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In what has been one of the more intriguing stories of 2009, the Associated Press reported today that the Swiss Court has finally granted director Roman Polanski bail by accepting his bail offer of $4.5 million after rejecting his two previous efforts for freedom.
However, inspite the approval of his release from jail, Polanski will be detained under house arrest while being electronically monitored at his Swiss chalet.
Upon news of the court's decision, the Swiss Justice Ministry says that they will keep Polanski in jail and plan to appeal his release to the Swiss Supreme Court. Spokesman Folco Galli says the ministry will makes its decision "quickly" even though it has 10 days to appeal.
The Swiss Criminal Court still believes that Polanski's release makes him a high risk for fear that he may attempt to flee the country. The ruling on Wednesday said the new bail offer was enough to offset those concerns.
The decision of allowing his release doesn't affect the Swiss government's assessment of whether it should extradite Polanski to the U.S. He fled the States in 1977 after he was ordered to resume his 90-day jail term, in which he surprisingly was granted early parole for having sex with a 13-year old girl he was photographing.
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