Amanda Knox Case: Italian Court Overturns Murder Conviction

WWW.NBCNEWS.COM ^ | 3/27/2015

[Blackirish]

Good. Always thought she was as innocent.

[conservative98]

she ought to split it with George Zimmerman.

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

https://twitter.com/amandu_knoxx

[Chauncey Uppercrust]

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

[Zhang Fei]

Italy has a system that allows multiple levels of trial. If they don't like it, they have a republican form of government and they can change it. There's nothing dodgy about the process here, just the behavior of the police, Amanda Knox, and her accomplices, only one of whom now will serve time for the crime.

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.

[Chauncey Uppercrust]

amen, thank you

[FredZarguna]

Fortunately, your opinion about that carries as much weight with anyone sensible as all of your other ravings.

[Tired of Taxes]

Check out that website. The research there is well done.

[FredZarguna]

Yet they see nothing wrong with the US court system, with its endless opportunities for abuse by criminals, particularly for the most heinous types of crimes, which cost taxpayers millions of dollars and ultimately go nowhere.

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.

[Borax Queen]

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...

[Pirate Ragnar]

Your opinion is surely based on scrutiny of years of evidence. Right?

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

You have no genuine argument supporting your accusations so you resort to name calling. How “progressive.”

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Good. Always thought she was as innocent.

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I wouldn’t call her “innocent” but I don’t believe she murdered the victim.

[Pirate Ragnar]

Reasonable requires reason.

[Hot Tabasco]

Therefore, in protest of the horrible Italian legal system, I will refrain from buying.......

Don't forget olive oil and various pastas..........

[Pirate Ragnar]

Probably is not a very astute reason to declare someone guilty.

[Tired of Taxes]

Here’s how the Kercher family is reacting to the overturned convictions:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3272995/posts

[nickcarraway]

Are you Ron Kuby?

[Oztrich Boy]

And besides, the second black guy she accused was actually involved.

[Chauncey Uppercrust]

I would bet everything I own that my guy Ted Cruz is thrilled to hear about Amanda being exonerated.

[Genoa]

Amazing if that’s really her. Sounds just barely literate.