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The latest legal plot twists in the Polanski prosecution

By Douglas A. Berman

This New York Times piece, which is headlined "Polanski Transcript Plea Opposed by Prosecutors" provides the latest update on the real-life legal drama that Roman Polanski is helping to create through his various efforts to undermine his prosecution three decades ago.  Here are the details: The legal battle over Roman Polanski?s possible sentencing in the United States on a 33-year-old sex charge continues, as prosecutors on Thursday registered opposition to Mr. Polanski?s request that recent secret testimony in the case be unsealed.  Mr. Polanski, who fled the United States before sentencing in 1978, and his lawyers have asked the Los Angeles County Superior Court to provide them with transcripts of testimony by Roger Gunson, the original prosecutor in the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 08, 2010 (boomark / email).