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Roman Polanski Kindly Asks For Official Removal of 'Statutory Rapist' From Resume [Celeb Jurisprudence]
Posted on December 03, 2008
The documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired wasn't impressive enough for the Oscars or even a decent theatrical release, but its fugitive subject is confident the film at least has the legal power to exonerate him. And now, three decades after his conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old, Polanski is taking it back to court. His lawyers filed a request late Tuesday for a judge to dismiss Polanski's statutory rape conviction, which resulted in the director's flight from the States before he could be sentenced. They claim the case's original judge, the late Laurence Rittenband (whom t...
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