Machiavelli
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Previous burglaries by Guede aren't evidence that he committed one here?
Obviously not.
In many common law courts such information would be even deemed prejudicial and not admitted at the trial.
But it's important to point out that in fact there is no evidence Guede committed any burglary.
He has no precendent for burglary. Even the theft inside the Perugian lawfirma - the only known episore actually - cannot be ascribed to Guede beyond reasonable doubt.
As for the school where he was caught in Milan, he did not break any window or door, and did not steal anything. He didn't even attempt to flee and waited for police. He was only charged with unauthorized entry in a private estate, a very petty offence that doesn't have imprisonment penalty.
Guede's DNA in Kercher's purse isn't evidence that Guede committed a burglary here?
Obviously not.
First, because there was a fight between Meredith and the murderers, and DNA can be left in the context of such confrontation, without any link to a burglary (that is DNA on purse is equally explainable in both scenarios).
Second, it should not evidence from an innocentisti point of view; I mean it cannot be evidence if one assumes that Sollecito's DNA on the clasp is not evidence because of alleged contamination. Guede's DNA on the purse was found 46 days later in the same context of bra clasp, among same mess and rummaging, dirty floor etc. Those who rule out bra clasp DNA because of this also have to rule out Guede's DNA.
Two phones removed from the residence aren't evidence that Guede committed a burglary?
Obviously not. Because someone else had interest to remove the phones.
(also, it's not usual for a burglar to throw away stolen items after 3 minutes).
How can you link it to Guede? You can't. No evidence.
Money was stolen from Kercher's purse is evidence that somebody committed burglary and Guede is known to have been in the apartment at the time Kercher was murdered. That isn't evidence for Guede committing burglary?
No. There is no evidence of any money inside Meredith's purse. Btw her wallet was there and there was no Guede's DNA on it. Nor inside her purse. There is some circumstantial evidence that money was taken, but no evidence it was inside Meredith's purse. Also Meredith's cell phones are not assumed to be in her purse: she used to keep at least one of them in the pocket of her jeans.
There is no evidence that someone committed burglary. Only that someone committed a theft. But that could equally fit the other scenario, where - as suggested by Guede on his skype call - Meredith and Knox started an argument over rent money and drugs.
What does "there is absolutely zero evidence of Guede committing a burglary" mean?
It means: absolutely zero evidence Guede committed a burglary, and also zero evidence that a burglary had been committed overall.
I suppose in some sort of hyper guilter land the theory is that Guede didn't commit the burglary because AK/RS did? Really, two people with no history of burglary one of whom was moderately wealthy and the other one who was at least comfortable are more likely burglary suspects than the guy who is known to have committed burglary and who was short of funds? Wow. What drives this Rudy cult?
This is quite unacceptable "profiling". When I hear those things I usually respond by providing some accurate "profile" of Knox's charachter. One could question, for example, tha cash flow from Amanda Knox's banck account. Or talke about her phone contacts with drug dealers. There are not many good explanations for withdrawing such an amount of cash on the part of a student with the lyfestyle of Amanda Knox living in Perugia. One wonders why she needed so much cash money every month.
I think Machiavelli's guess is that the semen stain was tested and found to be Guede's. I think Machiavelli is fine with that because he is so sure that AK/RS are guilty that any shenanigans like that by the prosecutor/forensic examiner is OK since he realizes that a whole lot of people would not be so enthused about the cult of Rudy if they knew he ejaculated over the dying body of Kercher who he had just killed. And convicting AK/RS of murder is the most important thing above all else in this case.
This is unacceptable and quite delusional. I have no "guesses" of that kind, and actually I also have a big question about the fact that that is actually semen (I suspect it may be vaseline).
What I have learned from my research is that in order to test semen stains on fabric they cannot use a swab; they they need to cut an area of the fabric and immerse it into a special a solvent, which separates the biological part from the fabric. Then, the liquid sample undergoes a series of tests, which may include specific enzyme tests for semen, and then is processed for DNA extraction.
I don't assume anyone like prosecution or Stefanoni did anything illegal, there is no evidence of that. And if they tested the pillowcase stains secretly, the pillowcase would be poked with several holes.