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#27 Mar 27 2013 at 8:48 AM Rating: Good
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I really don't see any value in sending an American citizen back to another country to have that same protection denied to them.
Because you're subject to local laws, not your nationality's?


Yes and no, right? I doubt that we make a habit of sending women back to the Middle East to get honor killed for being raped.
#28 Mar 27 2013 at 8:50 AM Rating: Good
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I doubt that we make a habit of sending women back to the Middle East to get honor killed for being raped.
We do make a pretty big stink when someone murders someone on our soil about getting them back.

There's also no extradition treaty with the United Arab Nations.

Edited, Mar 27th 2013 10:58am by lolgaxe
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I really don't see any value in sending an American citizen back to another country to have that same protection denied to them.
Because you're subject to local laws, not your nationality's?


Not always though. There are any number of cases where countries have not extradited to other countries that have the death penalty, for example. Including Italy: Indeed, the Italian Constitutional Court has gone one step further, refusing to extradite suspects even in the face of assurances. In the case of Pietro Venezia, the Italian Constitutional Court held that under no circumstances would Italy extradite an individual to a country where the death penalty existed, despite the United States' assurances. Venezia v. Ministero di Grazia & Giustizia, Corte coste, 27 June 1996, 79 Rivista di Diritto Internazionale 815 (1996).



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Yeah, as Grady said, there's numerous countries that won't extradite to the US when there's a chance at a capital punishment sentence. I won't say that has bearing on the US extraditing on a double jeopardy style case, just that nations making calls on what sort of trials they'll subject their citizens to isn't anything new.
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#31 Mar 27 2013 at 9:07 AM Rating: Good
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I won't say that has bearing on the US extraditing on a double jeopardy style case,
That's kind of my point. As fun as people seem to have with finding exception to the rule that don't actually apply to the case at hand, this is the brunt of the case. I'm sure they'll fight tooth and nail citing double jeopardy, and even sink some tax dollars into it, but I doubt it'll hold much water and just delay the inevitable.
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Double jeopardy applies when someone is acquitted, not at all the same as a verdict being overturned.


Well, considering that original verdict was acquittal in this case, it doesn't sound all that cut and dry.

I didn't really follow the case, nor do I give 2 @#%^s about Itally, but if she was acquitted, then it should stand. Prosecutors/juries do occasionally make mistakes; they have to live with it here, so I really don't see any value in sending an American citizen back to another country to have that same protection denied to them.

The original verdict was guilty.


I'm not interested in debating the details of Italian law any further than this, but according to wikipedia (lolwiki):

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Under Italian law two appeals are permitted to defendants, during which there is a presumption of innocence until a final verdict is entered.[161] Their first appeal began in November 2010 and was presided over by Judges Claudio Pratillo Hellmann and Massimo Zanetti. The court ordered a review of the contested DNA evidence by independent forensic DNA experts Stefano Conti and Carla Vecchiotti from Rome's Sapienza University. They submitted a 145-page report that noted numerous basic errors in the gathering and analysis of the evidence, further asserting that a police forensic scientist had given evidence in court that was not supported by her laboratory work.[162] In testimony to the appeal, Professor Conti said that a police video showed that, when a vital piece of evidence was gathered, it was handled with a glove that was visibly dirty.[163][164] During cross-examination Vecchiotti was asked by prosecutor Comodi if a gap of several days between analysing samples was enough to remove the possibility of cross-contamination in the laboratory. "They're sufficient if that's the way things went," replied Vecchiotti.[165]
On 3 October 2011, the court overturned Knox's and Sollecito's convictions on charges of complicity in murder, sexual assault, illegally carrying a knife and staging a break-in. The conviction of Knox on a charge of slander was upheld and the original one-year sentence was increased to three years and eleven days imprisonment.[166][167][168]


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I'm not sure I understand the point of your post and bolded material. Seems to me like it's just proof that you are wrong, but since you didn't comment along with the post, I can't tell if you are trying to provide evidence to support your original comments and failing to do so?
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#33 Mar 27 2013 at 9:12 AM Rating: Decent
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I agree with you, I don't know if they'll be any credence to it, but I was replying more to the local laws > your countries laws argument in the lower part of the thread.

Looking at it from a U.S. perspective, I don't think she would be retried (even though there are circumstances where double jeopardy is allowed) because the case was thrown out due to evidential issues by the appellate court. If it were a directed verdict by the judge that overruled the jury in the case, it could be retried here, for example.

