Roman Polanski's Landmark Friday the 13th

This Friday the 13th won’t be just another day in a Swiss jail for Roman Polanski. By then the director will have sat behind bars, awaiting extradition to Los Angeles, for 48 full days -- a significant figure for legal numerologists.

Not only is it a longer period of incarceration than Polanski spent in Chino State Prison for psychiatric observation in 1978, but, when added to those 42 days in Chino, it adds up to the magic number of 90.

That's his proposed sentence reached under the plea deal 32 years ago.

“I would absolutely think,” says USC law professor Jean Rosenbluth, “that his attorney would ask for sentence credit -- and it’s not unlikely that a judge would grant Polanski the time he’s already served in Switzerland.”...... [Read Full Article]

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