While I do not think she directly murdered the victim, it was clear she knew more than she was telling. This was a classic case where one attempt to obscure what she did know about the murder, made her guilty by association- and snowballed into a nightmare. She is very lucky that there were mistakes made by the police, and they were allowed to surface.
Interrogations in countries even as civilized as Italy, are more like the back room interrogations that are portrayed in movies from the first part of the 19th century.
This should be a warning to all those who travel and study abroad; while it is statistically unlikely you will be involved in something so felonious, it is important to realize each and every country has a different style of laws and justice. There are young people who are sentenced to years in foreign prisons for what would be considered small drug offences here in the United States. It is important to note, there is also a different standard of "fairness" for foreigners who are charged with crimes in other countries, you are unlikely to receive any breaks.◦
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