YN -> RE: Amanda Knox retrial? (3/31/2013 10:40:46 AM)
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Regarding Ms. Knox, and the Civil laws; not only is an acquittal not final, but as her case shows, neither is a guilty finding. The Civil law places the State as having a duty and principle to detect crimes and sanction those responsible. Not as criminal law being reduced an adversarial proceeding and some sort of attorney's duel, with a "winner take all" aspect. And punishing the innocent is seen as far more counter-productive than allowing the guilty to walk free. She has received the benefits and debits of this Roman legal system, and as I noted far earlier, at this stage of proceedings in the United States, she would still be either jailed, or out on bail, and likely not be allowed to leave the United States on her own authority, as Italy has done in allowing her to return home.
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