Poland Waiting on US Legal Help in Polanski Extradition

A Polish court, which is to rule on filmmaker Roman Polanski's extradition to the United States over a 1977 child sex conviction, said on Wednesday it had not received requested legal help from the United States before a deadline expired. This may prove a potential stumbling block in the legal case. At a sitting in May, the court said it had requested further information from the U.S. authorities by Aug. 8, and adjourned the case until mid-September. The court has now extended the...

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