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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
The plea bargain would have resulted in no jail time beyond the mental evaluation Polanski already completed back then. I've got no issue standing by that original deal. If it was fine with the victim then and now, I see no reason to beat the dead horse.
But he needs to get the maximum for obstructing justice. I think that's 10 years in California (although I could have that mixed up with the Federal penalty and I can't find a clear answer).
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That's pretty much what I think would be justice. Honor the original terms of the plea bargain (absurdly generous though it clearly was), and come down hard on the flight and obstruction. He does time served from way back when on the sex with a minor charge, and whatever is the appropriate sentence for somebody who ran away and thumbed their nose at lawful society for thirty-odd years.