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(28 Sep 2009)
Department of State TV
Washington, DC - September 29, 2009
1. Wide shot of US State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley walking up to podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) P.J. Crowley, US State Department spokesman:
"There will be a period of time, I think two months, for the state of California to make a formal extradition request. The role of the Department of State will simply be to review that request to make sure it meets you know the sufficiency, in terms of our extradition treaty with Switzerland."
3. Reporters seated
AP Television
Los Angeles, California - September 28, 2009
4. Wide shot Professor Edwin Smith, International Law expert from USC Law school, at his computer
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Edwin Smith, USC Law School:
"In Roman Polanski's case, he is now a citizen of France and France would not extradict its national, but when he made a trip to Switzerland, the US could make a request to extradict a French national, from Switzerland to the United States. So, Switzerland would extradite a non-Swiss national."
6. Close-up professor Smith
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Edwin Smith, USC Law School:
"Publicity made it quite visible, on the Internet and everywhere else, that Polanski was making this move, so the visibility probably alerted the District Attorney's office here in Los Angeles to make a request to the State Department, which the State Department automatically delivered to the Swiss and now the Swiss are in the position of determining how they are going to respond to a request from the United States."
8. Various shots of Smith at his computer
STORYLINE:
An international bout over imprisoned director Roman Polanski has emerged as France and Poland urged Switzerland to free him on bail and pressed US officials all the way up to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the case.
The US is attempting to have Polanski extradited from Switzerland to California to face justice for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, his lawyer said on Monday.
Polanski was in his third day of detention after Swiss police arrested him on Saturday on an international warrant as he arrived in Zurich to receive a
lifetime achievement award from a film festival.
Authorities in Los Angeles consider Polanski a "convicted felon and fugitive."
At the US State Department, spokesman P.J. Crowley offered no direct comment on French and Polish views about extraditing Polanski.
Crowley said he would defer to the Department of Justice and the state of California for comment.
"There will be a period of time, I think two months, for the state of California to make a formal extradition request," Crowley said.
"The role of the Department of State will simply be to review that request to make sure it meets sufficiency, in terms of our extradition treaty with Switzerland."
International law expert, Professor Edwin Smith from the USC Law School, said that there was no opportunity for US authorities to extradict Polanski while he stayed inside French borders.
"France would not extradict its national, but when he made a trip to Switzerland, the US could make a request to extradict a French national, from Switzerland to the United States."
Smith said the fact that Polanski's trip to Switzerland was openly publicised helped the District Attorney in Los Angeles " to make a request to the State Department, which the State Department automatically delivered to the Swiss."
In Switzerland, Polanski's lawyer was trying to obtain his release on bail and the Polish diplomatic mission there said it was offering its assistance to the director.

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