amanda knox is facing the prospect of being sent back to an italian prison for decades after being found guilty for the murder of her roommate. pete? if the italian government sought to have amanda knox sent back for murder charges, that would evoke the extradition process. a request goes to the state department on whether it fits it treaty between the u.s. and italy and whether it s in america s foreign policy interests to see it through. if so, it is sent on to a federal prosecutor in seattle where she lives. she could be arrested and brought before a federal judge who could determine if it s in order and there s reason to think she committed a crime. the hearing would be limited. it would not be a minitrial.
that case. there was the discrepancy of whether or not steroids were found in the house. there s a lot of things that are being put out there. is this all for a reasonable doubt case? well, it s going to matter less and less as time goes on. and it definitely looked like a hectic week with some keystone kop activity. we ve all been down this road before, and it s perfectly appropriate for the defense to point out holes in the investigation. but, alex, we are closer to the beginning than we are to the end of this case, and in the intervening months until pistorius stands trial, both sides are going to trache a lot of care in building evidentiary kalss to support their points of view. so the fact he was granted bail, does that weigh at all once this trial starts? or is that just a matter of fact? it was sort of a minitrial. in many ways some legal analysts there say the prosecution was trying to draw the defense out. pistorius has given a sworn statement. that s admissible at trial
top the hour. i m michael holmes in for suzanne malveaux. let s get you up to speed on what s happening in your world. george zimmerman, the man who killed trayvon martin, will be freed from jail. a judge granting him $150,000 bond. i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am. and i did not know if he was armed or not. zimmerman is going to have to wear a monitoring device, also check in with authorities every three days. we re going to go live to sanford, florida, just a minute or so from now. to pakistan, authorities saying at least 50 bodies have now been recovered from the scene of that terrible plane crash. 131 people, including 9 crew members, were on board that flight which was going from karachi to the capital, islamabad. the plane crashing just five miles from its destination. bad weather may have been a factor. republicans rally around mitt romney at their romney run an