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Ranchemp.

(1,991 posts)
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 12:30 PM Jan 2014

Amanda Knox: I will become a 'fugitive' if re-convicted for murder

Amanda Knox has reportedly told an Italian newspaper that if she is again convicted of murder, she will become a fugitive rather than return to an Italian prison.


A representative for Knox, 26, confirmed the interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica and released a statement to TODAY on Friday clarifying her comments.

“[If convicted] legally I'll be defined a ‘fugitive,’ but I will continue to fight for my innocence,’’ Knox said in the statement. “I will not willingly submit myself to injustice."

The current trial is Knox's third for the alleged murder of British roommate Meredith Kercher while both were students in Perugia, Italy, in 2007. Knox was convicted in 2009 and spent nearly four years in an Italian prison before she and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were acquitted on appeal and released on Oct. 4, 2011. In March of last year, the Italian Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Knox, rejecting the appeals court ruling.


http://www.today.com/news/amanda-knox-i-will-become-fugitive-if-re-convicted-murder-2D11896258

Can't says I blame her, especially, IMO, how she was railroaded by a corrupt prosecutor.

I very seriously doubt that the U.S.would extradite her back to Italy just because of the corruption of the Italian prosecutor, at least, I hope not.
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Amanda Knox: I will become a 'fugitive' if re-convicted for murder (Original Post) Ranchemp. Jan 2014 OP
Good on her. CFLDem Jan 2014 #1
If she was smart she would not be saying this publicly. former9thward Jan 2014 #2
I don't think she really cares at this point, Ranchemp. Jan 2014 #7
oh heavens, must not anger the clown court. nt geek tragedy Jan 2014 #8
She won't be able to travel outside of the U.S. former9thward Jan 2014 #10
how many countries have extradition treaties with Iraly? geek tragedy Jan 2014 #12
Through the EU almost every country in the world. former9thward Jan 2014 #13
I'm sure she'll be okay not leaving the US ever again... Drunken Irishman Jan 2014 #14
A fact we should not be proud of. former9thward Jan 2014 #25
You say she won't be able to travel outside the U.S.? Ranchemp. Jan 2014 #15
That's fine, but she should keep that private. former9thward Jan 2014 #18
What difference does it make if she pisses off the Italian court or not? Ranchemp. Jan 2014 #19
Because she is lowering her chances of being able to visit EU countries... Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2014 #22
Right... This is the straw that broke their collective... Lost_Count Jan 2014 #9
We? former9thward Jan 2014 #11
It's a shame but far better than to hand herself over to the farce... Lost_Count Jan 2014 #24
I was thinking the same thing. It's that 'white priviledge' thingy that empowers her to proclaim politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2014 #20
WTF does "white priviledge" thingy have to do with it? Ranchemp. Jan 2014 #21
What the hell are you rambling about? Lost_Count Jan 2014 #23
This is about the Italian justice system..... ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2014 #27
The Italian justice system has made itself a laughing stock with this case. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #3
Trust Italian "justice." Emelina Jan 2014 #4
I don't blame her jmowreader Jan 2014 #5
Nobody with sense volunteers for a heaping of double jeopardy. TheKentuckian Jan 2014 #6
Three trials huh? What a corrupt country. Packerowner740 Jan 2014 #16
Yep. Ranchemp. Jan 2014 #17
She won't be extradited. She'll never be able to travel outside USA safely. MADem Jan 2014 #26
Perhaps she can 2naSalit Jan 2014 #28

former9thward

(31,802 posts)
2. If she was smart she would not be saying this publicly.
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 01:23 PM
Jan 2014

Which proves she is not. All she is doing is angering the Italians.

 

Ranchemp.

(1,991 posts)
7. I don't think she really cares at this point,
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 01:42 PM
Jan 2014

the Italian justice system is a joke when you can keep on trying someone until you get the verdict you want.
She's in the U.S., I highly doubt U.S. authorities will honor an extradition request because of the corruption of the prosecutor in the first trial and the lack of any evidence, physical or forensic.

