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Italian court convicts Amanda Knox of murder

.... Those in the US prefer to have that. Otherwise it's called circumstantial evidence and should never ever be enough to convict someone. ...

Scott Petersen bought cement, and was seen by a marina. now he is serving life.
 
And that has what to do with this trial? What is the evidence that proves she committed murder?

I was shocked to learn about the Italian criminal justice system. The amount of abuse of power, and the lack of accountability to the elected government, is truly appalling for a modern country.

This is not the end. They're going to appeal. The system has its flaws, but they have the option to completely restart the trial on appeal, several times over.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/world/europe/06perugia.html

“Our justice system is certainly in rough shape,” he added, “but it has a lot of self-correcting mechanisms.”

In the Italian system, the end of this yearlong trial closes only the first chapter. Unlike in the American system, in which appeals center on issues of law, not fact, in the Italian system, appeals are automatic and defendants can ask to retry the entire case in a first round of appeals.

From there, the case can go to Italy’s highest court, which is required to hear every appeal.

It may be years before a definitive sentence is reached.
 
by some of the vitriol you would think her name was Amanda Palin :doh:
 
It looks like State is going to get involved with the case good sick Hillary on them.
 
Her and her partners lying and changing their story countless times and contradicted each other many times on their whereabouts.

Does lying necessarily mean they are guilty of murder?

Laila said:
Knox's own statement putting herself at the house the night Kercher was slain

A statement made under duress, according to the defense. Is there any evidence she was actually there?

Laila said:
A small sample of her DNA is found on the handle of a knife which has Meredith's on the tip, which is found at her boyfriend's flat next day and has been wire brushed clean and bleached and matches the wound.

It apparently did NOT match the wound.

Laila said:
She has changed her story completely in terms of her location. Firstly claiming she was there and that her boss at the local bar did it all! (destroying his business and putting him through hell I might bloody add, he is later proven to have rock tight alibi but not before the callous bitch tried to pin it on him) despite this alibi she stood by this statement and then later took it back.

Again...does lying necessarily mean she is guilty of murder? Are there any other reasons someone might lie?

Laila said:
She now claims she was at her boyfriends the whole night, but is still foggy on the details. A story she stands by, despite CCTV evidence strongly to contrary.

What is the CCTV evidence to the contrary?

Laila said:
The couple are discovered the next day outside the apartment with a mop and bleach and other cleaning equipment which she just bought and was said to be startled at being caught.

I haven't heard this before. Do you have a link?

Laila said:
Police and forensics state the apartment smelt of bleach and had been subject to vigorous cleaning activity, despite none of the blood being cleaned up.

So what was she cleaning up according to this theory? :confused:

Laila said:
Stefanoni, a forensics expert who testified in the hearing in May, suggested that it was Kercher's DNA on the tip of the knife and that the way the genetic material was positioned indicated the knife had probably been used to puncture the skin.

Have you ever pricked yourself with a knife before? Is it so unbelievable that two housemates would have DNA on the same knife? ESPECIALLY when the knife apparently wasn't the murder weapon?

Laila said:
The staged 'break in' where nothing was stolen, designed to make it look like a robbery/rape, linking Knox's blood to other room.

Huh? Knox's blood in the other room? Her blood was never found at the crime scene.

Laila said:
Undoubtedly trying to cover her tracks and divert attention away from her.

How does this implicate Knox specifically, as opposed to ANY random person trying to cover their tracks?

Laila said:
The stab wounds with two knives and 40 bruises found on her body numerous other pointers which can only be explained with multiple attackers contradits the claim that only one person was involved.

Why can this only be explained with multiple attackers? And again, how would this specifically implicate Knox?

Laila said:
Amanda wanting to pin it on a innocent man.

You keep repeating this...and it seems to have nothing to do with evidence, and everything to do with playing up an emotional argument. "She's a horrible person, therefore she committed murder."

Laila said:
If I was on that Jury, I would have voted guilty. If she was innocent she did everything possible to make herself look guilty and has no one but herself to blame.
I am not saying the prosecution is not without faults or rather I can criticise them on some things but to somehow say that by being a 'nice person' in the US now means she is incapable of murder is ridiculous to me.

There is no evidence linking her to this crime. Certainly not beyond a reasonable doubt. She never would have been convicted in this country, nor should she have been.
 
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The answer me this. Why was she seen doing cartwheels the day after the murder?

