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Amada Knox...

Charming1 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:18:45 GMT

The verdict is expected to be released today from the Amanda Knox trial. Depending upon what the verdict is an extradition battle could begin with Italy.

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MickD — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:20:55 GMT

I saw that....and interesting is us's double jeopardy stance...she was convicted then not.....good luck with extradition, Italy.

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Topaz Gem — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:23:42 GMT

They're (the Italians) totally obsessed with Amanda. Usually I have a gut feeling one way or another in high profile cases like this, but for some reason I don't in this one. If they have strong evidence that she is guilty, then they should have used it way back when, but I don't think they do. I just think that they want it to be Amanda, so they're not dropping it.

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Hooty — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:25:22 GMT

I didn't think she had to go back to Italy, can they really come and get her and bring her back??? Yes, I agree, they are obsessed with her, and I wish they would leave the poor girl alone!!!

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Charming1 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:28:17 GMT

Here's a link to CNN re: extradition.

This is a strange case and I still can't get a feel if I think she's guilty or not.

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Plaid Pants2 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:39:09 GMT

One can fight extradition.

That's what I would do.

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MickD — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:40:11 GMT

I heard that the prosecutor has a personal vendetta against her.

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loveschocolate — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:41:34 GMT

On 3/27/2015 MickD said: I heard that the prosecutor has a personal vendetta against her.

Sounds like it.

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rhinovodka — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:49:04 GMT

Not related to this trial but after reading The Monster of Florence, I would not put much trust into the Italian judicial system.

I have no idea if Amanda is guilty or not but they did arrest someone else and he is imprisoned. She does not come across as a nice person, however that does not make her guilty.

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muttmom — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:53:21 GMT

If there was going to be a verdict today it would have happened by now as it is late night in Italy.

If the court upholds their last decision her ex-boyfriend will be taken to jail immediately. I've read he visited Amanda last year and wanted her to marry him so he could stay in the US. Since then he has changed his testimony about whether or not she was with him all night.

I doubt she'll ever be back in an Italian prison but she will also never be able to leave the US again.

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Charming1 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:03:30 GMT

On 3/27/2015 muttmom said:
If there was going to be a verdict today it would have happened by now as it is late night in Italy.

If the court upholds their last decision her ex-boyfriend will be taken to jail immediately. I've read he visited Amanda last year and wanted her to marry him so he could stay in the US. Since then he has changed his testimony about whether or not she was with him all night.

I doubt she'll ever be back in an Italian prison but she will also never be able to leave the US again.

It's about 10pm. When I posted this CNN was still on verdict watch and that would have been 9pm Italy time.

I don't know when the boyfriend went to the US but I thought I read his passport was taken so he couldn't travel.

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ROMARY — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:11:46 GMT

Slightly off topic: It's tough to travel now-a-days without being in some sort of tour group. Never know who will be in a similar situation just because that person was nearby or in the area. So many stories, in general, in various countries. Better to stick with a tour group. Also, I'm very much not crazy about sending teens overseas to 'study', unless they are kept very isolated, on campus, with an adult supervisor at all times and places, etc. One just never knows exactly where teens will wander in foreign countries.

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croemer — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:15:11 GMT

On 3/27/2015 Topaz Gem said:
They're (the Italians) totally obsessed with Amanda. Usually I have a gut feeling one way or another in high profile cases like this, but for some reason I don't in this one. If they have strong evidence that she is guilty, then they should have used it way back when, but I don't think they do. I just think that they want it to be Amanda, so they're not dropping it.

I felt she was guilty at one time...until I read up on the case and now I doubt her guilt. One thing I will say...she gave the media lots of weapons with her behavior after the murder...at the least.... she was very strange and callous in the days following the murder. I do believe her actions gave them all the ammunition they needed to make her look guilty.

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ROMARY — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:16:30 GMT

p.s. Nothing against other countries, etc., But I'm always thankful that we have our present court/trial system. It really is in place to protect the innocent, more or less. I like the idea of twelve jurors, where applicable. Our system just seems very fair in many/most instances. Better than the alternative, I'm thinking.

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muttmom — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:18:42 GMT

On 3/27/2015 Charming1 said:
On 3/27/2015 muttmom said:
If there was going to be a verdict today it would have happened by now as it is late night in Italy.

If the court upholds their last decision her ex-boyfriend will be taken to jail immediately. I've read he visited Amanda last year and wanted her to marry him so he could stay in the US. Since then he has changed his testimony about whether or not she was with him all night.

I doubt she'll ever be back in an Italian prison but she will also never be able to leave the US again.

It's about 10pm. When I posted this CNN was still on verdict watch and that would have been 9pm Italy time.

I don't know when the boyfriend went to the US but I thought I read his passport was taken so he couldn't travel.

Maybe he was here in 2013, I do not remember. He was on Today and other morning shows.

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MickD — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:46:24 GMT

WooHoo! The judge has reason!!!

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Charming1 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:47:42 GMT

On 3/27/2015 MickD said: WooHoo! The judge has reason!!!

Yep, not guilty...or they're reporting conviction overturned

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Charming1 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:48:13 GMT

Almost 11pm there...

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:49:48 GMT

Finally, the obsession of the French court has been quelled and Amanda Knox and her family can live in peace. It's done!

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Charming1 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:51:18 GMT

On 3/27/2015 JeanLouiseFinch said:
Finally, the obsession of the French court has been quelled and Amanda Knox and her family can live in peace. It's done!

The ex-boyfriend too can put this behind him now.