That said, it should be noted above all that both defendants have no criminal record,
no pending suit (with regard to the non-applicability of the limit to the granting of
generic [extenuating circumstances] in Article 1 letter F bis [421] Law 24.7.2008 No.
125 to crimes committed in an earlier period, cf. Cassation 10646/2009). Other than
their personal use of drugs, no unbecoming behaviour of the same [defendants] was
demonstrated to have been carried out to the detriment of others. No witness
testified to violent actions, or to aggressions-intimidations carried out by the current
defendants to the detriment of anyone at all. To the contrary, there were even shown
to be circumstances in which as much one as the other, besides diligently and
profitably undertaking their studies in the manner that they were expected to do as
students (Raffaele Sollecito was on the point of graduating and Amanda Knox was
working profitably and regularly in the classes she was attending at the University)
proved themselves to be available with others (Raffaele Sollecito, on the evening of 1
November, was meant to have accompanied Jovana Popovic to the station) and
made the effort of taking on work (Amanda Knox worked in the evenings in the pub
of Diya Lumumba) which was added to the effort required by their studies and
attending lessons. These circumstances seem significant ex Article 133 paragraph 2
number 2 of the Criminal Code.
