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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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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I think I'd rather be a prisoner in a country as large as the US than risking sitting in jail again, so I'd take the conviction in absence rather than going back to Italy... I imagine a lot of people would.
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This. I'd take that too!
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I remember watching some news pieces about her, and they were VERY sympathetic to her, so with that bias, I can't really say whether or not I think she did it, but at this point, they've fucked up everything and I think it just needs to stop.
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