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The confirmation of the sentence. >> reporter: a confirmed sentence means police will immediately arrest sollecito, an italian citizen. he'll begin to serve his 25-year jail term. amanda knox remains in the united states. italy could request her extradition. experts say politics would be a likely factor. >> italians will have to determine whether or not they want to ask for extradition under the current obama administration or wait and see who's elected. she'd be better off fighting extradition trial, an extradition process in the united states than wondering if some bounty hunter will try to ...

His lead attorney general says that handwriting analysis in general is basically junk science. jose? >> and what about, stephanie, the legal wrangling that continues between new orleans and l.a. as far as what legal steps are going to be next for this man? >> reporter: well, there are these extra charges. he's been charged on two counts of weapons possession here in new orleans. his next hearing isn't until monday. it's a bond hearing, but it has caught up this extradition process, and his lawyers are frustrated that they are still stuck here. >> stephanie gosk in new orleans, thanks so much. ...

Polanski has evaded the u.s. justice system for nearly 40 years. the young girl he took advantage of has since forgiven him. and he's a man in his early 80s. will any of that play into what happens next to plan ski? >> reporter: -- polanski? >> reporter: well it may well do. i mean looking at the case polanski himself has shown confidence confidence. i mean, back in october when the extradition request first made its way to the polish authorities, polanski made himself available for interview. he was not detained at that time because the authorities didn't believe that that was necessary while...

>> reporter: 32-year-old jesse matthew, a uva hospital operating room assistant, has been officially charged with graham's abduction. >> the extradition process is currently underway. >> reporter: police first considered matthew a person of interest after seeing him with hannah on several surveillance videos in the early morning hours before she disappeared. after searches of matthew's home and car, investigators honed in on specific clothing in matthew's home. but officials declined to say if that discovery led to the abduction charge. >> we need to be very sensitive about the information tha...

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 ...