Posted on 01/30/2014 1:13:40 PM PST by Uncle Chip
Amanda Knox was found guilty of murder today by an Italian court, the latest twist in a murder case that goes back to 2007.
The verdict reached by the two judges and six jurors came after several hours of deliberations at the Florence courthouse.
The judge sentenced Knox to 28 years in prison. Her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and co-defendant was sentenced to 25 years.
Two Italian judges and six jurors began deliberations earlier today. If Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are found guilty, the court is also expected to pronounce a prison sentence.
The prosecutor has asked for a 26 prison term for the murder for Knox and Sollecito, plus another four years for Knox on a related libel conviction.
This is the fourth time Knox faced a verdict on the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher while they were roommates in Perugia, Italy. Knox, now 26, and Sollecito, 29, were convicted in 2009.
After serving four years in prison they were freed in 2011 when an appeals court threw out the murder conviction. But Italy's supreme court ordered another appeals court to rehear the case. Kercher's sister Stephanie and brother Lyle were in the courtroom for the verdict.
Knox, who is sporting a new, short haircut, remained in her hometown of Seattle for the latest trial. Sollecito was in court today earlier today, but was not present for the verdict....
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You are correct sir. It is likely to get a lot worse before it gets better. I just wonder if construction of the camps has begun yet?
amanda knox @Amandu_knoxx 22 Mar 2012 my prayers and heart go out to the family of #Trayvon Martin and his family, i hope justice will be served #amandaknox
That’s it then, Fry the Bitch!
If it was one of mine, please think nothing of it. No biggy. There weren’t boobs or anything.
Aw, thanks. I’m glad that one didn’t get pulled....
You mean Coulter, right???
Your original post was pulled at least 1/2 hour before you repeated the phrase.
Which I imagine was still in your head so you probably didn’t notice the original was pulled.
We are not stuck in traffic, we are in a drone right over this thread...
I’ve told my friends for a while: African-Americans are about 12% of the population. If they choose to start a war with the other 88%, they will be 10%.
I missed this post first time through —
LOL
Knox jumped on the anti-Zimmerman bandwagon in 2012, wanted justice to be served and prayed for the thug. She didn’t want to educate herself on the case. Now she wants justice for herself and everyone to stop telling lies. Screw her.
Not all of which. The 400-page judicial report initially finding Amanda Knox guilty, summarizing evidence, can be found at this site.
Much of what I know about Knox I know second-hand through the work of the public relations firm Knox's parents hired in 2007, or third-had through the news articles placed by that PR firm in the media. Of course, not all of the information supporting Knox's innocence came from the PR firm.
There are several innocence projects in the U.S. that have reviewed the evidence and the actions of Italian police and prosecutors who have taken on Knox's cause.
Do you understand all I'm trying to say is that I don't believe the issue is as cut and dried as either side tries to make it out?
I hope that wasn’t the “conversation” where I was called male genitalia. Not that I care, that was a good pull on your part.
I think “Clueless” is her middle name —
The presiding judge also ruled that Knox and boyfriend were conspirators in the sexual assault and murder.
I have no idea what impact that independent judicial ruling had on today's ruling.
The presiding judge also ruled that Knox and boyfriend were conspirators in the sexual assault and murder.
I have no idea what impact that independent judicial ruling had on today's ruling.
Who can forget her, and her ability to write/read cursive? “Spare-tire neck” will live forever in infamy. Imagine, that was a gal a guy got himself croaked over...”Kill that cracka, or you’re never gonna **** me again!”
:^)
I guess the Italians aren’t big on the double jeopardy thing.
So then clearly the court did not believe him when he said that he was “intimate” with her.
But then they choose to believe him when he says that Knox and Solecito came in and killed her while he was on the toilet taking a dump.
At least by our standards, there is at least reasonable doubt.
Actually, it appears the Italians are REAL BIG in the double-jeopardy thing. That’s the problem.
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