American student Amanda Knox cannot seem to catch a break. She was convicted (along with her boyfriend) to serve a 26 year sentence (25 for the boyfriend) for the killing of her roomate in Italy and has now been ordered to face trial on slander charges. Knox plans to appeal this ruiling, but more charges are never a good thing for an already bogged down student. These new charges come out as a result of accusation of Knox and her parents defaming the Italian police that arrested her. Knox alleges that the Italian police mistreated her when she was brought in to custody. Chris Mellas, Knox's stepfather, says that the trial was biased and hopes to move this trial to Florence in an effort to, in his opinion, receive a fair trial. Mellas claims that his stepdaughter claimed that Italian police hit her in the head, but did not beat her necessarily. The trial is set to begin on May 17, 2011. This is a scary situation for Knox and for Americans in general because the more media attention this gets, the worse Italians think Americans are. If Knox is guilty, she will likely add to her sentence or be required to pay a fine, but I just hope it blows over quick. I remember this when it first hit the news and I suspect it will come back and be an International powder keg between the United States and Europe for a time to come, if it does not end quick.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/11/08/italy.knox.case/index.html?hpt=T2
By: Kyle Coia
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