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A California appeals court on Monday rejected Roman Polanski’s request that his decades-old sex case either be dismissed or reviewed again by the courts while he remains under house arrest in Switzerland, but it sharply criticized prosecutors for having failed to review evidence of official misconduct in the case and suggested that Mr. Polanski might be sentenced while still abroad. The ruling, by a panel of ... Full story

GSTAAD, Switzerland – Roman Polanski remained in jail Monday, despite visits from his lawyer and a French diplomat, and it was unclear if the director had met Switzerland's demand of a full bail payment of $4.5 million to be released. The Swiss Justice Ministry declined to say what guarantees Polanski needed to give to be transferred from the jail near Zurich to house arrest at his ... Full story