Amanda Knox convicted... - Page 5

AOII Angel · #61 10-04-2011, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

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There will be an appeal:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44767938...d_news-europe/

I'd like to see them get her back for the appeal. I'm sure we have extradition treaties with Italy but I wonder how far they go since we don't allow a second bite at the apple. I see the family sending her off somewhere they can't reach.

shadokat · #62 10-04-2011, 04:15 PM

Wow, sorry to feel badly for a woman who served 4 years in prison for crimes she didn't commit. Oh wait, i guess she deserved 3 years for defaming the bartender, so sorry for feeling badly for a woman who served an extra year on a sentence she deserved. Crawling back into my cave for another year til I comment again...

DrPhil · #63 10-04-2011, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by shadokat

Wow, sorry to feel badly for a woman who served 4 years in prison for crimes she didn't commit. Oh wait, i guess she deserved 3 years for defaming the bartender, so sorry for feeling badly for a woman who served an extra year on a sentence she deserved. Crawling back into my cave for another year til I comment again...

This is basically a flounce.

Munchkin03 · #64 10-04-2011, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by shadokat

Wow, sorry to feel badly for a woman who served 4 years in prison for crimes she didn't commit. Oh wait, i guess she deserved 3 years for defaming the bartender, so sorry for feeling badly for a woman who served an extra year on a sentence she deserved. Crawling back into my cave for another year til I comment again...

Fine then. Take your ball and go home!

PiKA2001 · #65 10-04-2011, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Did I ever say this? .. because I don't believe I did. But if it came off that way, I apologize.

The point is, I get excited over a football game because it's exciting. I get sad over a movie because it's sad. But I can't jump on board with exclaiming, "She's free!" when there's a possibility (even if it's small) that a killer spent only 4 years in jail for a heinous crime.

She's a "poor girl" to me only if she's innocent, and I'll feel "sorry" for her when I'm 100% sure that she didn't kill her roommate.. And that will never happen.

I never said I had a problem with following, discussing, commenting, and posting about a news story. I don't have a problem with anything. I'm not even sure where you're getting "crazy" and "over-emotional" coming from me, but that's your opinion.

ETA: perhaps I shouldn't have quoted any comments in my original post.. Or maybe I should have quoted more. But my comments are not only based on what you and one other poster have said.

Ok, this misunderstanding has gone on too long, lol. My point is just because I posted "she's free!" doesn't mean I'm emotional over it or just got home from an Amanda Knox vigil..etc. I was surprised over the outcome of the appeal, that was all. To be honest, I was more excited about being the first poster post verdict than her actually getting freed

And I strongly agree @ the bolded.

KSigkid · #66 10-05-2011, 08:35 AM

Putting aside everything else, I do think it would be nice if Amanda used her experience and newfound celebrity to help out organizations like the Innocence Project.

AOII Angel · #67 10-05-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Jen

The news last night actually said the US and Italy do NOT have an extradition treaty.

Interesting. I guess an appeal will be a big waste of time.

KSigkid · #68 10-05-2011, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Jen

The news last night actually said the US and Italy do NOT have an extradition treaty.

I don't think that is correct...here is a link to the treaty:
http://untreaty.un.org/unts/60001_12...5/00051223.pdf

I'm not an international law expert, but my understanding is that even with a treaty, there are circumstances under which a country may not have to cooperate under the treaty.

shadokat · #69 10-05-2011, 04:36 PM

gladly

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Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Fine then. Take your ball and go home!

ASUADPi · #70 10-05-2011, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KSigkid

I don't think that is correct...here is a link to the treaty:
http://untreaty.un.org/unts/60001_12...5/00051223.pdf

I'm not an international law expert, but my understanding is that even with a treaty, there are circumstances under which a country may not have to cooperate under the treaty.

So if Italy tries to extradite her back the US doesn't have to comply?

KSigkid · #71 10-05-2011, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ASUADPi

So if Italy tries to extradite her back the US doesn't have to comply?

Again, I am not an international law expert, but my understanding is that the extradition request has to contain some evidence of guilt. If the evidence in this case was so tainted as to bring her guilt into question, then it makes me think the US may have a good argument against extradition.

VandalSquirrel · #72 10-06-2011, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by KSigkid

Putting aside everything else, I do think it would be nice if Amanda used her experience and newfound celebrity to help out organizations like the Innocence Project.

I've read quite a bit about her over the years through a weekly Seattle paper, www.thestranger.com but I read a few other news stories that mentioned her family and how much it cost them to help her and that she may end up writing a book to offset the money used in her defense.

They published this today. http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/n...t?oid=10214771

DrPhil · #73 10-06-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

They published this today. http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/n...t?oid=10214771

I laughed at most of that.

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The View showed a clip of Nancy Grace talking to the cameras about how she feels Knox is guilty. As The View said, she won't last too long on DWTS if she keeps speaking out against Knox. Never speak out against "the all-American girl, America's Sweetheart/poor girl/she who is too beautiful to be going through this."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44790400..._wa/?GT1=43001

AOII Angel · #74 10-06-2011, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

I laughed at most of that.

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The View showed a clip of Nancy Grace talking to the cameras about how she feels Knox is guilty. As The View said, she won't last too long on DWTS if she keeps speaking out against Knox. Never speak out against "the all-American girl, America's Sweetheart/poor girl/she who is too beautiful to be going through this."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44790400..._wa/?GT1=43001

Hmmm...I think Nancy Grace was there and failed to stop them! Maybe we should throw Nancy Grace in jail.

She is such an idiot. Who knows what happened, but that trial was a farce.

KSigkid · #75 10-06-2011, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

I laughed at most of that.

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The View showed a clip of Nancy Grace talking to the cameras about how she feels Knox is guilty. As The View said, she won't last too long on DWTS if she keeps speaking out against Knox. Never speak out against "the all-American girl, America's Sweetheart/poor girl/she who is too beautiful to be going through this."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44790400..._wa/?GT1=43001

Nancy Grace has taken her past life experience (the murder of her fiancée) and turned it into a crusade where everyone is guilty. It got her into trouble as a prosecutor (I believe she was cited for prosecutorial misconduct), but as a talking head she is free to just spout her opinions.

ETA: I don't know if Knox is guilty, she may very well be, but this was more of a general comment on Nancy Grace.