It became a class action suit and when that happens the individuals are not involved on a day to day level.

She changed her mind about abortion more than a decade after the decision. At that point there is nothing to be done because the case had been decided.

I may get hit here but in general I enjoy watching Bill Maher and agree with a large chunk of what he says. I don’t like the Muslim stuff or the toxins/vaccine conspiracy theories and I would be distressed if a friend of mine wanted to date him but I think he is smart and his show hosts some good debate. As an aside,…

A slew of other people and I have had some discussions about the topic. You are being willfully obtuse about the guilty pleasure, and that’s fine I guess but the transcript shows this. The judge wanted to confirm whether or not experts thought Polanski was a danger.

No, actually, I am not. Polanski is a scumbag who drugged and raped a child. He should have been sentenced to years of hard time. That being said, we can’t allow cops, judges or prosecutors to bend the rules in search of justice.

I’m not saying that the state has to or even should consider the wishes of the victims in all cases. I am simply saying that it was part of the mix here. Her attorney wrote an official letter in support of the deal.

Same thought when I read that!

I’m not sure where you are going with that question. The child did not want to relive all of the trauma and didn’t want to be exposed to the type of horrible treatment that rape victims were subjected to in the 70's. For fucks sake, the judge himself shut shamed her, noting for the record that she had dated a 17 year…

I’ve addressed this a few times. He was not promised a specific deal in writing because the judge wanted to make sure that he wasn’t a danger (a stupid question since he had drugged and raped a child) before signing off on it. However it was understood (even by the prosecutor, to a reporter at the time this was…

I agree with you. He shouldn’t have run and he shouldn’t have raped a child. I would argue that there is evidence that some shady shit was going on with the judge. IIt was understood and, at the time extremely common, for pleas like this back then. They seemed to think that unless he was sexually deranged (I can’t…

Right. They looked young and it was an embarrassment to the judge.

Agreed. Bill is not Jimmy Fallon and he doesn’t hold back on his guests. Giving a person a platform means letting them spew their nonsense unchecked. I have faith that Maher won’t allow that.

You’ve got a few things mixed up, chronologically and otherwise.

Technically he had not been sentenced however it was understood then that the recommendation of the doctors and the probation department would be followed, particularly since the victim supported the deal. The prosecutor believed that to be the case as well.

You can argue whether or not this girl was in a position to make a judgment as to what would best serve her and her mother certainly didn’t serve her well in the whole situation however, the plea was supported by the victim and her lawyer. I believe that her lawyer was very involved in putting it together, partially…

No, a judge does not have to agree to a plea deal but that is not what happened here. He accepted the plea, sent Polanski to jail for 90 days and stipulated that as long as the psychiatrist signed off on him not being a risk (which the psychiatrist did) then that would complete his jail time and then he would be on…

This case sucks because what he did was horrible but the judge’s behavior was pretty questionable as well.

He did, actually, serve some time in prison. Not enough, but he did.

He clearly had an idea in his head about what his presidency would look like : huge crowds screaming his name, ceremonial signings of leather bound bullshit executive orders, money flowing into his-I mean his children’s coffers and the best approval ratings in the history of ratings. Things would be so amazing, that…

Exactly. Kellyanne Conway exposed this for everyone plain as day on the Today. She said that when she announced that Flynn had the full support of the president it was true and that when the administration said something else an hour later, that was also true. She was trying to claim that there was something Trump…