She would have to be an idiot to return. There are elements of the police there that would happily trump up some new charges against her and arrest her again. To return to Italy is literally asking for trouble. I also hope that the US government will refuse any extradition requests against her parents on this slander charge. It is just a case of the police trying to do whatever they can to save face in the aftermath of their completely botched investigation into the murder of Amanda Knox's roommate. I certainly hope her parents are not dumb enough to go to Italy voluntarily with these charges pending. If Knox or her parents do return to Italy and are arrested I hope that the US government will let them deal with it on their own. I would hate to see any taxpayer money wasted trying to get them back if they make the stupid decision to return to a country where they have had such legal problems in the past.

I'm pretty sure they have her passport blocked at customs and won't be allowed to enter even if she wanted to be a foolish person and try. Plenty of other places that are just as pretty and much cheeper to vacation at then Italy. I'll be shocked to see them even allow testimony from Amanda at her parents trials.

JS iN SD.....you sound like an expert in Italian law and we thank you for your insights on what will happen if poor little Amanda ever sets foot there again.....only advice I would have for Amanda is as follows: if you go back, make sure you don't do any drugs, get so wasted you have no clue what happened the night before and, if at all possible, don't commit any crimes. Stick to these 3 basic rules and I bet those awful Italians will leave you alone.

Amanda Knox "loves Italy" and would like to return

If you do, you're a f--king idiot, lady. They tried to railroad you once, don't give them a 2nd chance.

O_o I really hope someone talks some sense into her youthful naivety.

Personally I think she is loosely speaking; however I would get another attorney. That "Carlo" should be telling Amanda to NEVER go back and to include that to her parents.

If she goes back and gets rearrested, I will have no sympathy for her. It would be an idiotic action. The whole arrest and trial was a scamm. They would do it again to save face.

Agreed. She seems to want to tempt fate by returning. There are a lot of Italians in the US. Stay here, go to" Little Italy" speak Italian, eat pasta, drink Chianti and stay out of prison.

she is taking the advise of her parents attorney, saying Italian people and places are great; the parents each face years in prison(they are already broke from paying for her defence), they are hoping that the Italian court, dismisses her parents charges; if Italy asks for extradition the U.S. State department will grant it, due to treaty obligations; it is a crime in Italy to question the tactics of the police, even if proved true as it was at her trial. Catch 22.

Bebop, and hide ya husbands.

If Foxy Knoxy goes back to Italy, she is bucatoddy (sp ?) . They will watch her like a hawk and eventually they will catch her infringing the law, even if it is a very obscure law which has not been enforced for generations, and then they will throw the book at her. Even if she eventually wins that one in court as she won this last one in court it will cost her years as it did before.

Does anyone know if Italy has a double jeopardy law in effect?

Oh honey. Just stay home.

Gee Amanda, You caused such a ruckus while you where there. Give it up... Why don't you do some community service instead?

You got that Right

Leslie in MI - I think Italy wants her back - in prison. While I feel pity for Amanda - there gotta be some truth in the murder case that she was in. She went as an exchange foreign student and look what she got involved - drug, alcohol and Italian sex and a mystery murder for sex, and she paid dearly for it. Cheers!

The botton line is - a young Bristish female roommate got killed and think about her parents' loss. After doing drugs, alcohol and sex, Amanda got her lfie back (even after 4 years of jail, which was minimal). They let her go only on the grounds of the US govenment intervention -otherwise she will still be in jail, which would have taught her a little more lession on how to behave when you are on a foreign land...

She found out she is miserable. She may actually have a conscience after all and return to the scene of the crime....to see her boyfriend and try their stunts again. I think his family will keep that guy away from her at any cost.....they make a bad combo.

