Amanda Knox cleared on appeal

[chancellor]

Is that a genuine plan, or stating what he needs to say at the time?

Oh, that's a genuine plan. After she does her book deal and Maxim spread, she better find a country that doesn't have extradition to Italy next.

[Judge Jude]

The CBS Show "48 Hours Mystery" ran an update last night that seemed to strongly suggest that she had nothing to do with the murder. The portrait was of a very religious prosecutor who was convinced that college-age kids are up to all sorts of occult doings, but that Knox was with her boyfriend elsewhere at the time of the murder. The DNA evidence was of a foreign criminal with no apparent ties to Knox or the boyfriend, from what the show claimed, at least. I didn't know anything about the case beyond what this show claims, though.

[johnnya24]

... and they have just reversed the decision, and increased Knox's sentence to 28 years.

[joncarlos]

... and they have just reversed the decision, and increased Knox's sentence to 28 years.

WTF? What is going on over there?

[johnnya24]

WTF? What is going on over there?

:shrug:

You gotta have a lot of sympathy with the family of the victim. The Italian's have made such a botch of this case that they will never likely know what actually happened to their daughter.

The 4-way murder-sex orgy theory is ridiculous.

[joncarlos]

:shrug:

You gotta have a lot of sympathy with the family of the victim. The Italian's have made such a botch of this case that they will never likely know what actually happened to their daughter.

The 4-way murder-sex orgy theory is ridiculous.

It's amazing how the whole thing just keeps getting more ridiculous. Now this poor girl has to be worried about traveling abroad. I have to think the US will refuse any extradition requests, but can she really trust other countries?

[TranaGreg]

say, who's the dude who started this thread anyway ... has name looks vaguely familiar ...

[revo]

... and they have just reversed the decision, and increased Knox's sentence to 28 years.

But she'll likely never serve another day in jail thanks to double jeopardy:
"It is unlikely that Knox, who lives in Seattle, Washington, will return to Italy to serve additional prison time because U.S. law dictates that a person cannot be tried twice on the same charge, a legal expert told CNN. He believes that if Italy were to ask for extradition, U.S. officials would deny the request."

[johnnya24]

But she'll likely never serve another day in jail thanks to double jeopardy:
"It is unlikely that Knox, who lives in Seattle, Washington, will return to Italy to serve additional prison time because U.S. law dictates that a person cannot be tried twice on the same charge, a legal expert told CNN. He believes that if Italy were to ask for extradition, U.S. officials would deny the request."

Was she tried twice? I thought they merely quashed the successful appeal.

I haven't been in a position to follow the story today, so I'm really not sure.

[revo]

Was she tried twice? I thought they merely quashed the successful appeal.

I haven't been in a position to follow the story today, so I'm really not sure.

She was initially convicted, but the verdict was overturned on appeals.

[johnnya24]

"Italy does not consider this being tried more than once for the same crime, but to be stages in one legal process"

But I guess if the US don't want to extradite her, they could use DJ as a convenient excuse.

[cardboardbox]

Can we give them Justin Bieber instead?

[chancellor]

It's amazing how the whole thing just keeps getting more ridiculous. Now this poor girl has to be worried about traveling abroad. I have to think the US will refuse any extradition requests, but can she really trust other countries?

She'd be a fool to leave the country now. I agree that the US will refuse extradition - it'll play well politically if we flip Italy the bird on this case - but other countries will almost certainly see it differently.

[cardboardbox]

She'd be a fool to leave the country now. I agree that the US will refuse extradition - it'll play well politically if we flip Italy the bird on this case - but other countries will almost certainly see it differently.

can you imagine the anger in the US if the roles were reversed?

If she wasnt convicted in a bugs bunny court I'd say send her back to Italy. But she was so I'm not sure extradition is even an option.

The prosecution completely changed their case, pretty much admitting they were wrong the first time but desperately want to convict.