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Italy is a sovereign nation with it’s own legal system. Amanda was granted every resource available to an Italian citizen in a similar circumstance. She was not shortchanged or treated differently because she was American. I don’t know what everybody thinks the US government can do to change the verdict and have Amanda released. It’s not going to happen. Everbody should focus on the appeal, which, in all likelihood she will win, except for the false
accusations against Patrick Lumumba, to which she has admitted she lied about.
And that’s the trouble with Amanda. She didn’t get convicted because of the way the press portrayed her attitude. She got a coviction because she lied to authorities and then lied again and then even lied again.
I certainly don’t blame the Knox family for their daughter’s legal troubles in Italy. They are obviously a loving and caring family, but I do feel bad for them that they received such horrible advice or to your point Job, chose to ignore good advice.
And for the record I don’t think that Amanda Knox murdered Meredith Kercher. I found the prosecutor’s case preposterous and overblown, but she did cause Patrick Lumumba a lot of pain and strife. He ended up losing his business and livelihood because Amanda chose to lie. His big crimes? Hiring her to work at his club and giving her that fateful night off when the murder occured.
I just think that there is too much outrage towards the Italians, the media and the Italian justice system and not enough consideration given to the fact that Amanda squarely put herself in trouble by not coming clean and telling the truth from the very beginning. Does she deserve to spend 26 years for this? No. And she won’t. All in all she’ll spend 3-4 years in prison, which would have been the sentence for obstruction of justice and bearing false witness against Patick Lumumba, anyways.