Italy’s Highest Court Overturns Acquittal of Amanda Knox

Mar 26, 2013 19:07

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 ( Read more... )

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bestdaywelived March 27 2013, 15:44:56 UTC
This makes me so irrationally angry. I realize that the Kercher family blames Knox because it's easy for them to be angry with her, but WHAT THE FUCK.

The drifter who ADMITTED TO KILLING AND "HAVING SEX WITH" Meredith Kercher is in prison. He's only getting 16 years for killing her because he concocted a story about Sollecito and Knox involving him.

She deserves to move on with her life. So does Raffaele. They've already lost 4 years each to the ridiculous injustice of the Italian legal system and Giuliano Mignini.

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jettakd March 27 2013, 15:53:45 UTC
I agree tbh. I've always been on the "Knox is innocent" side of things, particularly after hearing how much the police botched the evidence and how obsessed the prosecutor was with the idea of a Satanic witch cult being involved somehow...

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moonshaz March 27 2013, 22:21:14 UTC
Same here.

I don't believe she committed that murder any more than I myself did. And I've never even stepped foot in Italy!

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jettakd March 28 2013, 13:33:35 UTC
Seriously. I totally understand her being a suspect since they were roommates, but the actual evidence says she didn't do it, and tis prosecutor just seems to have had a vendetta.

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myrrhmade March 27 2013, 16:33:56 UTC
This.

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tekiclutch March 27 2013, 21:55:47 UTC
The drifter's name is Rudy Guede.

He was also a black, African immigrant. With all the issues regarding police procedure and tainted evidence that people scream about concerning Knox and Sollecito, does no one find it odd that Guede's sentencing is never questioned?

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mimblexwimble March 28 2013, 06:36:48 UTC
+1

If I have trouble believing that Knox was treated fairly by police, then I definitely have trouble believing Guede was treated fairly.

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familiardevil March 30 2013, 18:12:10 UTC
um, no? didn't they find his evidence all over the room? his dna in the toilet, his handprints, etc?

this is dumb tbh

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tekiclutch March 30 2013, 18:18:01 UTC
You're believing evidence coming from the same police who are accused of tampering evidence in the case of the other two suspects.

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familiardevil March 30 2013, 19:48:21 UTC
Okay. This doesn't make any sense to me. If they were able to construct enough physical evidence to convict a man who didn't even factor into their original idea of how the murder was planned, why weren't they successful at creating enough physical evidence to put away Amanda and her exbf?

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familiardevil March 30 2013, 19:50:33 UTC
who they seriously wanted convicted, might I add

It doesn't add up. AFAIK, the evidence tampering was them poorly collecting evidence in Meredith's room, and some pretty lousy imo evidence on her bra clasp and a knife that failed to hold up in labs. However, Guede's shit was literally in the toilet in their bathroom, iirc. FFS.

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