I must confess I have lusted in my heart at times.
Posted on 01/30/2014 1:13:40 PM PST by Uncle Chip
Amanda Knox was found guilty of murder today by an Italian court, the latest twist in a murder case that goes back to 2007.
The verdict reached by the two judges and six jurors came after several hours of deliberations at the Florence courthouse.
The judge sentenced Knox to 28 years in prison. Her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and co-defendant was sentenced to 25 years.
Two Italian judges and six jurors began deliberations earlier today. If Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are found guilty, the court is also expected to pronounce a prison sentence.
The prosecutor has asked for a 26 prison term for the murder for Knox and Sollecito, plus another four years for Knox on a related libel conviction.
This is the fourth time Knox faced a verdict on the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher while they were roommates in Perugia, Italy. Knox, now 26, and Sollecito, 29, were convicted in 2009.
After serving four years in prison they were freed in 2011 when an appeals court threw out the murder conviction. But Italy's supreme court ordered another appeals court to rehear the case. Kercher's sister Stephanie and brother Lyle were in the courtroom for the verdict.
Knox, who is sporting a new, short haircut, remained in her hometown of Seattle for the latest trial. Sollecito was in court today earlier today, but was not present for the verdict....
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No because she was acquitted once and we don’t recognize double jeopardy.
Have lawyers, guns and money.
They certainly have.
A bunch of bumbling vindictive incompetents.
And rightly so. This is BS.
Not sure what you mean. . .she is free and living in the states.
It now goes to the Italian Supreme Court to either confirm it or toss it.
Solecito could be arrested immediately — he was not in court today as he probably got a heads up.
I doubt she will ever be extradited.
She will just have to stay stateside and out of countries with extradition treaties with the Italy.
I must confess I have lusted in my heart at times.
She is free, not in Italy, and will not be sent back there.
She’s free now. She was tried in absentia and will never go to prison despite this conviction, which is a travesty by the way.
I mean the conviction is a travesty, not her freedom.
Actually, she speaks fluent Italian from the four years she spent in jail after the first verdict before it was overturned. It is doubtful she will be going back, but the attorneys are going to have to hash out whether she can be extradited given US double jeopardy laws.
Amanda is here in the states, she won’t be going to prison unless she chooses to go to Italy to go to jail. I doubt that.
“Sollecito was in court today earlier today, but was not present for the verdict....”
Dude should have gotten out of town when he had the chance. He is going to rot in prison because the Italians hate his American ex-girlfriend.
Awaiting Eric Holders response for extraditing Amanda Knox back to Italy.
I really believe it will happen.
This will be Americas future with these evil vile bas-turds in charge.
I hate wishing my life away but this nightmare needs to end in 2016 or sooner.
Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida
Your adjective and noun are in disagreement.
We do extradite to Italy, but this has to go through another higher court in another trial before anything starts to happen.
Go ask Obama, I think he’ll know
“...the Italian justice system has really made a mess of this case.”
They also have the view of “guilty until proven innocent”. I imagine she wasn’t planning any trips to Italy anyway though. If I were her, I would probably be planning on future studies “abroad” in Hawaii, and using an RV for any future vacations.
Really? You actually think she is guilty?
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