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 :::: Proofreader77, the judge never acknowledged that her appearance had anything to do with his sentencing.  Why are you even suggesting that? It is a logical fallacy, as presented.   
 ::::  Oberonfitch, the only ""rewriting"" going on, is an attempt to suggest that she looked older, for the standard, ""its more understandable, she deserved it, she wanted it"" arguments in rape cases.  There is nowhere where the ""appearance of the victim"" is of any significance.  How was it significant in any way to what Polanski did, what the case against him is, what he said he understood, what was argued in court???.   It's as if you think, having an arresting officer assess if a woman of 27, was ""pretty"" or not, when she was raped, would have a purpose.  Was that dress cut too high?  By what rational are you trying to construct that the appearance of a 13 year old girl is important?  This is a rape case, about a female who was undisputedly: drugged, pleaded for the rapist to stop over and over, and was then asked if she was on birth control, in order for Polanski to determine he would ejaculate into her anally.   The need to insert the notion of her appearance of age, is the definition of blame the victim  
 ::::How is it, evaluation or remark on her appearance, is any part of this case?   "