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Polanski Must Be Sentenced in LA: Judge

Fugitive director can't learn fate in 1977 rape case in absentia

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 22, 2010 6:20 PM CST
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(Newser) – Roman Polanski can't remain under house arrest in Switzerland while he's sentenced in Los Angeles for statutory rape committed in 1977—he must appear in court in the US, a superior court judge ruled today. "I have made it clear he needs to surrender," said Peter Espinoza. "In defense of the integrity of the justice system, he needs to surrender." The fugitive director's legal team plans to appeal, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Chad Hummel, Brad Dalton, and Douglas Dalton, attorneys for Roman Polanski, confer during a status conference at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Jan. 6, 2010.
Chad Hummel, Brad Dalton, and Douglas Dalton, attorneys for Roman Polanski, confer during a status conference at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Jan. 6, 2010.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Roman Polanski attends a burial ceremony for French filmmaker Claude Berri in Montrouge, outside Paris, Jan. 15, 2009.
Roman Polanski attends a burial ceremony for French filmmaker Claude Berri in Montrouge, outside Paris, Jan. 15, 2009.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Kookey90
Jan 24, 2010 3:51 AM CST
Duh, I assume the reason why the judge said Polanski needs to be present at his sentancing is so that the good ole USA can nail his ass and immediately put him in jail once the guilty verdict is anounced.
CHRiSTFELD
Jan 23, 2010 12:42 PM CST
The phrase "the integrity of the justice system" was meant in a tongue-in-cheek way, right?
Spectre655d
Jan 23, 2010 12:40 PM CST
GOOD!

 
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