Lawyer: Polanski wants 1977 rape case over
By Reuters
22 March 2017 |
4:56 am
A judge will take up to three months to make a ruling on a defence attorney's request to find that Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski has already served more than enough time behind bars.
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