This, of course, is the very same case. However, things are different for Rudy, because he’s not an American. The Italians hate Americans, for reasons I have never understood very clearly.
The Italians hate Americans
I lived in Italy for 5 years and did not get that impression. In fact, I was in Italy (Sicily) during this whole fiasco.
Perugia makes a lot of money from international students who travel there to study.
When this first happened all the locals were hoping that it was another international student and not one of their own who committed this eggregious murder.
That’s why they went so heavily after Amanda Knox — blame the death of a foreigner on another foreigner — with a little help from their own of course.
The eye-ties are still very bitter about our bombings killing civilians in the south during WWII. The Italian left hates us for the same reasons as leftists do all over the world. The Italian right hates us for our “cultural imperialism.”