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#34 Mar 27 2013 at 9:15 AM Rating: Good
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Looking at it from a U.S. perspective, I don't think she would be retried (even though there are circumstances where double jeopardy is allowed) because the case was thrown out due to evidential issues by the appellate court.
If new evidence were found it would.
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#35 Mar 27 2013 at 9:17 AM Rating: Decent
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Double jeopardy applies when someone is acquitted, not at all the same as a verdict being overturned.


Well, considering that original verdict was acquittal in this case, it doesn't sound all that cut and dry.

I didn't really follow the case, nor do I give 2 @#%^s about Itally, but if she was acquitted, then it should stand. Prosecutors/juries do occasionally make mistakes; they have to live with it here, so I really don't see any value in sending an American citizen back to another country to have that same protection denied to them.

The original verdict was guilty.


I'm not interested in debating the details of Italian law any further than this, but according to wikipedia (lolwiki):

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Under Italian law two appeals are permitted to defendants, during which there is a presumption of innocence until a final verdict is entered.[161] Their first appeal began in November 2010 and was presided over by Judges Claudio Pratillo Hellmann and Massimo Zanetti. The court ordered a review of the contested DNA evidence by independent forensic DNA experts Stefano Conti and Carla Vecchiotti from Rome's Sapienza University. They submitted a 145-page report that noted numerous basic errors in the gathering and analysis of the evidence, further asserting that a police forensic scientist had given evidence in court that was not supported by her laboratory work.[162] In testimony to the appeal, Professor Conti said that a police video showed that, when a vital piece of evidence was gathered, it was handled with a glove that was visibly dirty.[163][164] During cross-examination Vecchiotti was asked by prosecutor Comodi if a gap of several days between analysing samples was enough to remove the possibility of cross-contamination in the laboratory. "They're sufficient if that's the way things went," replied Vecchiotti.[165]
On 3 October 2011, the court overturned Knox's and Sollecito's convictions on charges of complicity in murder, sexual assault, illegally carrying a knife and staging a break-in. The conviction of Knox on a charge of slander was upheld and the original one-year sentence was increased to three years and eleven days imprisonment.[166][167][168]


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I'm not sure I understand the point of your post and bolded material. Seems to me like it's just proof that you are wrong, but since you didn't comment along with the post, I can't tell if you are trying to provide evidence to support your original comments and failing to do so?

Maybe the original verdict was guilty, but even then, under Italian law (apparently), if an appeal is filed, the suspect is considered innocent until such time that the verdict is upheld, which it was not. The end result was an acquittal. As I said, beyond that, I don't really care to debate the merit of the retrial any further. Italy may have the right to do so, but I suspect the U.S. may not extradite her for it.
#36 Mar 27 2013 at 9:28 AM Rating: Excellent
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Italian law cannot compel Knox to return to Italy and she could be tried in absentia.


So no worries about extradition?
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Maybe the original verdict was guilty, but even then, under Italian law (apparently), if an appeal is filed, the suspect is considered innocent until such time that the verdict is upheld, which it was not. The end result was an acquittal.

Sure. No one ever argued that. It also has no bearing on the US understanding of double jeopardy. Not sure why you're posting something every is already aware of.

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#38 Mar 27 2013 at 10:20 AM Rating: Decent
Well I did say I was bowing out of the discussion, but Tirith questioned my post, so I answered him. Is it that difficult to figure out?
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Well I did say I was bowing out of the discussion, but Tirith questioned my post, so I answered him. Is it that difficult to figure out?

Your post, no. Your motivation, yes, that remains a mystery to us all.
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Her origional plea agreement wasn't entered in the form of a question, so the judges couldn't accept it.
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#41 Mar 28 2013 at 7:23 AM Rating: Excellent
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That's what you get for going against The Trebeck.

It's been rumored (or so says my husband) that Trebeck will soon be replaced as Jeopardy host by Matt Lauer.
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Ever since his moustache abandoned him, The Trebeck hasn't had the same power as he used to. Smiley: frown
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He hasn't been the same ever since Adam West got him to say Kebert Xela.

I don't think Alex Trebek ever watched that episode of Family Guy.


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Maybe the original verdict was guilty, but even then, under Italian law (apparently), if an appeal is filed, the suspect is considered innocent until such time that the verdict is upheld, which it was not. The end result was an acquittal.

Sure. No one ever argued that. It also has no bearing on the US understanding of double jeopardy. Not sure why you're posting something every is already aware of.


