Comments on: CNN: Amanda “Joan of Arc” Knox http://www.headlife.net/2009/12/05/amanda-joan-of-arc-knox/ a euro-american blog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:50:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hellmut http://www.headlife.net/2009/12/05/amanda-joan-of-arc-knox/comment-page-1/#comment-45312 Hellmut Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:49:34 +0000 http://www.headlife.net/?p=489#comment-45312 Unless one reads the transcripts or sits in the court room, it is not reasonable to judge a particular case. As for the Italian legal system, I consider it more trustworthy than its American counterpart. The way, magistrates and prosecutors have been dealing with organized crime and political corruption is nothing short of heroic. Unless one reads the transcripts or sits in the court room, it is not reasonable to judge a particular case.

As for the Italian legal system, I consider it more trustworthy than its American counterpart. The way, magistrates and prosecutors have been dealing with organized crime and political corruption is nothing short of heroic.

]]> By: john f. http://www.headlife.net/2009/12/05/amanda-joan-of-arc-knox/comment-page-1/#comment-42791 john f. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:21:36 +0000 http://www.headlife.net/?p=489#comment-42791 I think many Americans would think that Amanda wouldn't have been convicted under "proper" rules of due process of law, presentation and gatekeeping of evidence, adversarial representation, "proper" US burdens of proof and persuasion etc. and the proper role of a jury etc. These are some of my speculations as to why some Americans might be taking exception to this but I haven't really been following it at all so I really don't have an informed view. I think many Americans would think that Amanda wouldn’t have been convicted under “proper” rules of due process of law, presentation and gatekeeping of evidence, adversarial representation, “proper” US burdens of proof and persuasion etc. and the proper role of a jury etc. These are some of my speculations as to why some Americans might be taking exception to this but I haven’t really been following it at all so I really don’t have an informed view.

]]> By: Ronan http://www.headlife.net/2009/12/05/amanda-joan-of-arc-knox/comment-page-1/#comment-42525 Ronan Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:16:03 +0000 http://www.headlife.net/?p=489#comment-42525 So, you're saying that Americans see Italian justice as being as reliable as Panamanian justice? Interesting. Also, do Americans realise that Ms. Knox will fare much better in jail in Italy than she would in the US? In some States, Death Row might beckon... So, you’re saying that Americans see Italian justice as being as reliable as Panamanian justice? Interesting. Also, do Americans realise that Ms. Knox will fare much better in jail in Italy than she would in the US? In some States, Death Row might beckon…

]]> By: john f. http://www.headlife.net/2009/12/05/amanda-joan-of-arc-knox/comment-page-1/#comment-42236 john f. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:15:52 +0000 http://www.headlife.net/?p=489#comment-42236 I think Americans have a heavy mistrust of the judicial systems in countries they perceive as being exceptionally corrupt. I have no idea what the evidence is against Knox or how it was gathered/presented becuase I haven't been following the case (with the exception of seeing it in every headline here in London over the last few days -- but despite that, I'm still not entirely aware of the allegations except that it is alleged she stabbed a British student during a sex game), or how verdicts are achieved in Italian courts, but my guess is that the perception of Italian justice in the US is pretty low (it would be the same reaction to a verdict in a Mexican or Panamanian court, or perhaps even any court outside of the common-law system) and that therefore even if the evidence against Knox is strong, there is going to be mistrust of the outcome because of the process. I think Americans have a heavy mistrust of the judicial systems in countries they perceive as being exceptionally corrupt. I have no idea what the evidence is against Knox or how it was gathered/presented becuase I haven’t been following the case (with the exception of seeing it in every headline here in London over the last few days — but despite that, I’m still not entirely aware of the allegations except that it is alleged she stabbed a British student during a sex game), or how verdicts are achieved in Italian courts, but my guess is that the perception of Italian justice in the US is pretty low (it would be the same reaction to a verdict in a Mexican or Panamanian court, or perhaps even any court outside of the common-law system) and that therefore even if the evidence against Knox is strong, there is going to be mistrust of the outcome because of the process.

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