Polanski faces new extradition challenge
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Roman Polanski is facing a new extradition challenge after the Polish government said it will appeal a court decision not to extradite him to the U.S.
Zbigniew Ziobro, justice minister and prosecutor general, said his decision was because Polanski was “accused of and wanted for…a rape of a child,” Polish state news agency PAP reported.
U.S. authorities launched extradition proceedings after Polanski appeared in Krakow in 2014 to announce plans to make a film there.
Poland’s new right-wing government, elected last October shortly before the court decision, has long argued that Polanski should face justice.
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.