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Some notable new developments in the Polanski prosecution

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this AP article, "An appeals court on Thursday denied a petition by Roman Polanski's victim to dismiss the three-decade-old sex case against the director."  Here's more: The California Second District Court of Appeal denied the petition by Samantha Geimer without comment.  Geimer's attorney petitioned the court on March 23 to dismiss the case against Polanski, arguing recent changes to California's constitution gave her more rights as a victim to influence the case. "She is a person who is harmed by the maintenance of the prosecution and she wants it to end," Geimer's attorney wrote in the petition for dismissal. "She has not been treated fairly." Prosecutors argued in a filing last week that voters' decision in 2008 to include a victim's bill of rights in the state's constitution didn't grant Geimer or other crime victims the authority to end prosecutions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 22, 2010 (boomark / email).