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IMO Knox was given a fair trial, decent defense, and convicted by a court after a fair hearing and consideration of evidence. From everything I've read, the Italian system is surely different from the [extremely flawed] American criminal justice system, but due process was observed and a decision handed down. Whether or not she is guilty I don't know, but the Italian system functioned according to law and she was lawfully sentenced according to the the evidence presented. 26 years for pre-meditated murder ain't so bad.
I think she should thank her lucky stars she wasn't on trial in the US state of Texas. There she would have been given an underpaid public defender to represent her, who would be allowed to sleep through the trial without recrimination, and she could have been given the death sentence and executed forthwith.
The proud state of Texas in the good ole USA is the world's most prolific executioner. There are more people on death row in Texas than any other place in the world. The state of Texas, USA, executes more convicts than any country in the world.
Amanda Knox is lucky that she was convicted in Italy and not America.