The district court prison in Winterthur, Switzerland, were according to Swiss national agency, Keystone, Polish film director Roman Polanski, is being held, Wednesday, Nov. 25 2009. The Swiss federal court approved Wednesday, Roman Polanski's bail offer of USD 4.5 million to be released from prison, and kept under house arrest with electronic monitoring at his Swiss chalet. If the Federal Department for Justice does not appeal the courts decision, the 76-year-old director could be freed in the next days. Polanski was arrested on Sept. 26, 2009 as he arrived in Switzerland to attend the Zurich Film Festival. He has been wanted in the US on charges of having sex with a 13 year old girl in 1977. (AP Photo/Keystone,The University of Bergen awards committee says the 73-year-old Vancouver native won the prize for his research on the impact of history and culture on the formation of new ideas. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)
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The district court prison in Winterthur, Switzerland, were according to Swiss national agency, Keystone, Polish film director Roman Polanski, is being held, Wednesday, Nov. 25 2009. The Swiss federal court approved Wednesday, Roman Polanski's bail offer of USD 4.5 million to be released from prison, and kept under house arrest with electronic monitoring at his Swiss chalet. If the Federal Department for Justice does not appeal the courts decision, the 76-year-old director could be freed in the next days. Polanski was arrested on Sept. 26, 2009 as he arrived in Switzerland to attend the Zurich Film Festival. He has been wanted in the US on charges of having sex with a 13 year old girl in 1977. (AP Photo/Keystone,The University of Bergen awards committee says the 73-year-old Vancouver native won the prize for his research on the impact of history and culture on the formation of new ideas. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)
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The district court prison in Winterthur, Switzerland, were according to Swiss national agency, Keystone, Polish film director Roman Polanski, is being held, Wednesday, Nov. 25 2009. The Swiss federal court approved Wednesday, Roman Polanski's bail offer of USD 4.5 million to be released from prison, and kept under house arrest with electronic monitoring at his Swiss chalet. If the Federal Department for Justice does not appeal the courts decision, the 76-year-old director could be freed in the next days. Polanski was arrested on Sept. 26, 2009 as he arrived in Switzerland to attend the Zurich Film Festival. He has been wanted in the US on charges of having sex with a 13 year old girl in 1977. (AP Photo/Keystone,The University of Bergen awards committee says the 73-year-old Vancouver native won the prize for his research on the impact of history and culture on the formation of new ideas. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)
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The district court prison in Winterthur, Switzerland, were according to Swiss national agency, Keystone, Polish film director Roman Polanski, is being held, Wednesday, Nov. 25 2009. The Swiss federal court approved Wednesday, Roman Polanski's bail offer of USD 4.5 million to be released from prison, and kept under house arrest with electronic monitoring at his Swiss chalet. If the Federal Department for Justice does not appeal the courts decision, the 76-year-old director could be freed in the next days. Polanski was arrested on Sept. 26, 2009 as he arrived in Switzerland to attend the Zurich Film Festival. He has been wanted in the US on charges of having sex with a 13 year old girl in 1977. (AP Photo/Keystone,The University of Bergen awards committee says the 73-year-old Vancouver native won the prize for his research on the impact of history and culture on the formation of new ideas. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)
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The district court prison in Winterthur, Switzerland, were according to Swiss national agency, Keystone, Polish film director Roman Polanski, is being held, Wednesday, Nov. 25 2009. The Swiss federal court approved Wednesday, Roman Polanski's bail offer of USD 4.5 million to be released from prison, and kept under house arrest with electronic monitoring at his Swiss chalet. If the Federal Department for Justice does not appeal the courts decision, the 76-year-old director could be freed in the next days. Polanski was arrested on Sept. 26, 2009 as he arrived in Switzerland to attend the Zurich Film Festival. He has been wanted in the US on charges of having sex with a 13 year old girl in 1977. (AP Photo/Keystone,The University of Bergen awards committee says the 73-year-old Vancouver native won the prize for his research on the impact of history and culture on the formation of new ideas. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)
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Photo taken on November 25, 2009 in Winterthur shows the prison where Polish-born French director Roman Polanski is being held. Switzerland's top criminal court said it had granted bail to film-maker Roman Polanski, saying his offer of 4.5 million francs (4.5 million dollars, 3 million euros) and to go under house arrest was enough to prevent his escape. AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN DERUNGS (Photo credit should read SEBASTIAN DERUNGS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Photo taken on November 25, 2009 in Winterthur shows the prison where Polish-born French director Roman Polanski is being held. Switzerland's top criminal court said it had granted bail to film-maker Roman Polanski, saying his offer of 4.5 million francs (4.5 million dollars, 3 million euros) and to go under house arrest was enough to prevent his escape. AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN DERUNGS (Photo credit should read SEBASTIAN DERUNGS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Photo taken on November 25, 2009 in Winterthur shows the prison where Polish-born French director Roman Polanski is being held. Switzerland's top criminal court said it had granted bail to film-maker Roman Polanski, saying his offer of 4.5 million francs (4.5 million dollars, 3 million euros) and to go under house arrest was enough to prevent his escape. AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN DERUNGS (Photo credit should read SEBASTIAN DERUNGS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Photo taken on November 25, 2009 in Winterthur shows the prison where Polish-born French director Roman Polanski is being held. Switzerland's top criminal court said it had granted bail to film-maker Roman Polanski, saying his offer of 4.5 million francs (4.5 million dollars, 3 million euros) and to go under house arrest was enough to prevent his escape. AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIAN DERUNGS (Photo credit should read SEBASTIAN DERUNGS/AFP/Getty Images)
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FILE - This is a Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 file photo of Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, as she speaks at the Swiss press club in Geneva, Switzerland. Widmer-Schlumpf said she "sees no reason" to appeal Roman Polanski's release under house arrest and electronic monitoring in exchange for $4.5 million in bail. Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf's comments Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009 come after a surprising decision by the Swiss Criminal Court to grant Polanski bail. They suggest that the 76-year-old director could be freed in the next days. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott, File)
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