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“He’s a free man.” Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Swiss Justice Minister, saying that Switzerland will not extradite film director Roman Polanski to the U.S. to face charges of unlawful sex with a minor.
Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2011

Open quoteWhat can I say? Better late than never.Close quote

  • Film director ROMAN POLANSKI,
  • on receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival two years later. In 2009 Polanski was on his way to receive the accolade when Swiss police arrested him on a 1977 U.S. conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl
Photo: Michel Euler / AP | Source: BBC