If Amanda Knox's conviction is upheld by the Itslisn Supreme Court, there stands a good chance- even a probability- that she will be extradited. While Italy's justice system is flawed and violates some standards of American jurisprudence, there is an exradition treaty in place with Italy, and no apparent legal basis, on which extradition can be denied.

Some critics point to the argument that her recent conviction violates double jeopardy (although her first trial ended in a conviction), this does not give rise to a basis for rejecting a request for extradition as the Italian legal system followed its procedure, which was widely known at the time that the extradition treaty was placed in effect.

The extradition request first goes to the State Department, which recommends it to the Justice Department. Because of the length of appeals in the Italian system, their Supreme Court may not rule upon the conviction until the next presidential administration in America.

A possibility for Knox is that the US Justice Department may take up the case of extradition on behalf of the Italian government, which would provide Knox with more legal ammunition, not necessarily to prevent extradition but delay a decision, which might buy time for a resolution.

The US is not inclined to anger democrastic allies by denying extradition without a legal basis as we have recently relied and continue to rely their unquestioned willingness to extradite suspects in the war on terror. Moreover, as we argue for the extradition of Snowden, it appears disengenuous to the world if we don't extradite someone on the basis that we don't like the verdict.

There is precedent when we refused to extradite an air force pilot, who killed people in Italy when he flew into a ski lift. The circumstances, in which we denied extradition there, don't exist in Knox's case.