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The prosecution and the judge made mistakes -- I watched the film documentary on this a few months ago and it was fascinating. When he realized that there was no way he was going to get fair treatment, and when the media-enamored judge was going to put him in prison for a second time, he fled the country. People get off all the time when prosecutors and judges make mistakes; usually we don't hear about it. In his case, he was fortunate to have been born in a country that would not let him be extradited. People who live in countries where there they cannot be extradited often get away with crimes. Was it ever proved that he knew the girl was 13? Angelica Huston testified that she was one of those girls who looked like she could be a lot older than she was. I can't remember if he said he knew or not. I am by no means excusing his behavior, but I do feel some compassion for the guy because he had such tragedy in his life before this. His mother was murdered in a gas chamber, he had to flee Poland and his wife and child were brutally murdered in one of the most infamous crimes of modern times. I have to think that those events do something to a person and I think that if Sharon Tate had lived, this might never have happened. He should have been punished. The legal system should have done their job correctly.
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