Amanda Knox tried for the murder of Meredith Kercher in Italy *NEW TRIAL*#14

[ScarlettScarpetta]

Ita. What station is he going to be on?

HLN.. With JVM I think.

 

[ScarlettScarpetta]

Respectfully, this case is NOT in Alabama -- this case is in Italy.

I have followed this case for years now, and I have gained a lot of knowledge as to how the judicial system works in Italy ... and it's "3 tier court system" is what we have here in the Louisiana state court system :

1. A Trial Court . . . 2. An Appellate Court . . . 3. A Supreme Court

Also, Louisiana is a "civil law" state, and so is Italy.

And it takes YEARS and years for a case to go through the ENTIRE judicial process when you have 3 courts to go through ...

:moo:

It is not the same system. If you are found guilty in america and then it is reversed to NOT GUILTY. You can not be retried that is that.

That is the end in America.

 

[RR0004]

Quick question...was anybody in the least bit surprised?

 

[CHERIE.T]

QUESTION Is there a poll here for guilty and not guilty? I'm curious what the majority here think since Ive not closely followed this trial on WS? tia

 

[Linda7NJ]

QUESTION Is there a poll here for guilty and not guilty? I'm curious what the majority here think since Ive not closely followed this trial on WS? tia

There's a poll thread

 

[otto]

" Giuliano Mignini, the lead investigator who successfully prosecuted Seattle native Amanda Knox of murder, was convicted Friday in Florence of abuse of office."

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Amanda-Knox-prosecutor-convicted-of-abuse-of-894312.php

http://www.examiner.com/article/amanda-knox-prosecutor-mignini-convicted-of-abuse-of-office-today

That's very old news. New news is that Dr Mignini is not convicted of anything.

 

[STEADFAST]

That's not true.
The entire case was not retried. It was not a whole new trial.

This was a retrial as ordered by the appeals court that overturned the not-guilty finding. From March 2013:

Italy's Supreme Court in March overturned the pair's acquittals, saying that the jury did not consider all the evidence and that discrepancies in testimony needed to be answered.
The case was sent to a retrial in Florence, where a verdict is expected Thursday. http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/29/world/europe/italy-amanda-knox-retrial/


Italy's top criminal court dealt a stunning setback Tuesday to the 25-year-old college student, overturning her acquittal in the grisly murder of her British roommate and ordering her to stand trial again. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...lian-court-overturns-acquittal_n_2954478.html

 

[Kavya01]

Quick question...was anybody in the least bit surprised?

I was, but because of my worry that the deliberations would be influenced by media pressure rather than logic.

I am glad it turned out not to be the case.

 

[TartLemon]

I don't understand. The culunia case against AK was upheld in the Hellman verdict. She was given time served as the verdict. Was that case tried again too?

 

[otto]

It is not the same system. If you are found guilty in america and then it is reversed to NOT GUILTY. You can not be retried that is that.

That is the end in America.

If criminals want US law to apply, they should commit their murders in the US.

 

[lonetraveler]

I know I'm jumping ahead but I can't help but wonder if British will pressure US to extradite Knox to Italy to serve time for her conviction for the murder of a British citizen. This is going to be interesting. I think if countries were reversed the US would be demanding that Italy extradite a murderer.

 

[dog.gone.cute]

It is not the same system. If you are found guilty in america and then it is reversed to NOT GUILTY. You can not be retried that is that.

That is the end in America.

You seem to be confusing "Double Jeopardy" with the "Court System" ...

- This was NOT a NEW Trial.

- This was the SAME CASE from when Knox and Sollecito were found GUILTY in the Trial Court working its way through the Judicial Process ...

Need to follow the TRAIL of where the case STARTED and HOW and WHY it got to TODAY's decision ...


:moo:

 

[Linda7NJ]

If criminals want US law to apply, they should commit their murders in the US.

Did you ever find what Patrick was talking about in the interview?

 

[ScarlettScarpetta]

"Mignini had a vision of how this crime took place. He believed the crime started out as a sadistic sex game that turned into a brutal murder when Meredith refused to participate. His fantasy of a group sex game gone wrong was based on nothing more than his imagination. This is not the first time Mignini has had these visions. He already had a history of dreaming up satanic ritualistic murder fantasies. I will talk more about that below. "

Right he is a good guy..

Sorry.. This man is like having Michael Peterson Prosecute Drew Peterson.

This is not justice.

 

[otto]

This was a retrial as ordered by the appeals court that overturned the not-guilty finding. From March 2013:

The appeal trial was heard again because of problems with the first appeal (that was annulled).

It was not a second trial. Even if CNN says so, it's not true.

 

[STEADFAST]

That's a 2010 article and it was overturned on appeal. So he's not convicted.

But will he be convicted again later? And will that mean he's guilty after all?:dunno:

 

[Harmony 2]

QUESTION Is there a poll here for guilty and not guilty? I'm curious what the majority here think since Ive not closely followed this trial on WS? tia

Do you think Amanda Knox is GUILTY? **LIST ONLY NO DISCUSSION** - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community

 

[ScarlettScarpetta]

You seem to be confusing "Double Jeopardy" with the "Court System" ...

- This was NOT a NEW Trial.

- This was the SAME CASE from when Knox and Sollecito were found GUILTY in the Trial Court working its way through the Judicial Process ...

Need to follow the TRAIL of where the case STARTED and HOW and WHY it got to TODAY's decision ...


:moo:

No it wasn't. People may want to think that but that is not the case. I have been looking at lawyers all day talk about it including Italian lawyers.
This is equal to double jeopardy here.

 

[Linda7NJ]

I know I'm jumping ahead but I can't help but wonder if British will pressure US to extradite Knox to Italy to serve time for her conviction for the murder of a British citizen. This is going to be interesting. I think if countries were reversed the US would be demanding that Italy extradite a murderer.

The US enters into a treaty for a reason. The US is not going to ignore it because Amanda doesn't want to face consequences.

 

[Kavya01]

If criminals want US law to apply, they should commit their murders in the US.

because just thanking that post of yours is not enough, Otto:

:loveyou: