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From what I understand he was sentenced to about 90 days in jail and only served 46. Once he was out and understood the judge was going to give him hard time he fled.
I'm all for the DA being tried (and the judge too if he were still alive) on administrative misconduct or other charges. That is a gross misuse of the system. Dippin is correct in how the process would work. That doesn't mean that he's out of the water as an appellate judge can order a retrial if he rules that a mistrial occurred on the first trial. The appellate judge can also have the case dismissed entirely based on the conduct of the previous DA. However, I would place a bet that the former DA's admission will not be admissible in court as it was a statement made for monetary gain and the former DA would have to testify to those facts in court for them to hold weight. I doubt that's going to happen.
I'm also starting to believe that this cunt (Polanski) will see no more time for his pedophile actions, but that he will see time on his flight. 6 months tops in a minimum security fed seems likely.
It's a damn shame that our jails are over crowded with drug offenders yet fugitives and child rapists (and there is no argument that Polanski is a child rapist and a monster) seem to evade a proper sentencing.
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