Continuation Part 14: Amanda Knox/Raffaele Sollecito

[Poppy1016]

Anyone else heard verdict at 10? minutes from now here.

 

[katy_did]

Anyone else heard verdict at 10? minutes from now here.

They have to give an hour's notice when they announce the verdict and they haven't yet, so it'll be at least another hour.

 

[acbytesla]

Heh, me too. Good article that.

I agree with the author. Still I think the proclamation that the court will most certainly confirm the convictions. I'mean not saying he is wrong about tnis. Only he doesn't know. Logical thinking doesn't always rule supreme.

 

[NancyS]

Nothing has been announced about an imminent verdict on UK BBC News

 

[carbonjam72]

That's a dumb comparison by Vogt, though, because the first instance court was a trial court that heard lots of evidence, had jurors, etc.

We're talking about an appellate court now.

Vogt never fails to be inept.

Also this panel is only judges, no "lay jurors".

I think its made up of a panel of 5 cassation judges, I think.

 

[Annella]

No. I am cooking carpaccio with rucola, an egg pie with zucchini and parmigiano, and an aperitif of olives with chili peppers and spiced artichokes. I will have half a bottle of a dark wine from Monferrato.

You dont 'cook' carpaccio Mach.

 

[Antony]

I agree with the author. Still I think the proclamation that the court will most certainly confirm the convictions. I'mean not saying he is wrong about tnis. Only he doesn't know. Logical thinking doesn't always rule supreme.

If it was as cut-and-dried as many (including me) thought, then they would have rubber-stamped the verdict the first day. I would guess that they're taking all this time because they've found out that there's more to the case than they thought - so perhaps they're taking their duties seriously.

 

[carbonjam72]

They have to give an hour's notice when they announce the verdict and they haven't yet, so it'll be at least another hour.

Does anyone know what the words are that we should be listening for, to tell which way the verdict is going?

Last time I couldn't tell what the verdict was, even when I saw Stefanie Kercher cracking a smile, I still didn't know the verdict was guilty.

Annullizano? Culpevista? Affirma? Accepta? I'm lost. It's all upside down. Can't they just give thumbs up, down, or sideways, like in the old coliseum?

 

[Antony]

You dont 'cook' carpaccio Mach.

Give the guy a break! He can't be wrong about everything!

 

[Kauffer]

You dont 'cook' carpaccio Mach.

Well that's his dinner ruined tonight, at least.

 

[LondonJohn]

Aren't you tweeting to your emotional acolytes at PMF who've gone into lockdown? How's Jackie doing? Last time I looked, Popper called him an FOA lunatic because he was worried about Bruno's lack of certainty.

That's odd indeed, isn't it? I wonder if someone's trying to judiciously *clean up* the board, such that any visitors don't get the impression that they're a bunch of emotionally damaged nutters

I have to say, you've got to love the Italian criminal justice system, haven't you?! Because across the civilised world, we all like to deliver judgements in the middle of the night, don't we!

(In any decent system, they would go into recess until Monday, and make important announcements only during reasonable office hours. Wasn't the Massei verdict announced at around midnight Italian time? Ludicrous.)

 

[Samson]

Guilty for both means
1. Italian white man in jail.
2. American white woman free.
3. Catastrophe for Italian American relations.

And it's taking a little time to sign off on that. No surprise from where I sit.

 

[Strozzi]

Guilty for both means
1. Italian white man in jail. 2. American white woman free.3. Catastrophe for Italian American relations.

And it's taking a little time to sign off on that. No surprise from where I sit.

What's this, Sampson? You now believe that Raffaele is guilty and Amanda wasn't there?

 

[katy_did]

Vogt now saying "Possible ruling in the next half hour."

Whatever that means (possible? Maybe, maybe not?).

 

[LondonJohn]

Vogt now saying "Possible ruling in the next half hour."

Whatever that means (possible? Maybe, maybe not?).

Yes - surely there's either been an official announcement that there will be a verdict forthcoming (and they said that it would be a one-hour warning), or there hasn't been.

 

[Kauffer]

Guilty for both means
1. Italian white man in jail.
2. American white woman free.
3. Catastrophe for Italian American relations.

And it's taking a little time to sign off on that. No surprise from where I sit.

The discussion going on right now has probably got little to do with matters of law and evidence.

 

[anglolawyer]

Vogt now saying "Possible ruling in the next half hour."

Whatever that means (possible? Maybe, maybe not?).

Katy

As our resident tweeter-world watcher, I expect much more of you. Please come back with some hard facts! We have no interest in idle speculation here.

Anglo

 

[Kauffer]

Vogt now saying "Possible ruling in the next half hour."

Whatever that means (possible? Maybe, maybe not?).

Nadeau saying 'in minutes'. Whatever happened to the hour's countdown?

 

[lonepinealex]

Nadeau saying 'in minutes'. Whatever happened to the hour's countdown?

Maybe this is the countdown to the countdown.

 

[Dougm]

Give the guy a break! He can't be wrong about everything!

That's what I thought too. But he's proving us both wrong.