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ShutUpFlandersKatie J.M. Baker
9/30/13 11:42am
If the convictions were overturned and she doesn't want to go, can she be forced to?
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  Patcher PupShutUpFlanders
  9/30/13 11:44am
  There's no chance in hell she'll be extradited.
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  kshortie16Patcher Pup
  9/30/13 11:47am
  This. She's already been exonerated once. I'm pretty sure the US is gonna be like "Fa'real? No". It's highly doubtful that she'll be extradited.
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IamnotXenaWarriorPrincessKatie J.M. Baker
9/30/13 11:42am
I feel so bad for this woman... egg on my face if she did it (but I really don't think she did it).
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  KleeIamnotXenaWarriorPrincess
  9/30/13 5:41pm
  I was living in Italy when this all went down, and the evidence was pretty damning: they bought bleach at 2am the night of the murders (in Italy, the tax police check to see if you have receipts when you buy stuff, and are rampant to prevent under-the-counter sales, so it is so engrained on Italians to keep receipts that the boyfriend kept his). They tried to clean the whole house. She then accused her boss of the murder. And they found a knife at the BF's house with her dna on the handle and Meredith's on the tip, but it had been soaked in bleach. That was declared inadmissible. She claimed to not understand the questioning, but she answered in Italian, and she speaks it better than I do. so....um...there's that.
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Pope AlexanderKatie J.M. Baker
9/30/13 12:03pm
Why don't they just admit that they want to stone her in the town square for being an "impure" woman and save everybody a lot of trouble?
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KevinaKatie J.M. Baker
9/30/13 12:48pm
That's the privilege being white, female and American brings you.

Rudy Guede, black African male is still rotting in jail.
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  somanyburners4Kevina
  9/30/13 2:12pm
  But his semen was inside the murder victim. I think that's just called evidence.
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  TabithaKevina
  9/30/13 2:28pm
  Maybe he is in jail because he's guilty, as DNA evidence has shown?
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pstumbaKatie J.M. Baker
9/30/13 11:48am
Everyone should read "The Monster of Florence" by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi. Its a non-fiction account of the investigation of the most notorious serial killer in Italy, and also a great look into the Italian judicial system, which is, in fact, bat shit crazy. I wont spoil the book, but the new afterword provides some light on the Amanda Knox case.
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  cdubs24pstumba
  9/30/13 12:00pm
  I first learned about Amanda Knox when I read that book in 2011 and have followed it closely ever since. The Italian judicial system is so clearly fucked, it's crazy.
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  hollydollypstumba
  9/30/13 3:27pm
  I don't put much trust in a justice system that lets a prime minister walk around freely while he is being accused of various counts of fraud, bribery and sex with underaged prostitutes. Or one that doesn't send him to jail until every kind of retrial and appeal has been exhausted.
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Josay!Katie J.M. Baker
9/30/13 11:48am
Does Double Jeopardy not exist in Italy? Unless there is new evidence that ties her to the murder can they actually try her again?
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  FickleFrecklesJosay!
  9/30/13 11:53am
  It's not technically double jeopardy as it is considered a continuation of the original case. For example, if the Italian high court doesn't like the appellate court's decision from this trial, they could send it back a third time.
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ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILDKatie J.M. Baker
9/30/13 11:55am
If this seems ridiculous and pointless, it's important to remember that if they beat this particular dead horse long enough, Meredith will come back to life.

That's how it works in Italy. It's like animal sacrifice, except with baseball bats and pizza.
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K8CliffeKatie J.M. Baker
9/30/13 11:49am
I have a question, say she was convicted again, obviously she shouldn't
go back to Italy and from my understanding of our extradition agreement
with Italy the US will not force her back since she was already
convicted, then it was overturned. But could she go to any other
countries that are part of the EU or could she be brought back to Italy
if say she was in Ireland?
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  Tony Kaye ⌨K8Cliffe
  9/30/13 12:08pm
  I believe yes, if she were to travel abroad, Italy would flag her passport and she /could/ be dragged back. If she's convicted, I don't see her traveling out of the US for the rest of her life.
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  K8CliffeTony Kaye ⌨
  9/30/13 12:11pm
  Thanks for the insight, I haven't really followed the case just the stuff after with the extradition and was curious.
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MkattKatie J.M. Baker
9/30/13 11:43am
Wouldn't she have to be extradited to be forced back?
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  MoonCat82 is a nomnivoreMkatt
  9/30/13 12:09pm
  Yeah, I wonder if they can force her back there?
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  Oscar HomesliceMkatt
  9/30/13 2:01pm
  If she's convicted, she risks being sent to Italy if she ever travels abroad in a country that has an extradition treaty with Italy. But it's unlikely the US will extradite her.
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LaGiuliaKatie J.M. Baker
9/30/13 1:22pm
She won't be extradited, but an appeal doesn't automatically mean that she'll be convicted. If the court does not find convincing evidence (as they didn't in the first degree), the trial is likely to end the same as the other one.

At any rate, Chico Forti is being detained in the U.S. in spite of a very weak case. I don't see the Americans being particularly up in arms over this. http://www.chicoforti.com/index.php?q=en…
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