Because the US justice system takes a dim view of Polanksi. Unlike the Swiss judiciary, which yesterday freed the film director. Unlike the French intelligentsia, which has hailed Polanski's release as a gesture of defiance towards American cultural hegemony.
The French Culture Minister, Frederic Mitterand said he was satisfied that the Swiss had not chosen to extradite Polanski to the US. Former education minister Jack Lang said "Bravo Switzerland!". And the philosopher Bernard-Henry Levy said he was "mad with joy". More...
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