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Roman Polanski Free After Swiss Reject Extradition

Roman Polanski is a free man today after the Swiss Justice Ministry officially rejected an extradition request from the United States. The decision ends a nine-and-a-half-month saga which saw Polanski nabbed at an airport, sequestered in jail, moved out to house arrest and finally released when, according to the Swiss, prosecutors failed to provide confidential testimony about the director’s original trial and sentencing. Which of course raises many questions, including the eminently obvious: Why the hell did we even bother?

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Roman Polanski Free After Swiss Reject Extradition

Should Lindsay Lohan Pull a Polanski?

A judge in L.A. today issued a warrant for Lindsay Lohan’s arrest when the starlet failed to show for a mandatory “DUI progress-report hearing.” By now Lohan’s excuse is relatively well-known: She was visiting Cannes and, er, her passport was stolen. Her team says she’s spent the last few days working with the State Department to get a replacement (the U.S. Embassy in France denies this ), while French authorities say she never even reported the original stolen in the first place. As a result of the warrant, says the U.S. Customs Agency, Lohan will be arrested when attempting to reenter the country. Which of course raises the question: Why even bother coming home?

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Should Lindsay Lohan Pull a Polanski?