US prosecutor says Polanski case transcripts can be unsealed
Los Angeles (AFP) - Los Angeles prosecutors said Tuesday they will no longer oppose the release of sealed transcripts in the statutory rape case against Roman Polanski -- documents which the fugitive director has previously argued could reveal judicial misconduct. George Gascon, the Los Angeles County district attorney, said his office had "determined it to be in the interest of justice to agree to the unsealing of these transcripts." "This case has been described by the courts as 'one of the longest-running sagas in California criminal justice history,'" said Gascon in a statement. "For year...