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SUNNY1
11/25/09

In reply to Polanski Pays His Way Out Of Prison
I WANT him to try to run. I want him to try to take off again, get caught, and then get slammed extra hard. Then just about everyone will HAVE to see what a coward he is and there'll be even less chance of leniency.
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limber
11/25/09

@SUNNY1: But he's going to run straight to France, which will just pull the same routine as the last 30 years. All Polanski has to do is weep into his pile of money until someone comes along and offers to rig his way into France. And then? Voila!

On the other hand, if he does run, maybe we can try some sort of thing where we tell Whitey Bulger that if he takes care of Polanski, he too can stop with all of this tiring fugitive business and return to Boston. Since we're in the business of equating flight from justice with understandable self-preservation.
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SUNNY1
11/25/09

@limber: Haha! In my head, what happens is Polanski is running towards a plane that will take him to France, but at the last moment he's tackled by Swiss forces and the plane takes off without him. He never actually manages to leave Switzerland, he just tries.

Is my imagination a little to active? I'll leave you to decide...

#tips
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lalaland13
11/25/09

In reply to Polanski Pays His Way Out Of Prison
Well, he's been in jail for a couple months now, right? I'm rather pleased with that aspect of all this, at least.

Last I read he hasn't yet been released pending possible appeal of his bail. If the bail is as hard-ass as the court is trying to make it sound, if he makes one wrong move and the cops swarm him, then I guess I'm OK with it. Plus maybe he has the decency not to screw his family, if the house is part of what he would surrender. Eh, I dunno if I have much faith in that, though.

The more I type, the more I'm convinced he's gonna flee. Shit.
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Triana Orpheus
11/25/09

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The Swiss Criminal Court said it still considered Mr. Polanski a high flight risk, but that the new bail offer was significant enough to offset those concerns.

He basically bribed him, but bribe isn't the word because to bribe someone it would have to be a secret. I wonder what it says on his receipt:
Ticket out of jail $4,500,000.
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lizyfizy
11/25/09

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And now I present a scene:

Roman Polanski, dressed as Lucy Van Pelt, places a football that represents his trustworthyness on a field. First, a young girl walks up. As she runs to kick the ball, Polanski pulls it away and then drugs and rapes her.

Then the US judicial system walks up. As they run to kick the ball, Polanski pulls it away and hops on a plane.

The French think Polanski's antics are benign and quite adorable.

But then the Swiss show up. They think they know the score. Polanski promises that he will not pull the ball away again. In fact, he bets the Swiss 4.5 million dollars that he won't. The Swiss run up to the ball...

Doesn't take a genius to see what happens next.
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
11/25/09

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Honestly, honestly, I know this seems like a forgone conclusion, but is it at all possible he won't run?
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Cairn
11/25/09

@Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: He crossed his heart and hoped to die, of COURSE he won't run.

Hey, you want some wine to celebrate? There's no roofies in it or anything. Promise.
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EkaterinaBallerina
11/25/09

@Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: They said he'll be under house arrest with electronic monitoring. So in theory his flight risk should be relatively low. That being said, it's Polanski. He was willing to pay $4.5 million to stay out of jail. I put nothing past this disgusting creature.
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yvanehtnioj
11/25/09

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I'm beginning to understand why Switzerland is usually neutral. They're shit at picking the right side.
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curiousgeorgiana
11/25/09

@yvanehtnioj: Nice watches though.
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
11/25/09

@curiousgeorgiana: and chocolate, don't forget the chocolate.
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limber
11/25/09

@Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: And clocks.
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curiousgeorgiana
11/25/09

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France, get ready. In approximately 48 hours, you should have a new guest arriving at your front door.

Switzerland-- you just gave bail to a fugitive. Definition of insanity.
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yvanehtnioj
11/25/09

@curiousgeorgiana: This is where Switzerland Messed the Fuck Up.
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AndPreciousLittleofThat
11/25/09

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I sure hope Dog the Bounty Hunter is keeping tabs on all this.
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Understater
11/25/09

@AndPreciousLittleofThat: Right, because who better to deliver "justice" than some famewhoring racist with an 80s-wrestler hairdo.
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
11/25/09

@AndPreciousLittleofThat: I can just imagine Dog and Beth showing up at his villa in France. Somehow I don't think of Dog as a person that would fit in well in Paris.
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JessickerFletcher
11/25/09

@Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Oh come on, how romantic would that be? I can picture it now: Dog, Beth, bear mace, and the Champs Élysées.
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femme-bot
11/25/09

In reply to Polanski Pays His Way Out Of Prison
Isn't that what bail is for? Like, the whole reason they have bail?
Are we saying the bail should have been higher, or that there shouldn't have been the option?
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bluebears
11/25/09

@femme-bot: I think what people are saying is that bail is routinely denied to defendants that are considered to be a flight risk, which he is since he, (1) was a fugitive for 30 yrs (2) has all the money in the world and (3) can simply cross the border to France and be safe.
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femme-bot
11/25/09

@bluebears: Ahh, OK, thanks.
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inshallah123
11/25/09

@bluebears: He's under house arrest, though, no?
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bluebears
11/25/09

@inshallah123: it's true that there are forms of electronic monitoring that are available now. So maybe that will keep him in the country.
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bluebears
11/25/09

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Hey you guys, maybe he wont flee the country this...LOLLLLLZZZ! sorry, couldn't even get that whole sentence out with a straight face.
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Dauphine
11/25/09

@bluebears: It's not fleeing, it's going back home to get some toiletries before the trial. Honest!
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Miss Scarlett
11/25/09

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I'm assuming a loss $4.5million is nothing to him compared to spending the rest of this life in jail.
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bess marvin, girl detective
11/25/09

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money talks, rapists walk
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Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
11/25/09

In reply to Polanski Pays His Way Out Of Prison
What? It's not as if he's some kind of flight risk. Oh, right.
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EKane
06/17/09

In reply to Judge Increases Roeder's Bail After Threats
I wouldn't feel good unless his bail was 11 trillion dollars* maybe then his crazy christian cronies could callate!
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NefariousNewt
06/17/09

In reply to Judge Increases Roeder's Bail After Threats
I find it interesting that when the bail was $5 million, there was no groundswell from his "supporters" to bail him out. Now, at $20 million, I expect the silence to be thunderous. Nobody wants to bail him out, because they know, thanks to public reaction, that it would be considered "blood money."
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