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Should Amanda Knox Be Extradited to Prison in Italy?

Should Amanda Knox Be Extradited to Prison in Italy?

  • Yes, in accordance with the US-Italy extradition treaty.

    Votes: 18 33.3%
  • Yes, she should be imprisoned somewhere, but maybe in the US.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • No, Americans shouldn't be extradited to foreign nations even if they're guilty.

    Votes: 6 11.1%
  • No, she isn't guilty.

    Votes: 30 55.6%

  • Total voters
    54
Pardon for bumping a thread that seems oldish but after browsing the site a bit to see if there are repercussions of today's news that the Italian court released a 300-page document explaining the proofs and motives they believe that are justification for their guilty verdict, I was unable to find another thread. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong place. It should be the Europe forum, though, since the crime happened in Italy.

Anyway, what do you guys think of this new disclosure?

Me, I read extensive parts of one of the 600-page court older transcripts and got fairly convinced that the woman is guilty.

I haven't looked into this new release.

I'm a bit disappointed to see in this thread so many people evoking double jeopardy. It really doesn't apply to this case, and I'm sorry to say it, but people who think it does are just plain wrong.

Double Jeopardy is like this: you are found innocent in a court of law. Then someone tries to try you again for the same crime with no new proof. It can't be done in the United States.

Now, Amanda Knox's situation is no such sequence.

She was first found *guilty*, not innocent. Then the verdict was overturned on appeal and a re-trial was ordered. Then the retrial found her guilty. This is the appeal process following its course. It's NOT the same situation of the American concept of Double Jeopardy (for which the sequence starts with *not guilty*, not with *guilty* as in Amanda's case).

Then, there is also a lot of misinterpretation about the extradition treaty between the US and Italy, and the impact of Double Jeopardy on it.

Again, people misunderstood the law.

The United States won't extradite a US Citizen to a foreign country to be tried for a crime for which the individual has been tried in the United States and found *not guilty* for the sake of Double Jeopardy - neither situation applies to Amanda. She was never tried *in the United States* (the requested country) but rather in Italy (the requesting country) and she was never found *not guilty* in the United States.

America has no legal grounds according to signed treaties and international law, to deny an extradition request by Italy.

Now, that's the legal part - it doesn't mean there is the political will to do so.

And then, it doesn't mean, first, that her guilty verdict will stand in Italy's high court. And if it does, it doesn't mean either that Italy will request the extradition. They may as well not want to engage in a protracted legal battle with an ally.

So, none of the above means with certainty that Amanda will serve her sentence (in case it is upheld by the high court).

So, guilty or not is debatable. I personally believe she is, after reading a lot of the evidence, which is often different from the PR campaign we see in America. However I can't be sure that she is. I think the evidence is compelling but not 100% unequivocal. So, I wouldn't be pretending to know what happened that day, and would respect those who think she is not guilty.

Now, what I do believe for a fact, is that Double Jeopardy doesn't apply to this case, and the United States has no right, under treaty obligations, to deny a request, if one is made. Again, that's a big if, and whether or not the political and emotional aspects of this case will take over the letter of the law, it remains to be seen.

But I just wanted to clarify, if it hasn't been made clear before,* that Double Jeopardy doesn't apply, neither to her case in Italy, nor to the extradition treaty.

*Edit: well, apparently it *has* been made clear before (I browsed back and indeed some well-informed posters have made the point about the requesting and the requested country to show that there is no application of double jeopardy in this treaty, regarding Amanda).

Anyway, my post is then a bit redundant, but still, given that new material was released today by the Italians, has anybody changed minds because of the fresh release? This in itself would be enough reason to bump this thread.
 
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