Roman Polanski Free After Switzerland Denies Extradition

Getting quite the fortunate break, Roman Polanski is a free man after Switzerland refused extradition to the United States for sentencing on a child-sex charge.

The "Chinatown" director has been under house arrest at a luxury chalet in Gstaad since he was seized in Zurich in September 2009.

U.S. authorities demanded the filmmaker be returned to the States to face sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 - as he pleaded guilty to the crime but fled to Europe in 1978 before facing a court.

Officials say that the extradition has now been turned down - because they cannot rule out the possibility that there is a "fault" in the request.

In a statement, a spokesman for the Swiss Justice Ministry says, "The reason for the decision lies in the fact that it was not possible to exclude with the necessary certainty a fault in the U.S. extraditionary request."
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