The thing is, only medai are speculating about double jeopardy, not Knox and her lawyers. The know perfectly well, that double jeopardy has no meaning here. However, as I wrote earlier:
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If Italy request extradition, they will have to deal with lots of things.
The closer they get to actually putting her in jeopardy, the more the media and the public will start to look at the facts of the case instead of the wild claims being spouted in court.
They will get a dose of that scrutiny if they even try to extradite her. Nencini ignored C&V's report(independent experts saying DNA evidence is unreliable) and the problems with the DNA evidence during his proceeding, but it won't be ignored if and when she has to fight an extradition request. Nor will the craziness of the witness testimony be ignored. If a US district judge decides to review the quality of the police investigation, and whether the Italian courts weighed the evidence rationally, no amount of blather and intimidation will keep it from happening. Do they want that?
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The US will look into that and they won't even send the case to the Court. The State Department will object to even start extradition process.
And Sollecito did not try to flee. He was near the boarder, asleep in his hotel room when the police came in. He was with his Italian girlfriend in Austra before the verdict and came back to Italy for it. His passport was taken though. He's free at the moment.