In my mind's eye, I see Roman Polanski shackled and flown to California, where he is sentenced to 2 years in prison (the normal sentence) for the crime he pleaded guilty to. While serving that sentence he is tried for the additional charges of escape or failure to appear under any outstanding bench warrant. Also while serving his sentence, any appeal he wishes to make about any possible judicial misconduct is heard, in accordance with California law. Justice is served.
In reflection after this bitter defeat, the brilliant minds of Bernard-Henri Lévy, Salman Rushdie, et al, are shocked into silence. Over the course of these two fantasized years, they come to see clearly the crimes they have committed: gross hypocrisy and intellectual fraud. One by one, their mea culpas are issued. Having stepped in Polanski's ancient tar pit, they cannot come away unstained.
But then, the daydream ends and I remember we're living in the real world.
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