i strongly suspect that if she'd been hankering after justice all these years...then this would be pretty much a non-issue, for precisely the reasons you state.
I cynically incline towards thinking that if the victim had expressed a desire for justice (or retribution) that would have added fuel to the movement in Polanski's defence.
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Date: 2009-09-30 05:34 pm (UTC)I cynically incline towards thinking that if the victim had expressed a desire for justice (or retribution) that would have added fuel to the movement in Polanski's defence.