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Roman Polanski's request to be sentenced in abstentia is denied

By Douglas A. Berman

This Los Angeles Times article provides the latest news in the Roman Polanski sentencing saga.  Here are the basics: A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Friday denied Roman Polanski's request to be sentenced in absentia, scuttling the director's latest bid to end his three-decade-old child sex case. Polanski hoped that such a sentencing would allow his lawyers to lay out evidence of judicial misconduct in his case and secure him a sentence of no further time behind bars. Although a state appeals panel had suggested that Polanski be sentenced in absentia, as the director is facing extradition proceedings in Switzerland, Judge Peter Espinoza said he was not bound by the higher court's suggestion. Espinoza said he would not sentence Polanski as long as he remained a fugitive...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 23, 2010 (boomark / email).