If Amanda Knox was a man

An excellent question by Ceri Radford of The Daily Telegraph

"But I wonder how differently we would feel if we tried the following experiment: what if it had been a man standing in the dock, declared guilty of sexually assaulting Meredith Kercher, stabbing her to death and abandoning her partly clothed body in a pool of blood?"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/6748650/Amanda-Knox-whatever-sympathy-we-feel-a-girl-is-still-dead.html

The same question may not have been asked by Senator Maria Cantwell on CNN's website.

"The prosecution did not present enough evidence for an impartial jury to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Ms. Knox was guilty," Sen. Maria Cantwell, a Democrat, said in a written statement. "Italian jurors were not sequestered and were allowed to view highly negative news coverage about Ms. Knox.

"Other flaws in the Italian justice system on display in this case included the harsh treatment of Ms. Knox following her arrest; negligent handling of evidence by investigators; and pending charges of misconduct against one of the prosecutors stemming from another murder trial," Cantwell said.

Would Maria Cantwell be so quick to claim that a foreign countries' judicial system was so flawed if Knox had been a man? Possibly not.

I have received countless emails from ordinary American guys who all seem to be saying the same thing - obviously its merely a coincidence - that innocent men are no longer treated fairly by the US Judicial system. Where are the politicians and 'gender' activists who are prepared to stand up for them?

Or is it simply a fact that cute looking women deserve special 'equality'?