Amanda Knox Not Guilty

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I agree about the death penalty; thank God that it was never a possibility for her.
But the legal system in Italy is, IMO, totally messed up. After all, they have another person in prison for the same crime! :eek:How many people are they planning to convict??
 
kelvinf said:
Because elsewhere she would have been sentenced to death and possibly executed.
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Maybe. I’m not sure executions take that short of time, nor am I sure she’d even be convicted in another country. It’s just a comparison that is hard to make, I think.

Who knows, maybe she is lucky. It doesn’t really matter now.
 
Peggy_in_Burien said:
I have prayed for this happy day! Thank You, Father!:crossrc:
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Dear Peggy in Burien,

Cordial greetings and a very good day.

Whilst Miss Knox’s behaviour was bizarre and grossly insensitive during the days and hours following the murder and she made herself the obvious focus for suspicion, it admits of no doubt that she was the sad victim of a miscarriage of justice. We should indeed rejoice that she and the other chap have walked free from court.

The forensic evidence, in particular, is disgracefully flawed. Indeed, the fact that numerous basic errors were made, both in gathering and testing the samples, rendered the entire prosecution case unsound. A British judge would have thrown the case out of court. As a result of the Italian investigative team’s appalling incompetence, two young people have languished in prison for four years. Some serious questions need surely to be asked.

Of course we must remember the Kercher family also in our prayers at this time, as yesterday must have been an exceedingly difficult and unhappy day for them. Four years after their cherished daughter followed her heart to the Italian hills, they are still uncertain as to why she met such a tragic end. There are many victims in this very sad affair and nobody has really ‘won’.

Let us pray for Miss Knox that on her return home she will be able to cope with all the attention that she will undoubtedly receive and that with the passage of time she will, hopefully, resume living the life of a normal young woman.

Warmest good wishes,

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Pax
 
The system is very different over there.

She could have been sent back to finish the original 26 year sentence, or she could have been resentenced to life in prision, which is what the prosecutor asked for in this appeal. Or, she could have been aquitted, which she was.

Also, she needs to get out of the country as quickly as possible, because the prosecutor can bring her up on the same charges again, as there is no “double jeopardy” law in Italy on this level.
 
I have been reading coverage of this story in the UK and the overwhelming opinion there is that Amanda is guilty. I honestly don’t know how anyone can still believe that. All of the evidence points to Rudy Guede having committed this crime alone. A common theme coming from “people on the street” in Italy and the UK is that Meredith will now not have justice. She does have justice! Rudy Guede is in jail.
 
DeoSalvatoreMeo said:
I have been reading coverage of this story in the UK and the overwhelming opinion there is that Amanda is guilty. I honestly don’t know how anyone can still believe that. All of the evidence points to Rudy Guede having committed this crime alone. A common theme coming from “people on the street” in Italy and the UK is that Meredith will now not have justice. She does have justice! Rudy Guede is in jail.
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Could it be that the victim was British?

Like my uncle said today: Take note, just because an attractive girl is promiscuous, it doesn’t mean she’s also a killer.
 
A pretty girl from the US with a reputation for promiscuity is not going to be popular with the women and some men in Italy. I think, much like Carrie Prejean and Palin, attractive women draw the ire of many unjustly. But, they probably can get away with murder using their looks as well.
 
SalesianSDB said:
Could it be that the victim was British?

Like my uncle said today: Take note, just because an attractive girl is promiscuous, it doesn’t mean she’s also a killer.
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I think that is a large part of it. The narrative of “evil American kills nice English student” should have run its course and end now. A part of it is fueled by her obvious physical attractiveness and a bit of anti-Americanism. It’s terrible but I do think that the British media did not find the defendant Guede as likely to sell newspapers as Amanda Knox so they were more than happy to run her reputation into the ground for profit. Even the titles, like the one on the Daily Mail site earlier “Foxy Going Home” (and now “Free to Make a Fortune”) are horribly biased! By accounts from those who know her, Amanda Knox was not a vixen and temptress, she was “geeky” and bookish and not very concerned with looks or fashion, sometimes wearing miss-matched socks, for instance.
 
Peggy_in_Burien said:
In addition, the prosecutor tried to bring our local newspaper, The West Seattle Herald to court in Italy, for printing opinions about the case that he didn’t agree with, that he claimed was “slander.”

Most Americans cannot wrap their heads around such a thing.
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I think it’s because they made some personal remarks about him. The autonomy of Italy a full fledged European Union member should be respected. He could probably sue the paper in the European Union and their assets would be forfeit. US law does not apply in the EU and vice versa.
 
Lets not forget, AK was found guilty of slandering her boss. She tried to put him
at the crime scene. To me, that is a BIG red flag! If she was so innocent,
why try to throw the scent of her path?
 
lisahiku said:
Lets not forget, AK was found guilty of slandering her boss. She tried to put him
at the crime scene. To me, that is a BIG red flag! If she was so innocent,
why try to throw the scent of her path?
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Sure, there were red flags. There is a limit to what human courts can do. Only God can read hearts and minds. Only God knows whether she and CA are innocent or not.
 
Catholic1954 said:
Let’s hope she can come home soon, put this behind her and have a nice, quiet life!
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She needs to [co-]write a best-selling book, or get a good movie deal, or something. HLN was saying this morning that her family has incurred about $1M in debts funding her defense.
 
DaveBj said:
She needs to [co-]write a best-selling book, or get a good movie deal, or something. HLN was saying this morning that her family has incurred about $1M in debts funding her defense.
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OJ spent a lot of money on his defense too.
 
There were also two sets of footprints their as well. Interesting. The media is portraying AK as totally innocent. I do not think that is the case. But, opinions don’t really count much .
 
I listened to Judge Napalitino being interviewed re: AK. He said most of the evidence used in Italy would not be permissable in USA courts. But her footprints were in the blood? She knows alot, even if she is not the killer.

She attended Seattle Prep. a Jesuit HS.
 
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