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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Regardless of my feelings about Ms. Knox's guilt or innocence, my first thought was "Wow, a judicial system that's more fucked up than that of the U.S. Why am I not surprised that it's Italy."
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Exactly.
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Everyone seems to have the trial by media, however.
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I'm not saying that American media is any better (the NY Post and The Daily News disgust me), just that tabloids are tabloids everywhere. I freely admit that I'm very biased against tabloids and any information that they publish is suspect in my eyes - They will lie with no conscience or compulsion to get at the truth. They write to sell newspapers to the lowest of the low. They don't care who they hurt in the process and any fines or lawsuits that come their way as a result are the price of doing business.
I despise them.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_ban#In_the_UK
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It always amazes me how much reporting of high profile cases there is in the US media. In the UK once someone is arrested it all goes quiet until the actual trial is in progress.
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The UK DOES have tabloid press that does the same thing.
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Regardless of my feelings about Ms. Knox's guilt or innocence, my first thought was "Wow, a judicial system that's more fucked up than that of the U.S. Why am I not surprised that it's Italy."
This was pretty much my thought too.
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