Statute of Limitations on Statutory Rape?

uh...he's already been found guilty.

It's not a limitations issue.

It's a felony fugitive from sentencing issue

1) When you become a fugitive all Statutes of Limitations are "tolled" - i.e. stopped. The purpose of an SoL is to make the government move against you in a timely manner - not to reward people who run.

2) He already pled guilty, so any SoL is moot anyway.

3) Polanski's crime was actual rape of a 13 year old child, not statutory rape. The victim testified that, even as drunk as he'd got her, she was begging him to stop and trying to push him off her. The DA cut him a deal to plead guilty to the unlawful intercourse charge so as to spare her a trial.

Richard

The statute of limitations applies to the amount of time the government has to bring charges against a person. He was charged and plead guilty. There is no statute of limitations on how long you can go after a fugitive from justice.

The statute of limitations is the amount of time the state has to charge someone with a crime.

Polanski was charged decades ago, so the statute of limitations doesn't apply. He's been a fugitive from justice.

He pleaded guilty then fled the country, so he never did his time in prison.