I'll fully acknowledge that I've paid virtually zero attention to the details of this case, but in our system you're allowed to appeal a guilty outcome, but once there's a dining of innocent, it's done. The state doesn't get to keep trying to convict you. That's the basic, broad application of the "no double jeopardy" principle in a nutshell. This gets tricky if, for example, a case is dismissed for some reason and a verdict is never reached. Technically, you weren't tried in that case, and the state can try you in the future if new evidence comes up.

I'm not sure in this case if the original guilty verdict being overturned means "innocent" or "dismissed". And honestly, it's not super high on my list of things to investigate. So basically just posting to post. Welcome to the Asylum!
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It probably hasn't come up in Law & Order, so it's understandable for you to not know, but you can be tried again after being found innocent if new evidence is unearthed, not just for dismissed or verdictless charges. If the new evidence doesn't fulfill the necessary requirements you can counter-sue for harassment.
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It probably hasn't come up in Law & Order, so it's understandable for you to not know, but you can be tried again after being found innocent if new evidence is unearthed, not just for dismissed or verdictless charges. If the new evidence doesn't fulfill the necessary requirements you can counter-sue for harassment.


Sounds like something you saw on an episode of Law & Order to me. See, and now you made me do some research. First off, no you can't be retried if new evidence is found *if* you were acquitted. If the trial was dismissed during pre-trial for lack of evidence *then* finding new evidence will allow for a trial to go forward. That doesn't violate double jeopardy because you were never subjected to a trial in the first case. But if you went through a trial and were acquitted, you can't be retried period. Even if the next day the key witness says "I lied. He really did do it". Doesn't matter at that point.


What is applicable here though is that if a judge overrules a jury conviction then the state may appeal that overruling without violating the double jeopardy principle. I believe that applies more directly to the case in question.
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Even if the next day the key witness says "I lied. He really did do it". Doesn't matter at that point.
Witness tampering.
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Even if the next day the key witness says "I lied. He really did do it". Doesn't matter at that point.
Witness tampering.


Which assumes there was tampering and not just "new evidence" as you claimed. Um... and it's also not grounds to violate double jeopardy either. Only if the judge was tampered with can there be a cause to retry (even jury tampering isn't considered sufficient cause). At least that's what 5 minutes on google has taught me.
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Which assumes there was tampering and not just "new evidence" as you claimed
Well, if you want to play semantics, if witness tampering is proven then the previous ruling can be invalidated.
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At least that's what 5 minutes on google has taught me.
More research than you tend to do for most of your arguments, but not really any more accurate.

I think I know where your confusion is, and it is my fault. I should have pointed out that they can be retried under different charges, and not just left it as retried.
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Which assumes there was tampering and not just "new evidence" as you claimed
Well, if you want to play semantics, if witness tampering is proven then the previous ruling can be invalidated.


Only if the verdict was guilty. Not the other way around. Even lolwiki suggests that you're wrong:

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This principle does not prevent the government from appealing a pre-trial motion to dismiss[51] or other non-merits dismissal,[52] or a directed verdict after a jury conviction,[53] nor does it prevent the trial judge from entertaining a motion for reconsideration of a directed verdict, if the jurisdiction has so provided by rule or statute.[54] Nor does it prevent the government from retrying the defendant after an appellate reversal other than for sufficiency,[55] including habeas,[56] or "thirteenth juror" appellate reversals notwithstanding sufficiency[57] on the principle that jeopardy has not "terminated." There may also be an exception for judicial bribery,[58] but not jury bribery.


If jury tampering isn't sufficient cause for retrying an acquittal, I'd be shocked if witness tampering would be. The general trend is that you have the evidence you have, the witnesses you have, and the jury you have. If those result in acquittal, it's done.

The followup wiki sheds even more light (and addresses this specific case I believe):

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Retrial is not possible if the verdict is overturned on the grounds of evidentiary insufficiency, rather than on the grounds of procedural faults. As noted above, if the trial court made a determination of evidentiary insufficiency, the determination would constitute a final acquittal; in Burks v. United States 437 U.S. 1, (1978), the Court held that "it should make no difference that the reviewing court, rather than the trial court, determined the evidence to be insufficient."[9]


So it appears to directly state that in the US, this case could not be subject to retrial. So we're kinda back to Italy allowing a case of double jeopardy that our own laws would not allow.

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I think I know where your confusion is, and it is my fault. I should have pointed out that they can be retried under different charges, and not just left it as retried.


Huh? Given that no one's even broached the subject (and it's not applicable here), I'm going to go with you realizing you're wrong and are just pulling stuff out of your ***.
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