The United States has often been known as one of the elite nations of the world yet one of our citizens is standing trial for a murder that has no evidence that she committed. This week I will be discussion the appeal that is currently going on for the trial for Amanda Knox, an American born citizen who went to college in Italy and is now facing charges for the murder of her roommate.
When Amanda Knox was seventeen she went away to school without expecting that she was be center of a murder trial a few months later. Amanda’s roommate was murdered not long after she arrived in Italy. Though this is a horrific event, it is also evident that Amanda was not the murderer—which leaves one to wonder how she is standing trial and has been imprisoned for the past four years for a crime that was impossible for her to commit.
When the trial first began many people said that if Amanda Knox had been Italian instead of American there would be no way that she would be locked up, which is a very reasonable assumption. Around the world there shouldn’t be different laws or justice systems depending on your nationality. Just like there is racial discrimination, we now see that discrimination can also be based upon your nationality. It is obvious that Amanda Knox is not receiving a fair or equal compared to what her Italian counterpart would receive. This isn’t the first time that this issue has come up though; yes it may have been an issue of national security (at first) but for the American born hikers in Iran to be jailed for several months is also evidence of inequality on a global scale.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/09/29/amanda.knox.profile/index.html
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