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The common law became the basic law of most states due to the Commentaries on the Laws of England, completed by Sir William Blackstone in 1769, which became every American lawyer's bible. Today almost all common law has been enacted into statutes with modern variations by all the states except Louisiana which is still influenced by the Napoleonic Code. In some states the principles of common law are so basic they are applied without reference to statute.
Originally posted by FlyersFan The 'evidence' in this case is so flimsy that it never would have even gone to trial here in the USA (that's what the talking heads are saying).
Originally posted by destination now
And don't forget Amanda's co-accused is Italian, so your theory about American-hating Italians
Originally posted by destination now
I think you also should educate yourself on the Italian Judicial system, it is not dictated by emotional mob rule and tabloid frenzy, and if you truly believe that it does, then I doubt there is anything anyone can say to convince you otherwise...
Originally posted by caladonea
I feel very sad for Amanda an her loved ones. All the uncertainty and stress they will have to endure once again; my heart goes out to them.
I found an article that explains that she may not have to go back to Italy at all.
Link: www.newser.com...
Originally posted by loam
Originally posted by destination now
And don't forget Amanda's co-accused is Italian, so your theory about American-hating Italians
I completely disagree with this easy dismissal on your part.
Originally posted by boymonkey74
Poor Amanda Cox my arse....what about the poor girl who died eh?
Originally posted by destination now
Xenophobia is truly alive and well on this thread...I see so many posters here who live in an exclusive bubble, only seeing what they are told to see and only believing what they are told to believe...Denying Ignorance? Not so on this thread so it seems...
The Italian judicial system is not so corrupt as you would like to believe, it is no more corrupt and unjust as your own, yet both systems mostly have a way of distinguishing who is genuinely innocent and who is guilty, unless it involves an important person or corporation of which Amanda Knox was neither!
Originally posted by destination now
Xenophobia is truly alive and well on this thread
The Italian judicial system is not so corrupt as you would like to believe,
Originally posted by FlyersFan
...corruption...
You are in denial.
Originally posted by loam
Italians are sick of the corruption that exists there. But destination now wants people to believe there is nothing to worry about in that regard.
The jury wasn't sequestered. The jury associated with the lawyers when they went to lunch at restaurants during the trial. During court recess, jurors had lunch and coffee at the same cafe's as the lawyers and journalists did. Jurors were allowed to discuss the case and follow all of the press coverage.
The civil trial ran at the same time as the murder trial. The illegal interrogation of Amanda Knox was ruled inadmissible in the murder trial by the Italian supreme court. The civil trial was conducted at the same time as the murder trial, so the jury had the results of the illegal interrogation read to them anyway. The prosecution was able to ignore the supreme court ruling by presenting the information to the exact same jury during the civil trial
According to a November 2009 poll by Euromedia research group, only sixteen percent of Italians fully trust the current justice system in Italy. Just two years ago, the figure was twenty eight percent. Italian civil rights groups are intense in their criticism of what they view as kangaroo courts.
Italy is still universally corrupt and unjust, according to one of the country's leading public prosecutors, who has said he will quit in May. Gherardo Colombo, 61, handed in his notice after a 33-year career in which he handled some of the country's most important trials.
Mr Colombo was one of the "Clean Hands" prosecutors who tried to stamp out corruption in the 1990s, even bringing former prime minister Bettino Craxi to court. Mr Craxi, who was convicted, fled to Tunisia and later maintained that taking bribes were part of the "cost of politics" in Italy.
Mr Colombo said he was quitting because "the culture of this country is based above all on cunning and privilege". He added: "Since the statute of limitations and other laws were changed or annulled, we have arrived at a complete renaissance of corruption." The resignation has left the Italian justice system shell-shocked ..
Statistics like this give a glimpse into a chaotic, byzantine legal system which not only reduces citizens to despair and has senior judges tearing out their hair, ...
Can justice ever be served in Italy? The absolute need to reform Italy's dysfunctional justice system is not in question, but many doubts exist as to whether, if such a reform were to finally be carried out, it would even start to resolve the system's enduring problems ..
Originally posted by conspiracy nut
she wasn't doing cartwheels she was doing yoga and by all accounts she would do yoga in the strangest of scenarios.