Amanda Knox will again go before an Italian court

[DanTex]

151. Or else he does and he just disagrees with your assessment.

From what I've read, the Italian criminal justice system is actually pretty defendant-friendly. One minor example: I remember reading that Berlusconi was able to avoid prison by prolonging the legal battle until the statute of limitations runs out, where in the US that wouldn't work because as long as the charges are brought before the time limit, it doesn't matter how long the trial lasts. But beyond that, the general consensus seems to be that Italian justice is defendant-friendly.

As far as the technical differences between the US and Italian criminal justice systems, I think Dershowitz would be a very good person to talk to about that. I'm not a lawyer, I don't know if you are, but in my non-legal opinion, the fact that their appeals work differently than ours doesn't seem like a big deal. Some countries don't even have jury trials, but I don't think that would be a valid reason to deny extradition there, for example. In the UK, the decision to remain silent can be used against you, but again, I don't see that as grounds for denying extradition either. Etc.

From what I've read, the main complaints about the Knox case are about the lack of evidence. Well, an Italian jury looked at the evidence and decided that there was enough.