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Amanda Knox, acquitted of murder - Italian court orders new trial after appeal
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There is nothing laudable about breaking an old man's teeth.
Hell if he had died I would have felt a little happier, since then Itally at least maybe would have had a chance to elect a half decent leader who did not control large portions of the media and was not so corrupt to his core.
- "Proving once again the deadliest animal of all ... is the Zoo Keeper" - Philip J Fry
- "Proving once again the deadliest animal of all ... is the Zoo Keeper" - Philip J Fry
For more information about what a huge scumbag he is, look at his wiki page. (yes there might be wiki bias, but you can look up the fact and the various stories from whatever outlet you like)
- "Proving once again the deadliest animal of all ... is the Zoo Keeper" - Philip J Fry
And he'll probably try to pass some law that means he'll stay on till his death.
regardless, that doesn't mean he can be beat up. I mean, he obviously can but it's not the way to go about it.
They have also been overturned and corruption trials against him have resumed.
He's been in that situation for 20 years and so far he has escaped by making custom laws, drawing out the process and bribing judges.
- "Proving once again the deadliest animal of all ... is the Zoo Keeper" - Philip J Fry
But it's doubtfull they're going to succeed.
Silvio does not care about your paltry human objections. He's going to get away with this regardless of you pesky meddling kids.
(Anyone can photoshop Berlusconi being a Lizardman?)
So Knox was acquitted on appeal.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20115000-504083.html
And hilariously, the esteemed Daily Mail UK took the opportunity to publish the following
I hear Dewey also defeats Truman, on page 2.
Italy, meanwhile, will move on to prosecuting more geologists for not predicting earthquakes accurately enough. Satanic, sex-crazed geologists, I bet.
I don't know, from what I've read the conviction was pretty sketchy.
But, from what I've heard, that generally wouldn't have mattered in Italy. So...yeah. I suppose you may be correct, but that it's a good thing it happened.
Which has been the entire defense to start with.
1. She was a hot young girl.
2. She was American.
3. The police don't like to admit they got the wrong person.
A lot of police, and I assume it's the same in Europe as in America, find one suspect for a case and use all their resources to convict that person.
Pretty much. Being a hot young girl helps if you're a missing person, and can spur investigators if you're the victim, but as the accused? It's a crap shoot, and goes right to shit once it turns into "zomg satanic sex ritual." Because once you start getting awesome fantasies in peoples' heads, they don't want to let them go.
That third bit is huge, too, though hardly unique to this case. It's a ridiculously common problem in nearly any justice system, because the cops want the case cleared. Everybody wants the case cleared. They want a culprit convicted, so they can move on. They don't necessarily care as much as you might hope that it's the right culprit.
Both of these go double when you have a jury with full access to the media circus for a year during the trial.
Huh? I think the defense was more like "you have no evidence".
Well, I am glad that she's done with it all.
Con: Never want to set foot in Italy ever again.
I sure wouldn't.
I would get my named changed too.
I really do wonder how she's gonna live her life now.
Those brits that got falsely accused in Tehran said exactly the same, right up until they stepped foot on home turf.
Of course, it's foggy enough there that they may have yet to see any landmarks and figure out that they're not in Iran anymore.
CNN article said that it can only be appealed on narrow procedural grounds
And they might just be stupid enough to try.
Which makes me wonder, if the appeal is overturned, and she's on American soil, what will the procedure be then?
My guess is the Italian government will never ask for extradition so the U.S. government will never have to say no, that way both save face.
Lifetime movie deals.
Also if the appeal was overturned I'd be more concerned for her boyfriend if he is still in Italy. I don't see the US extraditing her.
The US wont extradite her.