Monday Morning Memo for April 3, 2017

Prosecution Roman Polanski lashes out as judge ponders possible U.S. return Roman Polanski might not find out for several weeks what the next step is in his efforts to return to the U.S. nearly 40 years after fleeing American justice for the rape of a 13-year-old girl. But his lawyer certainly wants to rev up […]

Monday Morning Memo for March 27, 2017

Prosecution L.A. D.A. shoots down Roman Polanski’s desire to “dictate” return to U.S.A. “He forfeited his right to make requests of the court when he fled,” said the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office yesterday of Roman Polanski’s latest attempt to ensure no jail time for the rape of a 13-year old girl in 1977. “The […]

Monday Morning Memo for March 20, 2017

Prosecution Prosecutors seek 40-year prison term for Vallejo kidnapper, until he is ‘old and weak’ Federal prosecutors say Matthew Muller is a dangerous predator, a man who has posed a threat to society for years and carried out “serial acts of evil” that include his most infamous crime: the March 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins […]

Monday Morning Memo for March 13, 2017

Prosecution FBI agent: Conspiracy trail leads to former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca FBI special agent Leah Tanner took the witness stand Monday to walk a federal court jury through her investigation into the Los Angeles County jails – and how it ultimately took her to the door of then-Sheriff Lee Baca. Tanner, who then […]

Monday Morning Memo for March 6, 2017

Prosecution D.A. opposes Roman Polanski’s bid to unseal transcripts The L.A. County D.A.’s office Wednesday filed its objections to Roman Polanski’s latest legal maneuver, holding to its position that the director’s decades-old rape case cannot be resolved while he remains a fugitive. Polanski is seeking to unseal a 2010 transcript of Deputy District Attorney Roger […]