article_snippet: Conventional wisdom dictates that American Amanda Knox will eventually face an extradition hearing or reach a deal with the Italian Justice Ministry to serve American Amanda Knox 28-year sentence, but that could take years.
article_snippet: The statute of limitations is double the sentence, meaning the Italians have 57 years to bring American Amanda Knox back to the United States.
article_snippet: American Amanda Knox, however, would benefit from the United States extradition treaty with Italy -- under which the United States will not extradite a person who has been acquitted -- and from the U.S. Constitution's protection against double jeopardy.
article_snippet: American Amanda Knox, on the other hand, still lives in Italy, and has a lot more to lose than American Amanda Knox does, at least in the short term.
article_snippet: Many commentators in the U.S. have reasoned that Italy may not ask the United States for American Amanda Knox's extradition because it would cause a diplomatic rift between the two nations.
article_snippet: But there could be a greater rift if it appears that American Amanda Knox gets away with murder and American Amanda Knox Italian ex-boyfriend pays for the crime.
article_snippet: If Sollecito is languishing in prison and American Amanda Knox is sipping Frappuccino in a Seattle Starbucks, Italians will not be pleased, says Alessandro Capponi, an Italian journalist for Corriere Della Sera who has been covering His case since Kercher was killed in 2007.
article_snippet: You may not see people out on the streets, but if you ask 10 people what people think, people will tell you people see it as a complete injustice that only the Italian and the African are in prison.
article_snippet: Italians will say that the American gets away with murder and it won't be the first time.
article_snippet: This is not the first time Italy and the United States have butted heads on matters involving American suspects accused of crimes in Italy.
article_snippet: In 2012, Italy's highest court upheld the convictions of 23 Americans (22 CIA agents and an Air Force pilot) for the kidnapping of Egyptian cleric Abu Omar, a suspeced terrorist, from a street in Milan.
article_snippet: 23 Americans (22 CIA agents and an Air Force pilot) were sentenced to between five and eight years in prison, but Italy has not yet asked for extradition.