> I think a huge part of why we so strongly censure these people socially is that most of them skipped the justice system entirely. And some of them are charge

> I think a huge part of why we so strongly censure these people socially is that most of them skipped the justice system entirely. And some of them are charged, convicted, even sentenced, but then get to escape their punishment anyway. See Roman Polanski as a case in point. (What's even weirder in that case is the sheer amount of people in the movie industry who used to support the guy quite overtly, even strenuously-- it's only very recently that they've had to change their tune. I guess this goes to show how cliquish instincts and dynamics can totally overwhelm our shared sense of justice.)