Guess what? Most of Seattle didn't want her back, either. We're still trying to find a way to get rid of her again...so this article is actually a good sign, though the comments are depressing. She's a spoiled little scumbag and liar at absolute best, and the pity party I'm hearing from my own fellow Americans seems to conveniently leave out the fact that she brought her whole ordeal upon herself by LYING, OVER AND OVER AND OVER, TO THE POLICE in the context of a MURDER investigation...how freaking stupid can you be?! Well guess what? When you lie repeatedly to the police, they tend to have a hard time believing you have nothing to hide. The only thing more egregious than having to see this spoiled, extremely ugly little runt come back to my city to a parade of sympathy and embarrassing butt-kissing is getting to read and hear all the laughably hypocritical comments about Italy’s justice system from other Americans. Right…because in the US, we don’t imprison innocent people for crimes they didn’t commit. We also don’t have overzealous cops who lie and manipulate evidence to support their preferred conclusions, nor do we have egomaniacal prosecutors who employ those same tactics in the courts rather than the interrogation room. Because none of that happens in the USA, right? You people are so hypocritical I am actually embarrassed to share even so much as a land mass with you.

superdong -Whether I agree or disagree, that was a righteous rant!! Well done.

Superdong - Then just move out of here.

Hey SuperDINGDONG - How about being interrogated for 36 hours, 24 of those without an attorney - no sleeping or potty breaks. She barely spoke the language and then zeroed in on her and concocted this story of smoking POT and then going on a wild sex binge/orgy and killing a non-participant - ridiculous.

Four years ago she went into a Police station to help the police find the killer of Kercher never dreaming she would be the lead suspect, be arrested and convicted in a foreign country? huh? Glad to have Amanda back on US soil. She needs to stay here.

Yes they can and should be extradited if Italy requests it. Italy is a NATO partner and one of our allies. If the U.S. government blocks extradition, then we are telling the world that they cannot handle their own judiciary system correctly, how very elitist of us. Interpol can legally take them as with any other criminal/suspect the discover in most countries. Who says they are innocent? I believe political pressure was exerted in the case of ms Knox. Take note: Italy is NOT America.

Italy may be a member of NATO but they are not our allies. In Somalia they gave away intel that resulted in the deaths of Americans. I was there and know this for fact.

I don't get how Italy can press charges against the parent for an act that occurred on British soil unless Italy thinks their jurisdiction extends around the world. I cannot imagine that floating in international law. The problem is that if the parents blow off the Italian courts, Italy can issue an International Arrest Warrant and any country that honors that warrant can pick up the parents when they enter a country. That pretty much makes them a prisoner of US soil. They cannot travel to Canada, Mexico, Aruba etc without risking arrest and extradition to Italy.

Hell I will say it, the Italian cops beat that girl, falsified evidence and pressed false charges against the girl and her family. Come and get me!

subdoc ----- Why should Knoxes' parents be extradicted to Italy? In any case, why hasn't Roman Polanski been extradicted to the United States. Granted, we are talking about two different countries here, three if you count the US, but why should extradiction treaties be enforced by the US, but unenforcable by other countries.

We, the U.S., just had suspected software pirates arrested and detained in New Zealand for "allegedly" breaking our laws and some of you are doubting Italy's jurisdiction to charge someone in another country? What makes us so special that we can enforce our laws in other countries but other nations are not allowed?

As far as the U.S. being elitist, that's what we do all the time, why do you think we are so "popular" in the world? We told Canada they had to crack down on marijuana, they cracked down, we told Iraq it needed democracy, we forced it down their throats, we told New Zealand to arrest those guys for piracy, they did it. Basically many of the things we bi**h about other nations doing, we do the same things. Before we can actually lead the world it might be a good idea to stop treating other nations like they were bad children.

If the U.S. government blocks extradition, then we are telling the world that they cannot handle their own judiciary system correctly, how very elitist of us.

And in this case, that elitism is entirely justified. We're not talking about real crime, here. They didn't rob someone. They made statements, statements which they probably believed to be true -- statements which might very well be true. The story doesn't say whether this is a criminal or civil proceeding, but at this point nothing would surprise me.

I don't believe America should respect the authority of any foreign laws which contradict the fundamental rights our country grants us. One of those is freedom of speech.

