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Roman Polanski requests dismissal of sex charge

LOS ANGELES -- Lawyers for Roman Polanski, a fugitive for 30 years in a notorious sex case involving a 13-year-old girl, filed a request Tuesday to dismiss the charge against him because of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct.

The motion alleges that a documentary about the filmmaker released this year revealed "a pattern of misconduct and improper communications" between the Los Angeles...

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