Christopher Blakesley is The Cobeaga Law Firm Professor of Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law.Recently, he has been quoted by several media outlets regarding the Amanda Knox trial. Below is a list of articles he has been cited in:
- Amanda Knox could be extradited, legal expert says (Gazzetta del Sud)
- Amanda Knox's Guilty Verdict Raises Specter of Extradition (KVOR)
- Sentenza Meredith, Sollecito fermato vicino all’Austria. Knox: “Mai voglia di tornare” (il Fatto Quotidiano)
- VIDEO. Amanda Knox peut-elle être extradée vers l'Italie? (L'Express)
- Sollecito fa un giro in Austria, nessuna fuga. Nuovo ricorso in Cassazione (Dazebao News)
- “Amanda Knox può essere estradata”: parola di esperto Usa diritto internazionale (Blitz quotidiano)
- Knox condannata: mi incarcereranno mentre scalcio e urlo (video) (Globalist)
- Amanda Knox's Guilty Verdict Raises Specter of Extradition (ABC News)
- Amanda Knox verdict puts US credibility on trial (Metro World News)
"'There's room to fight extradition,' Blakesley said, 'and double jeopardy is the spot to fight on…. In the treaty, we functionally accept their system of justice, but it's up to a magistrate to decide whether' the double jeopardy clause of the Constitution was violated and if that trumps the treaty," the ABC News article reads.
Professor Blakesley is a Barrick Distinguished Scholar, 2009.
