LA Times columnist Steve Lopez questions why Miramax pictures boss Harvey Weinstein and so many other Hollywood figures have come to the defense of filmmaker Roman Polanski, portraying him as a victim who has served his time after 31 years as a fugitive from justice.

Lopez goes back to the grand jury transcripts that led to the prosecution of Polanski for the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl and his admission of guilt in a plea-bargain deal.

Here's how the column ends:

"Polanski stood in a Santa Monica courtroom on Aug. 8, 1977, admitted to having his way with a girl three decades his junior and told a judge that indeed, he knew she was only 13.

"There may well have been judicial misconduct.

"But no misconduct was greater than allowing Polanski to cop a plea to the least of his charges. His crime was graphic, manipulative and heinous, and he got a pass. It's unbelievable, really, that his soft-headed apologists are rooting for him to get another one."

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• 2009-10-01 23:03:24 |Author| teddy howell
  Where are the male alternatives for men for words like slut, whore and ho? What about emotional damage? And don't forget that young boys are also victims. Females whole lives are changed because men demand virgins. Does castration sound like a valid punishment? Why does that sound so reasonable to the victims of these events?? Emotional damage is hard to heal. Castration is not.
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