I really don't know a lot about the case just a few questions. Obviously, a child can never give any sort of consent, however did the victim come forward? I was under the impression it was the victim's Mother who was pressing the issue in sort of blackmail type situation.
Also, in the mid to late '70's was the whole thing that prison a joke? Sort of a the inmates running the asylum situation? While I understand that this case had nothing to do with Texas, even in that State people were getting parole for things like murder (for example Duane "the Dog" Chapman, you know the Bounty Hunter.) That prison was a joke during this time frame. So would he not have a rather short stay? I am sure he could have bought protection? I know nothing about the penal situation in California at that time (I watch the TV shows the gun line at San Quentin and what a hell hole pelican bay and Chino are.) However, I have always thought of that time as a "joke" in the history of prison's in the US. Maybe I am very wrong.
For the record my Father is a Judge in West Virginia. I never wanted to follow him into a legal career. I don't want to minimize any crime or anyone's experience. To me, rape and the rape of a child is the most serious of crimes and should be capital crimes on par with murder. If you do not believe in the death penalty then those crimes should be punished at the highest possible level. I abhor to the very center of my being rape or the rape of a child.
As I said I am not super informed of this particular case (indeed, I mainly know him as Sharon Tate's Husband). My main question would be why has France or Switzerland not deported him back to the United States? What possible reason could they have? Why are they not honoring a warrant?