Poland Supreme Court Refuses Request To Extradite Roman Polanski For Rape Charges

The award-winning director had a long struggle in live after pleading guilty to one account of statutory rape with a 13-year-old girl back in 1977. Now, the Poland Supreme Court has rejected the ruling to extradite the filmmaker to the United States.

Roman Polanski Freed From Fear Of Being Extradited To The United States For Raping A Minor 40 Years Ago

Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro requested to overrule an extradition refusal that was made by a lower court in Krakow back in 2015. Ziobro urged the courts to overrule the previous verdict in the account of what he believes to be proper justice. However, he lost when the three-judge panel of Poland yet again rejected to extradite him to the United States for a crime he committed almost forty years ago, to which he pleaded guilty under an agreement with the opposing party. In exchange for pleading guilty back in 1977, the court will have to drop all other charges and then sentenced him to prison for a psych evaluation.

After a thorough evaluation, Polanski was released after 42 days who evaluated him and believed he was mentally sound and unlikely to do the crime again. He was supposed to be sent back to prison for the remainder of 90 days but fled the country before he was ever sentenced. Thus, the United States has been seeking for Polanski to be brought back to the country for a proper ruling of justice. However, for the second time already, he was refused to be extradited back to the US which has been a relief for him and his lawyers.

Polanski Both A Citizen Of France And Poland; Can Work Freely In The Latter Country

One of his lawyers believes that he will not be treated well in the United States prison and that he has already paid for his crimes claiming it would be heinous to make him pay for it again. Polanski is currently residing in France wherein the court does not extradite their citizens. Even though he was not extradited back to the United States, he was still allowed to freely work in Poland for the time being. Polanski refuses to give any comment about the latest overruling but is assured to be relieved that this is finally over.