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Omaha Steve

(99,669 posts)
Fri Jan 31, 2014, 10:11 AM Jan 2014

Knox says she will not willingly return to Italy

Source: AP-EXCITE

SEATTLE (AP) - Amanda Knox said Friday she will fight the reinstated guilty verdict against her and an ex-boyfriend in the 2007 slaying of a British roommate in Italy and vowed to "never go willingly" to face her fate in that country's judicial system .

"I'm going to fight this to the very end," she said in an interview with Robin Roberts on ABC's "Good Morning America.

Knox said she was caught off guard by the decision of the Italian court.

"It hit me like a train. I didn't expect this to happen. They found me innocent before; how could they?"

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A woman believed to be Amanda Knox, center left, is hidden under a jacket while being escorted from her mother's home to a car by family members Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in Seattle. Amanda Knox says she is frightened and saddened by her "unjust" murder conviction in the death of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox's lawyers have vowed to appeal to Italy's highest court. In a statement issued from Seattle on Thursday after her conviction was upheld, Knox blamed overzealous prosecutors and a "prejudiced and narrow-minded investigation" for what she called a perversion of justice and wrongful conviction. (AP Photo)
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Knox says she will not willingly return to Italy (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 2014 OP
Her next appeal will be with the Court of Cassation / Italian Supreme Court dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #1
and.. rtracey Jan 2014 #2
I doubt that Italy will request extradition. dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #4
since when did she live in Brazil? nt alp227 Jan 2014 #10
she needs to get the hell out of town dembotoz Jan 2014 #3
Unlike her stupid ex LiberalLovinLug Jan 2014 #12
"They found me innocent before;" Actually no - a guilty verdict was vacated - not the same thing. yellowcanine Jan 2014 #5
Not guilty IS innocent. AtheistCrusader Jan 2014 #6
That appeal was set aside as being legally flawed dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #11
Doesn't she know Italy's "infinite strikes" rule? Recursion Jan 2014 #7
Run Amanda run. sked14 Jan 2014 #8
Why would anyone return voluntarily? Helen Borg Jan 2014 #9

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
1. Her next appeal will be with the Court of Cassation / Italian Supreme Court
Fri Jan 31, 2014, 10:27 AM
Jan 2014

which considers points of law only.

 

rtracey

(2,062 posts)
2. and..
Fri Jan 31, 2014, 10:40 AM
Jan 2014

Sadly to say, I believe she should be making these appeals from Brazil, her new home, because I believe when all said and done, she will be sent back The treaty between US and Italy is strong, and she is a small fish compared to others.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
4. I doubt that Italy will request extradition.
Fri Jan 31, 2014, 11:08 AM
Jan 2014

They won't waste their breath but save it and when the US wants someone from there they'll just say whatever fuck off is in Italian.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,175 posts)
12. Unlike her stupid ex
Fri Jan 31, 2014, 04:13 PM
Jan 2014

Raffaele Sollecito was stopped near the Italian border and had his passport revoked.

I can' t understand what kind of proof they had to convict her. Everything I've seen leaves way too much doubt. This verdict really smells. I sure have less respect for the Italian justice system now.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
5. "They found me innocent before;" Actually no - a guilty verdict was vacated - not the same thing.
Fri Jan 31, 2014, 11:17 AM
Jan 2014

Knox would do well to just allow her lawyers to do the talking.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
6. Not guilty IS innocent.
Fri Jan 31, 2014, 11:23 AM
Jan 2014

Presumption of innocence.
Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat


That's how we say it works in the US anyway.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
11. That appeal was set aside as being legally flawed
Fri Jan 31, 2014, 02:36 PM
Jan 2014

so the guilty verdict in the first trial remained as was.

The Court of Cassation considers legal aspects only which is what she'll be up against if her defense appeals again. If successful she'll remain guilty until a further appeal trial decided otherwise.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
7. Doesn't she know Italy's "infinite strikes" rule?
Fri Jan 31, 2014, 11:47 AM
Jan 2014

The prosecution gets to keep presenting a case as many ****ing times as it wants to..., unless it's against Berlusconi.

 

sked14

(579 posts)
8. Run Amanda run.
Fri Jan 31, 2014, 11:59 AM
Jan 2014

Just kidding, I really don't think the DoJ will consider an extradition request from Italy considering the totally fucked up investigation and the corruption of the prosecutor's office from day 1, and, if they do, I hope they, either, tear up the request, shred it, or wipe their ass with it.
I've visited Italy numerous times, a beautiful country with a rich history, but until this is settled, my wife and I will boycott going there.

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