Roman Polanski: Why didn't DOJ turn over the docs?

In case you've "forgotten" the details of the Roman Polanski case, like so many "celebrities," here is a rundown from Wikipedia:

In March 1977, film director Roman Polanski was arrested and charged with a number of offenses against Samantha Geimer, a thirteen-year-old girl.^[1]

Geimer testified that Polanski gave her a combination of champagne and quaaludes, a sedative drug and muscle relaxant, and despite repeated protests and being asked to stop, he performed oral sex, intercourse and sodomy upon her.^[2][3][4][5] A grand jury charged him with rape by use of drugs, perversion, sodomy, lewd and lascivious act upon a child under fourteen, and furnishing a controlled substance to a minor.

  Doesn't sound very pretty, does it? Imagine your 13 year old daughter (that would be 8th grade) being pumped with drugs of muscle relaxants and then being sexually assaulted in every bodily orifice. This adult male was 43 at the time, 30 years old than the child he assaulted. 
  The Swiss won't send him back; Drudge has the headline as this:

SWISS SLAP: YOU CAN'T HAVE POLANSKI!This is the statement released by the Swiss government:

"The reason for the decision lies in the fact that it was not possible to exclude with the necessary certainty a fault in the US extraditionary request," it said in a statement on Monday. [SNIP]

"Considering all the aspects of this case – and in particular the extradition request which is not satisfying as far as the presentation of the facts of the case is concerned and the principles of state action deriving from international public order – the extradition request has to be rejected," the statement concluded.

How does this translate into real English? Simple. We refused to hand over the official documents that detail the case. Why? CNN reports:

The Swiss rejected the American request because the United States did not supply all the legal records Switzerland requested, and because Polanski had a reasonable right to think he would not be arrested if he visited the country, she said.

 

  He's a free man. His lawyer wants the sentence reduced to "time served."
One might ask, What time has he served? Hasn't he been partying in France and Switzerland? Making movies for the elite?

The U.S. Justice Department declined to comment on the Swiss rejection.

 

  Reminder: Polanski pleaded guilty. GUILTY.  
  One has to ask: What the heck is up with our Department of Justice? Do we not believe in punishment anymore? Is there a separate set of rules for certain groups of individuals? Do we only enforce the law selectively?