Italy needs to just let this quietly go away.

former9thward

(31,802 posts)
10. She won't be able to travel outside of the U.S.
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 02:34 PM
Jan 2014

The U.S. might not honor an extradition request but every other country in the world would honor such a request based on a murder charge. You call it a "clown court" but they would be the ones who had the last laugh.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
12. how many countries have extradition treaties with Iraly?
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 02:38 PM
Jan 2014

The US is a big country, plenty of room to roam here.
Of course, Roman Polanski is free to wander Italy as he chooses.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
14. I'm sure she'll be okay not leaving the US ever again...
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 02:43 PM
Jan 2014

Lord knows most Americans probably go their whole life without ever traveling abroad.

 

Ranchemp.

(1,991 posts)
15. You say she won't be able to travel outside the U.S.?
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 02:44 PM
Jan 2014

That may be true for much of the world, but it seems that she's prepared to accept that possibility.

former9thward

(31,802 posts)
18. That's fine, but she should keep that private.
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:28 PM
Jan 2014

There is absolutely nothing to gain by pissing off the Italian court in advance no matter what you think of them. I guarantee she did not consult her defense attorney before making those remarks.

 

Ranchemp.

(1,991 posts)
19. What difference does it make if she pisses off the Italian court or not?
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:33 PM
Jan 2014

She's not going back no matter what.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,272 posts)
22. Because she is lowering her chances of being able to visit EU countries...
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 04:05 PM
Jan 2014

... and countries with extradition treaties. For someone who decided to study abroad I'm going to go out on a limb and assume foreign travel is something she likes to do.

If she gets a not guilty verdict she isn't a fugitive, she stays out of jail and doesn't have to restrict her travel the rest of her life.

In a guilty scenario she restricts her travel the rest of her life and still stays out of jail.

Both scenarios are fine if she never intended to return to Europe and I support her refusal to return to face an unjust verdict.

But one scenario is decidedly better than the other. Why not dummy up, which costs exactly nothing, for the time being and hope for a not guilty verdict?

Why put your own thumb on the scale to influence the decidedly worse outcome?



 

Lost_Count

(555 posts)
9. Right... This is the straw that broke their collective...
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 01:43 PM
Jan 2014

... judicial back.



Wouldn't want to anger the Italians now would we?

 

Lost_Count

(555 posts)
24. It's a shame but far better than to hand herself over to the farce...
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 04:39 PM
Jan 2014

... that is the Italian judicial system.

What surprises me is that they have been so stubborn about it as to display it to the whole world... again.. and again.. and again...

Someone needs to know how to cut their losses...

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
20. I was thinking the same thing. It's that 'white priviledge' thingy that empowers her to proclaim
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:35 PM
Jan 2014

such a statement from the safety of her livingroom sofa. Not that I blame her, but, being a white person in America ups your moxie quota ten-fold.

 

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)
3. The Italian justice system has made itself a laughing stock with this case.
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 01:26 PM
Jan 2014

Put this embarrassing episode to bed, for your own sake, Italy.

jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
5. I don't blame her
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 01:34 PM
Jan 2014

If the Italians can just re-try cases over and over until they get the result they want, why do they have trials at all? Just pitch 'em straight in the pokey and throw away the key.

 

Ranchemp.

(1,991 posts)
17. Yep.
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 02:47 PM
Jan 2014

I guess the Italian justice system just keeps trying a person until they get the verdict they want.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
26. She won't be extradited. She'll never be able to travel outside USA safely.
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 05:13 PM
Jan 2014

She will be a prisoner of America, but that's probably the size of it.

We will not extradite her because, in OUR law, that's double - jeopardy. She's already been "acquitted." The fact that the Italian system of jurisprudence allows multiple bites of the apple is not of concern to us--as far as we are concerned, they let her go and too fricken bad!

2naSalit

(86,048 posts)
28. Perhaps she can
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 05:33 PM
Jan 2014

change her identity and name etc. That could surely solve a lot of this and then she could travel at will.

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