The Italian Court got it right this time, there was no corrupt prosecutor, and Sollecito was found Guilty too- what's his excuse???
The Italian court even went so far as to re-test the evidence and look over the facts of the case while letting Amanda walk. That doesn't happen here in the U.S.. People stay in jail until they are proven innocent. I think a lot of people here are missing that the Italian court system went above and beyond in this case to make sure they got it right.
Her confession wasn't allowed into the trial by the judge, but that's rarely mentioned. If they wanted to railroad her the confession would have been allowed in, JMO.
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/31/world/amanda-knox-evidence/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
...Italy's Supreme Court decided in 2013 to retry the case, saying the jury that acquitted Knox and Sollecito didn't consider all the evidence, and that discrepancies in testimony needed to be answered.
On Thursday the acquittals were overturned, and Knox, who remains at her home in Seattle, was sentenced in absentia to 28½ years in prison. Sollecito was sentenced to 25 years....
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This is also from that article and it's typical Amanda IMO:
..."I did not expect this to happen. I really expected so much better from the Italian justice system," she said. "They found me innocent before. How can they say that it's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?...
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They found her guilty before. There's no mention about being found guilty TWICE! They re-examined the case, and found her guilty. She skews the facts to make herself look innocent. I remember seeing on the FOA site that they have put up evidence for Amanda while leaving out the rest that shows her guilt. (I'm really wish I'd saved those links.)
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Wow! This CNN article isn't researched very well;
...Their recollection of events, they admitted, was hazy from the drugs, but both swore they went back to the house the next morning. Knox says she was unable to gain entry - and called police....
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The door was open wide when she went back in the morning and she went in. She showered and changed clothes while missing the fact that her lamp had been taken from her room. It's Meredith's door that was locked and they couldn't gain entry to. (I'm missing some things here that point to her guilt that I can't remember.)
Mistakes were made on the site for Meredith Kercher too, but I didn't find any as bad as the ones I heard from the FOA site.
With this being such a HUGE international case I think they gave her a bigger break than the normal Italian citizen would get.
It also bugs me that people seem to think that Italy is a third world country without proper forensic techniques.
When this trial was originally going on I had gone through a mountain of evidence and linked it all. After her original conviction I deleted the folder. I remember being more than sure she was guilty, but exactly what I don't know.
I think something got out of hand and Knox went along with Rudy and Raphael and might have been more involved than that. She might have suggested it. I don't know. I'm 99.99999% sure she was involved. I'm willing to put my soul on the line that she was involved in this in some capacity. It's my belief that she played a major role. (I.E. helping to hold Meredith down or something.)
Yes, they got it right! GUILTY!!!!
Agreed.
Same nation that convicted Italian seismologists of manslaughter. Pfft.
Every country has wrong convictions. Look at how many people are being released from prison due to the innocence project now. Italians could point to that if someone from their country were convicted here.
I think what this comes down to is what you choose to believe. We do know that Amanda fingered the night club owner who had taken her off her job and moved her down while promoting Meredith. The guy lost his business while he was in jail.
She plays the "I was a little girl caught in a scary situation in a foreign country." to the hilt. I think people fall for it. Someone who called into NG one night said something to the effect of: "Somebody who looks like that couldn't be guilty of murder." There are a lot of people, not saying you wfgogot, that have no grip on any of the evidence and only go by the look of the criminal and especially since it happened in a foreign country it has to be the evil government railroading her. JMO
