.
It's not rape-rape, it's not a big deal, it was consensual ... these people ... have utterly no moral backbone and the idea of hearing one of them attack President Bush, makes me want to throw up.
It's not rape-rape.
How pathetic.
Your judgment is clouded by the fact you have no ability to judge, by the fact you find geniuses molesting children, and I was not surprised to read Woody Allen's name! Brilliant. We should let them at the children and see what they ...
Oh, that's right, they already have, although it was done very artistically, the need to include a violent rape scene of Dakota Fanning when she was 11 or younger, occurring off camera ... very appropriate, very artistic, very ... sick. I would be surprised if Woody Allen doesn't have that film at home.
Polanski and the 13 year old, Polanski and Natasha Kinski - 15, Polanski and any number of children ...
He committed a crime and you don't absolve him simply because.
I do believe he should be freed without jail, but not without consequence. He has been forgiven by the victim, it has been 30 years, and he is a different man. What we aspire with our prison system is punishment for the crime and to have you change your behavior. He has changed his behavior and 30 years excluded from this country is quite a few, plus the forgiveness of the victim, I believe supports Polanski receiving a pardon for his crime, BUT I would never sign a stupid statement to that fact nor show myself as a hypocrite as many are now doing.
hypocrites
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