By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
Published: March 26, 2013
ROME - Italy’s highest court on Tuesday ordered a new trial in the sensational case of Amanda Knox, an American student accused of murdering her 21-year-old roommate, Meredith Kercher of Britain, in 2007.The judges’ announcement that an earlier acquittal had been overturned was greeted by a shocked
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Exactly.
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Also, this has provided a grand example of why, even if some people get away with crimes due to our double jeopardy laws, the law is ultimately more just this way. I can't imagine being on trial for the same crime for the THIRD time.
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That verdict was thrown out, and she got a SECOND trial. She was acquitted.
The acquittal has now been thrown out because the judges threw out DNA evidence in that one and the Supreme Court said they shouldn't have. They're now gearing up for the THIRD trial.
I haven't been following any further than that, and I have no opinion on if she's guilty or innocent. So far as I can tell, the evidence is so fucked up beyond belief, I don't really think there's anyway to conclusively prove things.
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If she is convicted in absence she could find herself a prisoner in her own country. There are EU-wide arrest warrants which rules out any trip to Europe (probably with the exception of Switzerland, where Roman Polanski is still shamelessly hiding from justice).
Add to that almost all the English-speaking countries apart from the US (like Australia, New Zealand, Canada) are in the Commonwealth who presumably have an extradition treaty with the EU, what with the UK being a member of both.
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That's assuming the courts will be able to prove anything, and what with the situation of the evidence is doubtful.
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The drifter who ADMITTED TO KILLING AND "HAVING SEX WITH" Meredith Kercher is in prison. He's only getting 16 years for killing her because he concocted a story about Sollecito and Knox involving him.
She deserves to move on with her life. So does Raffaele. They've already lost 4 years each to the ridiculous injustice of the Italian legal system and Giuliano Mignini.
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I don't believe she committed that murder any more than I myself did. And I've never even stepped foot in Italy!
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