Polish MPs have passed legislation making it obligatory to chemically castrate certain sex offenders.This Week:Under the law anyone found guilty of raping children under 15, or close relatives, will be given drugs to lower their sex drive.
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They were part of a bill that also increases jail terms for incest and paedophilia, and criminalises any attempt to justify paedophilia.
Oscar-winning director Andrzej Wajda and other Polish filmmakers appealed Monday to U.S. and Swiss authorities to free Roman Polanski, decrying his arrest as a "provocation."
Their appeal came as the Polish and French governments wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and called up Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey about the case.
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Yes, mighty strange, at one point (http://d-squareddigest.blogspot.com/2009/09/juxtaposition-top-two-headlines-on.html) apparently they were the top 2 headlines on Reuters.
I blogged about the first story this morning, as I was rather surprised at how much I agree with chemical castration.
Awesome!
The whole Roman Polanski thing has nothing to do with the original crime - it's just that the Swiss are getting so much grief re banking secrecy and tax evasion they have to make a few token sacrifices to the Yanks.
"they were the top 2 headlines on Reuters."
That's good, possibly a mischievous editor at work.
"it's just that the Swiss are getting so much grief re banking secrecy and tax evasion "
The Swiss decision does seem odd (though right), given that they have allowed Polanksi to come and go for 30 years.
"The Swiss decision does seem odd (though right), given that they have allowed Polanksi to come and go for 30 years."
Perhaps this might explain the sudden need for the LA DA to be seen to be doing something?
It will be funny if that is what prompted it.
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