Did you believe Amanda Knox was guilty?
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Anonymous
| I lived in Perugia when I was student like her. No way I would have reacted like she did after my roommate was savagely murdered |
Anonymous
Most people wouldn't. Doesn't make her guilty. |
Anonymous
| I have read a lot about this case and I think she's guilty. I agree that the American media has portrayed her in an innocent girl light. |
Anonymous
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For crying out loud:
DNA evidence ALL pointed to Rudy acting alone. Not a shred of forensic evidence puts her in the room when it happened. Not a single iota. Don't be morons. Rely on science rather than your "gut." |
Anonymous
Actually I think she is innocent, and the media hype has led to a bias that makes people convinced of her guilt no matter what the evidence shows. |
Anonymous
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I lived in Italy around the time Knox was held. I know many expats there, many of them living in smaller, regional towns or student cities (so not just in expat enclaves such as Trastevere). Some of my friends have lived there for 20+ years. Based on my personal observations and what I've been told by these expats while living in Italy as a young woman, I can see how certain biases played heavily into Knox being named a suspect in Kercher's murder.
1. There is a strong mistrust of foreigners among the Italian population. 2. Italian culture is rather misogynistic with a strong madonna-whore complex. Foreign women, especially young American and English women studying in Italy, are viewed by the general Italian public as promiscuous. 3. The Italian public has come to expect corruption and scandal (looking at their government, it's not hard to see why). Overall they are much more inclined to buy into scandalous, sensationalist conspiracy theories. There are many great aspects to Italian culture. But the above observations about Italian culture have been echoed by everyone I know who has spent time there. Look at how the media portrayed an American woman who was killed recently in Florence: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/09/ashley-olsens-family-defend-murdered-artists-character-from-offensive-media http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/10/europe/ashley-olsen-family-letter/ http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2016/images/02/10/olsen.family.letter.pdf When you combined the tendency to mistrust foreigners, the bias against foreign women, conflicting attitudes about female sexuality, and the propensity to buy into scandalous theories, it's easy to see how the ridiculous theory of a ritualistic sexual/satanic orgy killing by "Foxy Knoxy" arose. Knox was further indicted by the press when she didn't grieve appropriately. It's unforgivable that she was interrogated at length without an interpreter or lawyer present. It's unfortunate that she was smoking marijuana the night of the murder and so after 24 hours of heavy interrogation and the police insisting that they knew she had left Sollecito's apartment, she either became worn down, second-guessed herself because she had been high, or falsely conceded that point. The interrogators insisted she must have left her boyfriend's apartment that night based simply on a text she sent to her boss saying "Ci vediamo dopo" (I'll see you later), which in English is an open-ended phrase, but in Italian denotes an intent to meet in a short time frame. She had only been in Italy for 5 weeks and obviously was not fluent in Italian. It's an easy mistake to make and by no means proves she ever left Sollecito's apartment. Rudy Guede had DNA linking him to the scene and was found guilty. I can't believe they are still pursuing Knox without new evidence and so many mistakes during in the investigation. |
Anonymous
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Rudy did not act alone. Everyone knows that
The crime remains unsolved. I have my suspicions and that is all I will say on this forum for fear of being flamed |
Anonymous
Why isn't there evidence of another perpetrator? |
Anonymous
there is evidence |
Anonymous
There is not. You are just lying. If you could point to any hard evidence, you would. Fact remains that Rudy's DNA was all over that room. Amanda's was not. And wow - what a criminal mastermind to remove even microscopic traces of her own DNA, fingerprints, hair, fibers - all of it - while leaving his behind. And while she was smoking marijuana. 
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Anonymous
Citation? |
Anonymous
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Obviously yes.
Who does gymnastics in the hallway at a police questioning for such a bloody murder? Who tries to blame another person? Who buys bleach coincidentally the day after a murder? And who turns their cell phone off coincidentally when their roommate is getting bludgeoned to death then turns it back on a few hours later.....???!! I'm not dumb...... |
Anonymous
Just because claims were made does not make them true. The "buying bleach" thing was thoroughly debunked, for instance. Maybe you're not dumb, just thoroughly misinformed. |
Anonymous
| I have read the trial transcripts. She was definitely present and heavily involved. Whether she actually cut the victim's throat is unknown. She got off on a technicality, but only after serving time for false accusing her boss (a black man). |
Anonymous
So you bought the procecution's story despite the actual evidence. The prosecutor is a charlatan who exploits the fact that there are gullible people like you in the world to push his political aspirations. |