>>> for more on what's ahead with amanda knox we beginning in samantha guthrie, "today's" legal analyst praxilla sabbatoni in perugia . praxilla , with amanda leaving the country and the prosecution telling nbc it will appeal do you foresee any circumstance in which amanda knox would have to be returned to italy?
>> well, this would have to be a strategic choice of the lawyer. the prosecutor menini says it's beyond any doubt in his mind he will appeal. he said consider it done. whether the case does get admitted is an issue. if it does and she doesn't decide to return it will be up to the extradition treaties as to whether the u.s. allows extradition. if she should travel back to italy under a conviction she will be immediately arrested. she should travel to another country that allows these extra extradition, they will arrest her as well.
>> assuming the prosecution prevailed in appeal it would come over to this country, the u.s. has an extradition treaty withitily, there's an important caveat there. the u.s. has to believe there is "evidence to sustain the charge in the foreign which to extradite a u.s. citizen ." there's a real question whether u.s. authorities would extradite given the weakness of the prosecution's case.
>> it brings up the question lester brought up, the relationship between the two countries. matt was talking about in appealing the overturning of this conviction, this is the same prosecutor who once called amanda "demonic, die bollic, satanic, a she-devil." do you think there's a personal vendetta on the part of this prosecutor against amanda knox ?
>> i think there is a career here at stake. there's a life not just one career, not just the prosecutors and the other prosecutors that have been involved but all of the forensic experts, the police. we saw the police lined up in court to rally their support. everyone's very worried about the repercussions this will have on the perugia prosecution, on the perugia police.
>> i see and savannah, the other question about that is that there is a man who is in jail convicted of murder, so the question that begs is, is that not, does that not suffice? does this thing have to move forward especially given that the victim's family, meredith kercher 's family is basically saying they feel she's been forgotten.
>> you put your finger on it. the kercher family said they were perplexed because they believe based on what the prosecution and police have supplied to them in terms of information and evidence that rudy guede , the man who has been convicted whose dna was at the scene, acknowledged being there, they believe he didn't act alone, they think maybe there is someone else involved. obviously the kercher family really believed in the prosecution's case, so to the extent to the prosecution was sloppy, that the police were sloppy, i look at the kerchers as victims all over again because they were led to believe in a case that was discredited and couldn't stand up in court.
>> samantha guthrie and praxilla praxilla trabattoni, thank you so much.
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