Could The Italian Authorities Be Starting A Wave Of Libel + Slander Investigations?
Click above for Nick Pisa’s report on Sky News about the charges Amanda Knox’s parents are being investigated for. The sliming of the prosecution, the police and investigators, and even the many judges in the process, never seemed to our legal contacts like a particularly good idea. The CIA operatives trial we referred to in this post (over which the United States and the Italian prime minister could exert ZERO influence, please note) shows that Italy has a long arm and tough laws. And the very independent judges and prosecutors are willing to take a very hard line to enforce them. A Seattle lawyer who propagates what seems to us a pretty daffy and unfounded view of the case, made statements in the recent report by Italian network LA7 which don’t seem to have gone over very well in Italy. They may have attracted some official attention. We dont know if the many statements made to an American audience on for example the ABC, CNN and CBS networks (most recently by New-York-based lawyer J
