Posted on 03/27/2015 2:52:26 PM PDT by CaptainK
The highest court in Italy on Friday has overturned the murder convictions of Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend in the sensational 2007 stabbing death of her British roommate.
The ruling was the latest turn in an odyssey of international justice for Knox, who spent four years in an Italian jail after the killing. She has returned to the United States and vowed not to return to Italy.
She and the ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were convicted in 2009, then acquitted and freed in 2011. An appeals court overturned the acquittals and ordered a new trial, and they were convicted again last year. Knox was sentenced in absentia to 25 years in prison. Sollecito was sentenced to 28 1/2 years.
Knox and Sollecito were arrested after the roommate, Meredith Kercher, was found dead in a pool of blood in their apartment in the university town of Perugia, as many as 40 knife wounds over her half-naked body.
Prosecutors argued that Kercher was killed as part of a sex game. Knox and Sollecito said they were alone together on the night in question, watching a movie, smoking pot and having sex.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Good. Always thought she was as innocent.
I lost respect for Amanda Knox when she went after Zimmerman...
Quotes:
amanda knox @Amandu_knoxx 22 Mar 2012 How can we let this happen to #Trayvon Martin..it's heart breaking . i pray for justice god bless his family #amandaknox
amanda knox @Amandu_knoxx 22 Mar 2012 my prayers and heart go out to the family of #Trayvon Martin and his family, i hope justice will be served #amandaknox
i would support a list of people that should never be allowed on a jury, you 2 would be near the top of the list
I think some people have the view that judicial systems outside of the US are kangaroo courts. I saw the movie La Scorta, which was about a bunch of bodyguards for Italian magistrates in charge of cases against Cosa Nostra kingpins. My impression then was that Italy mollycoddles criminal suspects. Its justice system is anything but draconian and arbitrary.
amen, thank you
Fortunately, your opinion about that carries as much weight with anyone sensible as all of your other ravings.
Check out that website. The research there is well done.
Or worse, result in guilty people going free: http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/04/spare_us_the_lies_about_the_late_hurricane_carter_mulshine.html
The Double Jeopardy clause became part of the Fifth Amendment because of endless abuses of an open-ended process by The Crown, not because one verdict of not guilty is always the best possible outcome there is. The Italian system is not an open-ended arbitrary process. It has well-defined steps and a definite conclusion. And most importantly, if it were really an affront to the Rights of Man Italians could change it. In fact, much more easily than we can.
That’s a good comparison about Jodi Arias. Completely!
And now, I am down the rabbit hole, reading Tired of Taxes link... about all the lies Knox and her family and boyfriend told...
Your opinion is surely based on scrutiny of years of evidence. Right?
You have no genuine argument supporting your accusations so you resort to name calling. How “progressive.”
Good. Always thought she was as innocent.
I wouldn’t call her “innocent” but I don’t believe she murdered the victim.
Reasonable requires reason.
Don't forget olive oil and various pastas..........
Probably is not a very astute reason to declare someone guilty.
Here’s how the Kercher family is reacting to the overturned convictions:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3272995/posts
Are you Ron Kuby?
And besides, the second black guy she accused was actually involved.
I would bet everything I own that my guy Ted Cruz is thrilled to hear about Amanda being exonerated.
Amazing if that’s really her. Sounds just barely literate.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.