"The Swiss government declared renowned film director Roman Polanski a free man on Monday after rejecting a Us request to extradite him on a charge of having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl," report Bradley S Klapper and Frank Jordans of the AP. "The Swiss mostly blamed Us 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."
Let the summertime media frenzy begin.
Updates: The full statement to the press from the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police (Fdjp).
Waiting for @vrizov and @paperlung to wake up and let me know how Big Hollywood and their readers are taking today's big news. Mon Jul 12 13:39:41 via TweetDeck Filmbrain (Andrew G)
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More commentary: Patrick Goldstein (Los Angeles Times), David Poland, St VanAirsdale (Movieline) and Jeffrey Wells. And via the Atlantic Wire: Ann Althouse,...
Let the summertime media frenzy begin.
Updates: The full statement to the press from the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police (Fdjp).
Waiting for @vrizov and @paperlung to wake up and let me know how Big Hollywood and their readers are taking today's big news. Mon Jul 12 13:39:41 via TweetDeck Filmbrain (Andrew G)
Filmbrain
More commentary: Patrick Goldstein (Los Angeles Times), David Poland, St VanAirsdale (Movieline) and Jeffrey Wells. And via the Atlantic Wire: Ann Althouse,...
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