The case of Amanda Knox who was today found guilty of murdering her room mate and sentenced to 26 years in jail is a stark reminder that the justice we enjoy in Canada and the United States does not always exist in other countries --even some European countries such as Italy.
Amanda, her lawyers and family apparently assumed she would receive a fair trail instead of a verdict determined by the media.
Her final fate will not be decided perhaps for another two to six years if and when an appeal is heard or the case is heard by European Court of Justice forcing Amanda family and friends through an emotional gauntlet for some time.
The case is a stark reminder of the need for Americans Canadian and others who are protected by the presumption of innocence rule in their justice systems to take extra precautions to protect themselves when travelling to European and other countries as all of this is reminiscent of the British couple in Spain or Portugal were the police there accused them of been responsible for their young daughter's disappearance a few years ago.
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