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Swiss Reject U.S. Request to Extradite Polanski

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ENEVA — Switzerland will not extradite the film director Roman Polanski to the United States to face charges of unlawful sex with a minor because of a possible fault in the American application for his extradition, Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told a press conference on Monday.

“He’s a free man,” she said.

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