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Originally posted by boymonkey74
I just wonder If the girl who had been murdered was American the same people would be sticking up for the accused..
Originally posted by Flavian
What i want to know is why people think that if the evidence was tainted, why does that not also apply to Rudy Guede?
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by liverlad
Why do you think it is highly unlikley that they have not found any new evidence? Why would they even bother with a retrial if that was the case?
Really? The pressure put on the prosecutors office by the family of the murder victim .. the pressure put on the prosecutors office by the corrupt (former) prosecutor who inflamed anti-Amanda-Knox sentiment across Europe with his outlandish theories and gutter-type inuendos?? You don't see why?
i doubt very much that Italy has a worse justice system than America, .
You need to go back and read the thread.
I posted plenty of data showing how bad the 'justice system' in Italy is.
Only 16% of Italians trust their own justice system. That's really bad!
Originally posted by poet1b
reply to post by destination now
Convicted for a statement she made during a 14 hour brutal interrogation.
More evidence of the recklessness and brutality of the prosecutor.
Originally posted by Flavian
And 3 out of every 10 people put on death row in the US subsequently turn out to be innocent or there are serious doubts about their convictions
This anti Italian thing going on is incredible really. I mean seriously, clear your own house first -
Why is it you are so defensive for this woman? Because she is American?
Originally posted by FlyersFan
You need to go back and read the thread.
I posted plenty of data showing how bad the 'justice system' in Italy is.
Only 16% of Italians trust their own justice system. That's really bad!
More than 2 million prisoners – more than 1 out of every 150 people in America – are behind bars in the American gulag. This is now the world’s biggest system of what are effectively concentration camps, though most of these prisoners are behind masonry walls and inside prison buildings. For minorities, the statistics are even more brutal. For example, the USA is now imprisoning about 1 out of every 36 people in its black population. American “justice” is especially focused on jailing young black males
The USA is extremely casual about the jailing of foreigners, and not honouring their rights under international law or treaties and agreements. Often, foreign citizens have been sentenced to death, while the USA didn’t even bother to notify the foreign government that their citizens were arrested
Quite amazingly, Americans and the American government, continually criticize the legal systems and so-called “political” legal proceedings in other countries such as China, Russia, and even Belgium among many other places. Yet, for example, the proportion of prisoners is 30 times higher in the USA than in China, even though China is a country regularly criticized and denounced by the USA government.
The text of a note Knox wrote on November 6, while in police custody, is published by CNN and other media outlets. Knox addresses an alleged confession, saying: In regards to this 'confession' that I made last night, I want to make clear that I'm very doubtful of the verity of my statements because they were made under the pressures of stress, shock and extreme exhaustion. Not only was I told I would be arrested and put in jail for 30 years, but I was also hit in the head when I didn't remember a fact correctly.
Originally posted by liverlad
Why is it you are so defensive for this woman? Because she is American?
If the prosecutor was corrupt, then that means the whole trial was corrupt, including the verdict. I see nothing wrong with having a retrial to finally get to the bottom of it.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by liverlad
Why is it you are so defensive for this woman? Because she is American?
Deflection.
Any discussion about how bad the American system may or may not be has NO RELEVANCE to the Amanda Knox situation. The Italian system is notorious for corruption. The prosecutor himself had a history of jacking up innocent people - especially foreigners. He got convicted of corruption. He fabricated tales about 'Foxy Knoxy' so he could get this case tried by emotional mob rule in the Italian press. There is no dna evidence connecting Amanda to the crime. And she was held in custody for brutal interrogations and not allowed a lawyer or an interpreter or food or water. She was badgered until she ALLEGEDLY told the prosecutor the name of another fella, which turned out to be a dead end (and she got sued for saying the other fella's name even though it was the prosecutor who pretty much forced her to say someone's name.). THAT is why I am defensive for this woman.