There is no Double Jeopardy when you are Convicted at your first trial. Amanda Knox is going to be

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145. Ha - My words?

"They" have "no understanding of logic and science" - those are your words and those words do not seem to be very fair or reasonable applied to an entire people.

As far as "Luciferina" goes, I don't know what the word means, and I don't know in what context it was used. Maybe it means "evil woman", which might not be inappropriate. In American courts, prosecutors often use inflammatory, judgmental language during opening statements, closing statements and during sentencing hearings.

One of the reasons we disallow flamboyant language from being used in court is because we have a non-professional jury system composed of "ordinary folks" - our "peers". This sort of language can unduly sway a jury. From what I have read, the Italian justice system does not have a jury system like ours. Instead they have a panel of professional judges who are very knowledgeable of the law and have sat through many, many trials. It isn't their first time at the rodeo. Under those circumstances, flamboyant language would not be as unduly persuasive as with a less experienced and less knowledgeable panel.