A Polish court which is to rule on whether to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States over a 1977 child sex conviction has not received the U.S. legal help it has requested by the required deadline, Polish state agency PAP reported on Wednesday.
Government still awaits U.S. legal help in Polanski extradition case
At a sitting in May, the court said Poland had requested further information from U.S. authorities by Aug. 8, and adjourned the case until mid-September.
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This could prove a potential stumbling block in the controversial extradition case. At a sitting in May, the court said Poland had requested further information from U.S. authorities by Aug. 8, and adjourned the case until mid-September.
The court has now extended the deadline by the time it may take for the document to be delivered by post, PAP reported, citing an unnamed source in the court.
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