Who knows? Maybe she was happy her roommate was dead. Maybe she just didn't care. Maybe the cartwheels had nothing to do with anything. Do murderers typically do cartwheels after they commit murder? :confused:

PeteEU said:
Why did she first confess, then retract? Why did she blame an innocent man?

Are there any explanations for these facts other than she brutally raped and murdered her roommate?

PeteEU said:
Why does her diary show a very different picture of the "sweet" Amanda the American media are trying to portrait?

Irrelevant to whether or not she committed murder, and disgusting that the Italian courts (and you) would even bring it up.

PeteEU said:
So you are comparing a cold blooded murder with sex with a minor? I see... :roll:

"Sex with a minor"? He drugged and anally raped a 13 year old.
 
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According to news reports, Knox's finger prints were found no where on the crime scene. Here in the real world, that would be some serious reasonable doubt.

KSM is going to get a straigter trial that Knox got.
 
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Scott Petersen bought cement, and was seen by a marina. now he is serving life.

Didn't Scott's boat also have blood evidence that was matched to Lacy's DNA?
 
Didn't Scott's boat also have blood evidence that was matched to Lacy's DNA?

I believe so, in that case they also had more evidence up the yin yang tying him to the crime.
 
I fully support this conviction. I watched the news reports on this trial. They showed Amanda Knox smiling and laughing in the court room. Excuse me? You're on trial for murder and you can't stop smiling? Sorry, but someone who was truly innocent, wouldn't be looking at these charges lightly, IMO. She cried when the verdict was read. Oh brother. I'm not sympathetic.

I'm screwed if I ever go on trial. I can't ever keep a straight face when I'm in trouble, guilty or innocent.
 
Sometimes attractive young women can be evil.
 
I'm screwed if I ever go on trial. I can't ever keep a straight face when I'm in trouble, guilty or innocent.

I laugh when I'm really stressed, so I'm definitely ****ed.
 
According to news reports, Knox's finger prints were found no where on the crime scene. Here in the real world, that would be some serious reasonable doubt.

KSM is going to get a straigter trial that Knox got.

According to news reports, Knox's fingerprints were not found in her own bedroom either!
 
I laugh when I'm really stressed, so I'm definitely ****ed.

I SHALL BE YOUR DEFENSE LAWYER THEN, we'll make a whole FIASCO of it and go to prison on the Buddy System.


they do that, right??
 
I wish that this much attention was given to Laurie Berenson's case.
 
I SHALL BE YOUR DEFENSE LAWYER THEN, we'll make a whole FIASCO of it and go to prison on the Buddy System.


they do that, right??

If we make a circus out of it, I'll probably walk. :rofl
 
I fully support this conviction. I watched the news reports on this trial. They showed Amanda Knox smiling and laughing in the court room. Excuse me? You're on trial for murder and you can't stop smiling? Sorry, but someone who was truly innocent, wouldn't be looking at these charges lightly, IMO. She cried when the verdict was read. Oh brother. I'm not sympathetic.

And you're basing this on what, exactly? Your extensive knowledge of the trial?

How about you familiarize yourself with the facts of the case before you race to condemn this girl.
 
They did. Along with bloody footprints, and on the handle of a knife with her flatmates' blood on the blade.

The alleged murder weapon does not match the composite police extrapolated from the murder scene based upon the available forensic evidence.
 
I don't have all the facts in the case, but it seems like she was railroaded rather hard here. I'm not convinced she got a fair trial.
 
I don't have all the facts in the case, but it seems like she was railroaded rather hard here. I'm not convinced she got a fair trial.

It's an egregious mistrial of justice. This case would have been thrown out by an American judge in the pre-trial conference.
 
It's an egregious mistrial of justice. This case would have been thrown out by an American judge in the pre-trial conference.

Exactly right, which is why the United States needs to tell the Italian idiot squad to knock off their bull**** and send Amanda Knox home.
 
Exactly right, which is why the United States needs to tell the Italian idiot squad to knock off their bull**** and send Amanda Knox home.

I'm not saying they need to send her to America but the Italian government should ensure that she receives a fair trial; this is the duty of all civilized nations.
 
It's an egregious mistrial of justice. This case would have been thrown out by an American judge in the pre-trial conference.

Well here we have a lot more restrictions on the government and necessity of proof they need to provide. It certainly is the better way of doing it IMO.
 
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