World News: Amanda Knox convicted

I remembered hearing about this story a while ago and thinking it was kind of messed up. I also was  thinking how lucky I am to be an American and have one of the most fair legal systems in the world. So I was watching 20/20 tonight and they interviewed the family’s reaction to Ms Knox being convicted in an Italian court for the murder of her British Roommate in 2007. She got 26 years instead of life in prison like they originally sought. Got to be more careful overseas I suppose. Dont take the flawed liberties that we do have for granted.

Courtesy of Yahoo.com

PERUGIA, Italy – American college student Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering her British roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison early Saturday after a year-long trial that gripped Italy and drew intense media attention.

Her co-defendant, former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, was convicted and sentenced to 25 years. The two also were found guilty of sexual assault in the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old student from England.

“No, no,” Knox said, bursting into tears and clinging to one of her lawyers as the judge read the verdict just after midnight following some 13 hours of deliberations.

Minutes later, the 22-year-old Knox, who is from Seattle, and the 25-year-old Sollecito were put in police vans with sirens blaring and driven back to jail.

Prosecutors had sought life imprisonment, Italy’s stiffest sentence. Courts can give less severe punishment than what prosecutors demand.

The American’s father, Curt Knox, asked if he would fight on for his daughter, replied, with tears in his eyes: “Hell, yes.”

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