Poland will not extradite Polański

Film director Roman Polański will not be extradited from Poland, a court in Kraków ruled on Friday. Yet the decision is not legally valid and the prosecutor's office may appeal. The Kraków-based court ruled that the director's extradition would be an illegal deprivation of  liberty. The prosecutor's office said that it "sees irregularities in the proceedings regarding Roman Polański, but the motion has to be considered credible." The Polish and, since 1976, naturalized French film director pleaded guilty in 1977 to having sex with a minor. He fled the US the following year in order to avoid long-term imprisonment. In 2010, Polański was arrested in Switzerland on a U.S. warrant, however, he was later released as Swiss authorities refused to extradite him. Under Polish law, if the court agreed to extradite Polanski, the final decision would be made by the justice minister.