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Jen the Michigander


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091020/ap_on_en_mo/eu_switzerland_polanski;_ylt=AvRs211W_DDcvoNnrWafb3JvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTJzOGd1YzVyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDIwL2V1X3N3aXR6ZXJsYW5kX3BvbGFuc2tpBHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDZnVsbG5ic3BzdG9y

Noting his previous escape from U.S. authorities, Switzerland's top criminal court on Tuesday rejected Polanski's appeal to be released from prison because of the "high" risk that the 76-year-old director would try to flee again.

Polanski's offers of bail, house arrest and electronic monitoring failed to sway the tribunal. Even a Swiss chalet in the luxury resort of Gstaad was brushed aside as insufficient collateral to guard against Polanski fleeing the country, as the United States seeks to have him extradited for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

"The appellant has already once in 1978 eluded American criminal proceedings by traveling to Europe," the Federal Criminal Court said in its 17-page verdict, adding that Polanski's transfer to the U.S. could also cause family trauma and cost investors millions of dollars in losses.

"As a result, the motivation to flee is high," it said.

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Good he should have served his time in Prison years ago.  I hope they give him 20 years just for escaping



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Good thinking by the Swiss!

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I hate that they wrote "having sex with a 13-year-old girl."  They should have written "for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl."

Monster should be locked up and the key thrown away.

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