The Swiss Department of Justice did not appeal against the decision of the Federal Criminal Court
LONDON - There are new, in the court case of Roman Polanski: yesterday, the Swiss Justice Ministry decided not to appeal in federal court against the decision to release the Polish director.
Roman Polanski was arrested last September 26 in Zurich on the basis of an arrest warrant issued in the U.S. for sexual violence committed in 1977 against a girl of thirteen.
On 25 November, the Swiss court upheld the appeal filed by the lawyers of Polanski, allowing the temporary release only under specific conditions.
The French-Polish, in fact, be paid a maxicauzione of 4.5 million Swiss francs (just under 3 million euro) deposit all identity documents at the Zurich cantonal police and stay at his chalet in Gstaad from which will not go away, also the director must submit to electronic surveillance.
the story - Polanski, 76, had fled from the U.S. in 1978 after confessing to having sex with a girl of 13 years to negotiate the penalty court in Los Angeles who, in exchange for his admission, he spared a jail sentence.
The prosecutor omitted as other serious charges including rape and sodomy by use of drugs.
Agreement, one made by the prosecutor Los Angeles, you do not like the court was preparing to arrest Polanski, who, at this point, he chose to flee.
This past December, Polanski's lawyers had requested the disqualification of judges in Los Angeles. Request rejected by Judge Peter Espinoza, who had said he could not review the case until Polanski did not appear in court, thereby tackling the arrest last Sept. 26 in Swiss territory where the director had gone to receive the award Career assigned by the Zurich Film Festival.
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