Americans (in Trouble) Abroad

Amanda Knox, the 24-year-old from Seattle convicted two years ago in the 2007 murder of a British exchange student in Perugia, Italy (her appeal opened on June 28, 2011), is the latest in a long line of U.S. citizens to get in trouble on foreign shores. Click through the following slides to meet some other Americans who would have been better off staying home.

Related: The Neverending Nightmare of Amanda Knox by Nathaniel Rich