This month, we have a much worse case that illustrates how things ought to have been done.

Frenchman Jean-Claude Chamoux was arrested in Thailand in August 2005 after being accused of raping an eight-year-old girl.

He was later released on bail but managed to leave Thailand in October 2005 and return to France.

The Thai police notified the French police who arrested Chamoux in June 2006.

His criminal trial took place last week in Paris, after a fairly long investigation which revealed a string of other similar crimes. Relatives of several of the Thai victims are represented in the proceedings.

We expect a verdict soon.

It is very likely that, as I wrote, had the American authorities followed the rules, the Polanski case would have been tried and disposed of equitably in France.

Now of course the statute of limitation has run out and since charges were never filed, Polanski is technically innocent.

Very slight rooting interest for Miami, a ranked team from FL which, refreshingly unlike another FL team I can think of, isn't afeared of scheduling a tough non-conference schedule and actually going on the road outside of the friendly comforting confines of the Old Confederacy and all that southern hospitality and fried cookin'.

I also have fond memories of Miami from the old days of the 80s when they regularly scheduled games against then-powerhouse ND, and were known fondly as "The Convicts".

And just the getting there will probably be more brutal than what their team will have to face on the gridiron against Army.  Army hasn't mattered much as a football team to be respected since, maybe, the early 60s period, certainly the 1940s.  I"m just barely old enough to recall some meaningful nationally-significant Army-Navy games on the teevee from the 60s, the last time they mattered and when often the Commander in Chief himself would consider it worthy of his attendance.  

Playing in CO-Boulder also is not without its challenges.  Not a creampuff team (though not the feared one from the 1970s or later under that whackjob religious freak coach) and the visitors have to acclimate themselves to playing at a mile-high altitude.