What is your opinion on the Amanda Knox trial. Do you think she will be extradited and could she get a fair trial (the third one) in Italy?

My opinion, as an American , living in Italy, is that most of the sheer rubbish AMERICANS write here about the case is completely factually inaccurate and they have zero understanding of the Italian legal system......which, surprise surprise, is NOT the same as the American one..........and there has been NO----ZERO-----"double jeopardy" here.

The entire process, has been about AUTOMATIC reviews of ***ANY*** murder conviction, by Italian law.......and then her begging for a re-trial after she was found GUILTY.........

her rich parents and legal team got the STATE DEPT involved..... and it was finally agreed to give her a new trial. She was RELEASED pending that new trial......and Immediately FLED back to America.

After she was "let go"...........the legal brief that released her, was ITSELF challenged and reviewed and found to be ****WITHOUT**** a shred of legal merit.

In other words..........a deal was arranged....a loop hole was set up, and they allowed her to wriggle free.

The second the horse was out of the barn.....the ruling came back, that she should have at least STAYED in Italy, until her RE-TRIAL------the one she BEGGED for..........was held.

On Tv, she swore up and down, of COURSE she would return.........because she was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO innocent.........but when the time came.......she started singing a different a tune about "not wanting to create a media circus. (translation: Hell NO, I am not going back! Are you CRAZY? )

At that retrial........surprise surprise......she was found just as GUILTY as the first time, and then some.

her convictions for SLANDER and framing the barkeeper were *also* upheld.....and she got an ADDITIONAL two years, for those crimes, as well.

What remains now......is for the high court to once again, *confirm* and accept the findings of that trial......or dismiss the findings, based on whatever payoff they get or threat they receive from the State Dept again.

If they UPHOLD the guilty verdict...........then she is GUILTY of MURDER. CASE CLOSED.

She has been given EVERY benefit and consideration to the fullest extent of the law. She's been found GUILTY TWICE now.

As soon as this high court gives the official word.......the boyfriend, Rafelle, will immediately begin his sentence.

and Italy can then officially request extradition of Amanda, ---a request the United States, an ALLY of Italy, would not have a legal leg to stand on, to refuse......other than "we just don't want to".

That would be a bad mistake for America, and certainly end any cooperation they could ever hope to get out of Italy.

Amanda's alibi's and stories, were all blatant BS and proven lies. If she didn't kill Meredith........then she had no reason to repeatedly LIE to police and attempt to frame innocent men.

She's GUILTY.........end of story.

I hope if they try to extradite her then the president or whoever protects her and doesn't let them! Let the Italians know that Americans don't get tried over and over and over again for the same crime!

I hope she is not extradited. I don't understand a system that can prosecute people until the gossip rags are happy.

the govts will finagle it so there's no extradition

she was convicted and left the country...I guess this is permitted in Italian law...would you prefer she was kept in jail while under appeal like they do in this country