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Switzerland Won't Extradite Roman Polanski to US
By not in system - AOL NewsBERN, Switzerland (July 12) -- The Swiss government declared renowned film director Roman Polanski a free man on Monday after rejecting a U.S. request to extradite him on a charge of having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. The Swiss mostly blamed U.S. authorities for failing to provide confidential testimony about Polanski's sentencing procedure in 1977-1978. The Justice Ministry also said that national interests were taken into consideration in the stunning decision. "The 76-year-old French-Polish film director Roman Polanski will not be extradited to the USA," the ministry said in a ...
Roman Polanski: Thanks for the Support
By David Gibson - Politics DailyI don't recall expressing what you would exactly call "support" for the Oscar-winning film director and pedophile-on-the-lam. "Irritation" was the most charitable word I could conjure as I reflected on the sympathy shown for Roman Polanski by some Hollywood types, a few columnists, and the French, following his arrest by Swiss authorities in September on an outstanding warrant stemming from his flight from justice in the 1970s over charges that he drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles. But now that he has been released from prison and is enjoying, er, suffering under home ...
The Polanski Case: Why Using the Word 'Rape' Matters
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyRoman Polanski may be racking up some high-profile support in America, as my Politics Daily colleagues Mary, Bonnie and Domenica have noted, but abroad he's losing his friends in government fast. Both the French and Polish governments have announced they are dropping their support of Polanski, just days after foreign ministers from both countries appealed to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for clemency, right before she was set to chair a United Nations' meeting on sexual violence against women. Even more important than the announcement that they wouldn't officially support Polanski, ...
Roman Polanski: What if He Were 'Father Polanski'?
By David Gibson - Politics DailyPerhaps my sensitivity to the Roman Polanksi fiasco can be traced to having covered the clerical sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church for so many years -- even before 2002, in fact, when it became a "scandal," which basically means the media pays attention. Or perhaps my irritation at the emerging empathy for the award-winning director stems from a basic sense of justice.Sure, the French and Polish governments are protesting the arrest of the 76-year-old Polanksi on Saturday in Switzerland, where he had gone to attend a film festival. Polanksi was raised in Poland and he lives in ...
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