The Amanda Knox case
Amanda Knox was an exchange student in Italy. Technically she still is studying the Italian culture but in different areas than she properly expected when she entered Italy.
However as a combination of Italian anger over the actions of the United States concerning the accidental shooting of an Italian spy in Iraq, the offence of the Italian Airspace in the Achille Lauro hijacking and the on-going investigation into an alleged abduction of a suspected terrorist from Italian soil might have provoked the Italian prosecution to charge her with murder based on a very loose theory. The only one who believe that she is guilty is the prosecution who are trying to built a career on the case against her. However most also believe that there are no chance of her going free as the entire credibility of the Italian justice system is on stake. They have invested too much so there are no other outcome than declaring her guilty. Their strongest evidence are the loose lifestyle not only by Amanda Knox herself but also by her family. Some seem to criticize that she implicated a bar owner in the start of the investigation, but as "accidents" can occur even in Italian jail she was forced to retract her testimony against this person. If people google his relatives they will understand how important this man is for Italian export to Africa. Her case is very important. It shows the importance to pull a student when a crime occur in the nearest surroundings very fast. The legal rights are better defended if the prosecution is limited by an extradition agreement. Update: December 4 she was sentenced to 26 years and the jurors wore sashes in the national color symbolizing their intend to target her country which had insulted Italy in the Iman Rapito affair. January 2010 the lead prosecutor Giuliano Mignini in the case was convicted of abuse of office and unlawful phone tappings of journalists in relationship with another of his cases. October 2011 she was cleared of the murder charge. However she had spent 4 years in prison and any exchange student should consider if the risk of being targeted for such unjust prosecution would be worthy the risk of traveling abroad. |
Amanda Knox var udvekslingsstudent i Italien. Teknisk hun stadig er ved at undersøge den italienske kultur, men på andre områder, end hun formentlig havde forventet da hun rejste til Italien.
Men som en kombination af italiensk vrede over USA med hensyn til den tilsigtede nedskydning af en italiensk spion i Irak, krænkelsen af det italienske luftrum i Achille Lauro kapringen og den igangværende undersøgelse af en påstået bortførelse af en formodet terrorist fra italiensk jord kunne have fremprovokeret den italienske anklagemyndighed til at anklage hende for mord baseret på en meget løs teori. De eneste, der mener, at hun er skyldig, er den Italienske anklagemyndighed, der forsøger at bygge en karriere på sagen mod hende. Men de fleste mener også, at der ikke er nogen chance for hende at gå fri, eftersom hele troværdigheden af det italienske retssystem er på spil. De har investeret for meget, så der er ingen anden løsning end at de finder hende skyldig. Deres stærkeste beviser er løssluppen livsstil ikke kun af Amanda Knox selv, men også af hendes familie. Nogle synes at kritisere, at hun implicerede en bar ejer i starten af undersøgelsen, men da "ulykker" kan forekomme selv i italiensk fængsler blev hun tvunget til at trække sit vidneudsagn mod denne person. Hvis folk googler hans slægtninge, de vil forstå, hvor vigtig denne mand er for italienske eksport til Afrika. Hendes sag er meget vigtig. Det viser vigtigheden af at trække en studerende hjem, når en forbrydelse sted i den nærmeste omgivelser og det meget hurtigt. Retssikkerheden er bedre forsvares, hvis anklagemyndigheden er begrænset af en udleveringsaftale. Opdatering: D. 4 december blev hun idømt 26 års fængsel. Jurymedlemmerne bar skærfs i de national farver for a symbolisere et opgør med hendes hjemland, der havde fornærmet Italien i Iman Rapito affæren ved ikke at udlevere de dømte forbrydere. Anklageren i hendes sag blev i januar 2010 dømt for misbrug af sit embede og aflytning af journalister i forbindelse med en af de andre efterforskninger han har ledet. Oktober 2011 blev hun frikendt. Retfærdigheden syntes at have en så høj pris at et udlandsophold bør opgives uanset hvilken gevinst der kunne komme ud af det. |