At her trial, Knox allowed as how the police beat her when they took her into custody. The police apparently took umbrage at this, and so Knox was recently indicted on charges of slander.
Got to love it.
I wonder: Is it technically possible that if you are convicted of a crime that you swore under oath you didn't do, you could then be tried for perjury?
I'm not an attorney, but I don't believe you can be tried for perjury simply for maintaining your innocence. I believe you can for lying under oath as part of that defense. That's one of the reasons for the clause in the (tattered) Fifth about not being forced to be a witness against oneself. You are given the choice of saying nothing rather than lying or self-incrimination.
ReplyDeleteOf course, if the prosecutor has already gotten a conviction it probably wouldn't be worth going to the trouble and expense and ambiguity of another whole investigation and trial unless something else were at stake.
Slander civil not criminal. Maybe she has money they want. And she could have been a bad tipper too - damn American tourists.
ReplyDeleteNot in Italy, Ed. Laws there allow for criminal prosecution for "crimes against honor," with sentences and fines. She could get as much as three years and a fine -- but since she doesn't have any money, they won't get that.
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