Free Roman Polanski!

The woman has pleaded to have the charges dropped; she PUBLICLY forgave him, and has moved on with her life. With that said, why is the USA STILL pursuing him? He rightfully fled the country (NOT because he was a coward) but because he was NEVER going to have a fair trial at the hands of a celebrity crazed judge who had his own agenda. The lady DOES NOT want this, so why should the US step in? She has even stated that it would be a "cruel joke" if he is brought over after so many years. This is not the US being righteous and shit....this is the US just being shit; feeling snubbed by a foreigner…a “short evil foreigner that looks nothing like us.”

When there's an altercation, the cops ask you: "Want to press charges?" If you say NO, they leave you be. So why in the hell are they NOT letting HER be? You don’t see groups of people foregoing the person’s decision and going out on a personal vendetta, so this just doesn't jive.

What are our real motives behind our apparent will for justice? I can’t help but think of everyone that’s crying out “GET HIM!” as mothers to grown up sons and daughters; shouting for his apprehension and denouncing him, as if to protect Samantha and Justice, like they would their adult offspring who need none of the protecting. Don't we become the perpetrators by instigating this notion of justice, opening the scabs and hurting the victim YET AGAIN? Media frenzy and hoopla is the only thing that comes to mind as I doubt that ‘justice’ is trying to be served here. Like I said, this is just the US trying to get back at a man who left their grasp.

Don’t even dare mention that we need to set an example.

California has a prison overcrowding issue and they have released a lot of criminals because of it; are we to believe that these criminals pose a lesser threat than Polanski? Why is money being squandered away for his apprehension, when the state bankrupt?

“BUT HE NEEDS TO PAY FOR HIS CRIME!”

Says who? The victim is no longer a teen; she is a reasoning woman who wants this to remain in the past (whatever her reasons may be). Why can’t we respect that? Who are we doing justice to, when again, she cares for this matter not. The case may still be open in a court room, but for the victim...it has long been closed.

Long live Roman Polanski!