Italy’s Highest Court Overturns Acquittal of Amanda Knox

[jettakd]

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
Published: March 26, 2013

ROME - Italy’s highest court on Tuesday ordered a new trial in the sensational case of Amanda Knox, an American student accused of murdering her 21-year-old roommate, Meredith Kercher of Britain, in 2007.The judges’ announcement that an earlier acquittal had been overturned was greeted by a shocked

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[chaya]

I'm really unfamiliar with the details of this case - is there new evidence or evidence that turned out to be corrupted somehow? What's the reasoning behind opening this up again beyond "we didn't like the ruling"?

[jettakd]

No new evidence to my knowledge. In fact, a lot of the original evidence was tainted by police. Whether she did it or not, the way it was handled by officials is really sketchy.

[chaya]

So the evidence was biased in prosecution's favor, she got off even then, and they're trying her a second time?

[world_dancer]

Prosecution messed up the evidence in the first trial, where she was found guilty.

That verdict was thrown out, and she got a SECOND trial. She was acquitted.

The acquittal has now been thrown out because the judges threw out DNA evidence in that one and the Supreme Court said they shouldn't have. They're now gearing up for the THIRD trial.

I haven't been following any further than that, and I have no opinion on if she's guilty or innocent. So far as I can tell, the evidence is so fucked up beyond belief, I don't really think there's anyway to conclusively prove things.

[jettakd]

In addition to physical evidence, multiple witnesses changed their testimony. Stories of police harrassing to the point of breaking both Knox and other witnesses into "admitting" things they later recanted throws a lot of doubt onto the non-physical evidence as well.

Whether she did it or not, the evidence is so corrupted, the likelihood of any court proving she was involved is almost impossible.

[bestdaywelived]

It's apparently just how things work in Italy.

[moonshaz]

I think that, basically, the officials involved just don't want to admit that they fucked up royally. Because that is what they DID, and they seriously need to stfd.