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NYT: Why Arrest Roman Polanski Now?

By Corey Rayburnyung

With the recent arrest of fugitive film director Roman Polanski, the New York Times has an article asking: why now?  Polanski, who resides in France, was arrested in Switzerland where he owns a home and frequently visited. From the article:The sudden move by Swiss authorities to arrest Roman Polanski for possible extradition to the United States after 31 years as a fugitive ? and countless visits to Switzerland in the interim ? has roused diplomats, offended supporters of the filmmaker and left more than a few onlookers asking themselves the same question: Why now?Law enforcement officials here have said it was a simple matter of opportunity.  But supporters of Mr. Polanski have said that this has been true many times since he fled the United States in 1978 to escape sentencing in a sex-crimes case involving a 13-year-old girl...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on September 30, 2009 (boomark / email).