Polanski-DogBaby
(“I’M SO JEALOUS OF THIS DOG.”)

Oh the legal system.  So last year, Roman Polanski’s lawyers tried to get his conviction thrown out on account of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct.  The court ruled then that Polanski would have to surrender to authorities before he could pursue such a case.  His lawyer’s then appealed that decision.  Today that appeal was denied.

“We conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in applying the fugitive disentitlement doctrine [which says that an appeal may be rejected on the grounds that the appellant is a fugitive] and refusing to consider dismissing the action,” Justice Laurie D. Zelon wrote.  “We do not disregard the extremely serious allegations of judicial and prosecutorial misconduct that have been brought forward, but urge the parties to take steps to investigate and to respond to the claims.” [LATimes]

Knowing Roman Polanski, he’ll probably just refuse to believe that anyone could deny his appeal and slip the judge a couple quaaludes.  *hits cow bell*