My Thoughts On Amanda Knox (Excellent Synopsis)

Power Line ^ | 10/3/2011 | John Hinderaker

[mojito]

I tried in vain to find a summary of the facts in this case, which are seldom mentioned in the tabloid coverage. Hinderaker, an attorney, provides an excellent synopsis. Also seldom mentioned is the fact that the identity of the true murderer is known beyond a reasonable doubt.

[the invisib1e hand]

All I know is that she’s hot.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

She was accused of despicable things.

That makes her guilty.

An innocent person would NEVER be accused of such things.

</sarcasm>

[napscoordinator]

I couldn't be more thrilled that she was allowed to leave jail and come back to the United States where she belonged. My only recommendation to her is not go back to Italy ever again. She may want to even stay out of Europe totally especially if they decide to bring new charges against her. God Bless her and her family for the mischaracter of justice she suffered the last four years.

[Nevadan]

Thanks for posting.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Excellent summation by Hinderaker. The one thing missing, which I recall reading elsewhere, is that Knox implicated a hapless bartender, claiming that she held her ears closed against the victim’s screams while the bartender murdered her. It turned out the bartender had an iron-clad alibi, and Knox has since stated that police and the prosecutor pressured her into making the false claim.

[mojito]

And that was the focus of almost all of the coverage.

Sadly, the murder victim was also “hot.”

[humblegunner]

When will she kill again?

Her family’s silence may be due to the fact that she has murdered them all.

Something to think about.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Also seldom mentioned is the fact that the identity of the true murderer is known beyond a reasonable doubt.

What makes more sense?

A rape/murder committed by a third-world degenerate drifter, or a conspiracy to commit rape and murder by a couple of college kids and a third-world degenerate drifter?

[allmendream]

One thing missing from your account - Knox was pressured into making the false claim after hours of brutal interrogation and sleep deprivation that even Italy says violated her human rights.

Usually an innocent person can be bullied into making incriminating statements after that long and brutal of an interrogation - that is why the Police engage in them with suspects who they don't have good evidence against - they can at least get them for untrue/contradictory statements.

[allmendream]

Indeed.

Statistically a woman not engaged in gang related activity stabbing another woman with a knife is about as rare as an Amish computer hacker.

The third-world degenerate drifter breaking in and engaging in rape and murder is easy to understand - but apparently the prosecutor had a history of imagining satanic ritual murder orgies - so to him that seemed more likely.

[Guenevere]

Seriously....I would have 2nd thoughts about a trip to Italy if this is the kind of ‘justice’ they favor

[AnotherUnixGeek]

One thing missing from your account - Knox was pressured into making the false claim after hours of brutal interrogation and sleep deprivation that even Italy says violated her human rights.

The point I wanted to make is eyewitness testimony can be affected by pressure and our own fallible memory, and can result in people swearing to things that didn't actually happen. The bar-owner is very lucky that he had an alibi. Hard, incontrovertible DNA evidence is one of the best things that ever happened to justice systems.

Actually, I see Hinderaker did mention this part of it in his article.

[DTA]

Accusing, trialing and incarcerating young girl without evidence is not miscarriage of justice - it is banditry. And it is not only Mafia-infested Italian judicary that is responsible.

Tabloids and other trash media as well as trash media consumers fueled it.

In a perfect world, all those scums would be responsible to pay Amanda 4 years of vacation of her choice plus compensation for her lost time and suffering.

[mojito]

Seriously....I would have 2nd thoughts about a trip to Italy if this is the kind of ‘justice’ they favor

Agreed.

I've never been to Italy so I can not speak from experience, but I have friends who have gone and who've come back with stories of rather ugly anti-Americanism.

[Razzz42]

Martin Armstrong makes comment on her release and Armstrong knows all about prosecutors and jail. Free At Last

[allmendream]

“Hard, incontrovertible DNA evidence is one of the best things that ever happened to justice systems.”

I agree completely. Hard to argue “it wasn’t me” when your DNA (in the form of sperm) is on the rape/murder victim. It erases a lot of reasonable doubt about mistaken identity and such.

But it can be (and was) abused. An inconclusive result can be said to be definitive. One problem with PCR of DNA is that it can amplify such a small amount that you can claim “the victim’s DNA is on the knife” even if it was an amount consistent with them touching the knife - but not at all consistent with the knife being plunged into their body and soaked in their blood.

[PhilDragoo]

I am shocked the nation which gave us Benito Mussolini and Silvio Berlusconi would interrogate an innocent woman for fifty-six (56) hours then imprison her for years.

[wbill]

A rape/murder committed by a third-world degenerate drifter,

That would be "Nothing to see here, move along."

or a conspiracy to commit rape and murder by a couple of college kids and a third-world degenerate drifter?

That's the type of thing that sells newspapers and gets zealous prosectors promotions. So, of course, the courts picked "B".

[Georgia Girl 2]

Remember that in Italy you are guilty until proven innocent. Plus being an American probably didn’t help at all.