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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
O.k., I'm confused. It seems there is no end to convictions that get overturned on appeal here in the U.S. - is this not done in a court of appeal? Or am I even more confused than normal, mixing up legal definitions?
Is there any chance she is really... ... a murderer?
I admittedly never did follow this case, but it seems to me that if she were found guilty - twice - there may be a chance she actually did it. Seems like quite the public outpouring of sympathy for someone who looks for all the world to be a murderer.
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I'm not sure how much you know about the Italian "justice" system, but scientistists were considered guilty for saying "There could be an Earthquake within X amount of time but records show it may not be likely" Instead of "There will be an Earthquake in X amount of time".
The Italian justice system is more about "face" than actual justice. Some one has to pay - and it doesn't matter if its the right some one or not, just so long as they can paint the blame over their face its all good.
This also leads to very crazy situations - where a court in one town would find an out of towner guilty - to take the blame off their town, but when it gets to a higher court that isn't related to the town, he is then not guilty... If you're from outside the country - you're really really really screwed on all fronts.