This week. Next week, they’ll probably change their minds again.
My understanding is that’s it. It’s over.
In my town, a legally blind man -- who self-admittedly was not wearing corrective lenses as required on his license -- driving an F-150 killed a 72 year old cyclist, at least four feet off the berm of the road.
The driver is/was a big deal in these parts. The coroner ruled there was nothing suspicious or negligent about the death. The DA asked the coroner to reopen. He again found no homicide nor suspicious cause. Normally that's the end of it.
The DA took the case to the local magistrate who is related to the driver. The magistrate held a hearing and found no grounds for an arraignment. That's invariably the end of the story. But, the prosecutor is entitled to enter a case in the Superior Court even without an arraignment. He did. The driver was convicted of a negligent homicide, as he should have been all along.
Were there really three trials? No. Just one.
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.
That's probably a correct verdict on the basis of police misconduct. But it only means she's legally innocent. She will face another Judge someday. And then, she won't be able to lie.