@ jerri-1; There is no doubt she was innocent. Granted, her behavior may have been either bizzare or coached, but that is not what cleared her. It was the DNA evidence, or lack thereof, which was hidden by the prosecution and the police. This is done all the time, all over the world apparently. I was just reading about the man in Illinois imprisoned for 16 years for murder before he was found to be innocent. During his trial 16 years ago, the REAL murderer came forward and confessed, but the police and the prosecution hid that because they had already falsified a case against this innocent guy. Just like the Italian prosecution and their police hid the fact that the DNA evidence did not implicate Amanda. It took international pressure (thankfully) to unseal that evidence so that impartial experts could examine it, otherwise Amanda would still be wrongfully imprisoned.

And on point to this story, yes, she'd have to be an idiot to go back there. That prosecutor was already in hot water for falsifying evidence in a previous Italian case, and I'm sure would like nothing more than to somehow, some way, try to vindicate himself in this extreme worldwide embarrassment, no matter what it would take. The police as well. And if Amanda thinks there's no way they could make that happen, then yes, she is super naive.

Yes, if she really has to travel, I think in her case, a hike around the iranian boarder would be safer than to actually cross the Italian border. And only cost the family 5ooK to be sure of her return, a much more certain and safer bet.

Isn't that the truth! I can't imagine her legal bills and the expenses her parents incurred from traveling. She will probably pay off her school loans before she pays off her legal bills.

the only way she can repay her parents is to get some book deal or some sort of entertainment gig. I doubt many people will want to see her face and hear what she has to say. Does not look that great for her. Her legal bills must have been outstanding....unless she got some pro bonos.

As hard as the US worked to get Knox home

Only thing our government did was a single Senator issued her own statement saying the evidence against her was inadequate. The rest of left in the hands of the various attorneys and Italian "justice" system.

Nightowl: Although I agree with you I do take exception to your use of the expression "white ass" in referring to Amanda Knox. I have no problems with the vulgarity of the expression, but I do have a problem with its racism and classism.

I think you are 100% right Auto762.

Getting your name back in the press and on TV is great just before doing your book or movie deal.

Her book will end on the "sale" table at Walmart.....next to the one from Casey Anthony.

They might through you back in jail again

They might through throw you back in jail again.

Returning to the scene of the crime is what alot of criminals do.

And you know this because what you heard it on TV.

Thats what they told OJ, but he went anyway! Now look where he is.

Maybe she wants to go back to the seen of the crime..

The full article is here. Really is unflattering to the Italian "justice" system.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/07/the-monster-of-florence/4981/

Douglas Preston - Monster of Florence - a great story on its own merit, but also has a very interesting side story about the Knox case and the prosecutor involved. Makes him sound like an embarassed egomaniac....

Chris from Yucaipa, thanks for that link! It is quite an astonishing look into the Italian "justice" system, which equates to no justice at all! Fascinating read. If I were Amanda, I'd NEVER go back, EVER!

Dear Amanda--although you may Love that Country---why set yourself and your parents up for potential jail time.

How stupid and how selfish. They are not coercing you back so please do not go back. ANd if your parents go and get locked up YOU WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOURSELF--

DONT BE STUPID and going back to Italy would be STUPID!

jerri ----- Maybe they can and they have, but NOT IN THIS CASE !!!

Keep telling yourself that as you ask for another bailout from the IMF

I think you will find more Europeans have moved to the USA than Americans have moved to Europe.

Poodles originated in Germany

Traveled all over Europe, nice place to visit, would not want to go back. Food was not that good, too crowded and all the conveniences in America were not available.

The guy that confessed is serving a life sentence. Lay off.

Yes, but it was reduced to just a few years. The man is clearly guilty. He even tried to escape to Germany - ran away! The Italian justice system is exceedingly peculiar and retarded to have sentenced this guilty man to a sentence less then the two innocent ones were sentenced to, and then to cut that smaller sentence in half! Makes NO sense at all! Who was paid off, how, and why?? As a minimum, it is clear that the warped and misguided prosecutor has a vendetta against Americans!

nerktwins ----- "Amanda did it." ...and you know this how...???