On July 4th, 2004 Carlo Parlanti was arrested by German police at the Düsseldorf airport: he was accused of beating, tying up and raping his ex roommate Rebecca Mckay White in the United States. On June 3rd, 2005 he was extradited and sent to Ventura, California. The evidence against him was almost non-existent, nevertheless he was tried and sentenced by the court to nine years in prison. This is the story of one of our many countrymen still imprisoned by the politician's and media silence, whom we remember only occasionally. Many books analyze the events step by step and try to shine a light on the still unresolved aspects of a complex judiciary story. A story that has involved for years those mass media and politicians that are aware of the human rights of prisoners abroad.