news.yahoo.com - 10/12/2009
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ZURICH (Reuters) Director Roman Polanski is feeling depressed two weeks after his arrest in Switzerland to face U.S. extradition for a 1977 case involving the rape of a 13-year-old girl, his lawyer was quoted as saying on Sunday."I found him to be tired and depressed," Herve Temime told the ...
abcnews.go.com - 10/6/2009
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abcnews.go.com —
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities rejected an appeal
on Tuesday to release from jail Roman Polanski, the...
film director arrested last month after fleeing the United States in 1978 to avoid sentencing in an underage sex case. Authorities also urged ...
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Swiss Reject Polanski Appeal Over Arrest
slate.com - 10/15/2009
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slate.com —
Should Roman Polanski get a tougher sentence for
sex with a 13-year-old girl than he would have...
gotten 30 years ago? The New York Times suggests he might: Manners, mores and law enforcement have become far less forgiving of sex crimes involving ...
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The Polanski Affair
news.yahoo.com - 10/6/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
ZURICH (Reuters) Swiss authorities rejected an appeal on
Tuesday to release from jail Roman Polanski , the...
film director arrested last month after fleeing the United States in 1978 to avoid sentencing in an underage sex case. Authorities also urged a ...
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Swiss reject Polanski appeal over arrest
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Morning Docket: 10.12.09
Above the Law —
* In the wake of a botched execution attempt, Ohio is conducting a review of its executions over the past 10 years. [Washington Post]
* Speaking of death row inmates, were three Arkansas men, now facing either life imprisonment or execution for killing three young boys, wrongfully convicted? [New York Times]
* Roman Polanski, now in a Zurich prison, is depressed and dejected, according to his lawyer. [Reuters via Drudge]
* Two Connecticut doctors have filed a challenge to their state's ban on physician-assisted suicide. [ ...
Shock and Aww
Vodkapundit —
Somewhere in Switzerland, the world’s smallest violin can be heard:
Director Roman Polanski is feeling depressed two weeks after his arrest in Switzerland to face U.S. extradition for a 1977 case involving the rape of a 13-year-old girl, his lawyer was quoted as saying on Sunday.
“I found him to be tired and depressed,” Herve Temime told the Sonntag newspaper, one of two newspapers he talked to after visiting the Oscar-winning director in a Zurich prison.
“Roman Polanski, who is 76, seemed very dejected when I visited ...
Ever Been in a Swiss Prison, Joey?
¡No Pasarán! —
The unsurprising non-news item of the day is that Polanski feels depressed in jail. Elsewehere: Gideon Rachman redefines doom: the curse of “peace”. ...
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