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Polanski is under house arrest in Switzerland, where he has been held since his detention last September on an arrest warrant.
The Oscar-winning film-maker fled the United States in 1978 before he was sentenced on charges of having unlawful sex with a minor.
A California appeals court last month rejected a bid by Polanski's legal team to have the decades-old case dismissed on the grounds of judicial misconduct during the initial proceedings.
Polanski lawyers alleged the trial judge who had been due to sentence the director had planned to go back on a previously agreed plea deal after improperly colluding with prosecutors.
Despite rejecting the Polanski appeal, the court at last month's hearing called for "an urgent exploration" of the misconduct abuses alleged by the director's lawyers.
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The Oscar-winning film-maker fled the United States in 1978 before he was sentenced on charges of having unlawful sex with a minor.
A California appeals court last month rejected a bid by Polanski's legal team to have the decades-old case dismissed on the grounds of judicial misconduct during the initial proceedings.
Polanski lawyers alleged the trial judge who had been due to sentence the director had planned to go back on a previously agreed plea deal after improperly colluding with prosecutors.
Despite rejecting the Polanski appeal, the court at last month's hearing called for "an urgent exploration" of the misconduct abuses alleged by the director's lawyers.
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