The Trials of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito: Part 29

[Bill Williams]

This is why they are detectives and forensic scientists and you are not.

And yet, you completely ignore NotEvenWrong's request of you. That request wants you to justify that you know more about Forensic DNA analysis than the likes of Dr. Peter Gill.

Let me refresh you memory

Vixen,
You believe Hellman was "hopelessly in way above his head". Do you also believe:

- The European Court of Human Rights was "hopelessly in way above [its] head"?
- The Italian Supreme Court was "hopelessly in way above [its] head"?
- Peter Gill, the founding father of forensic genetics was "hopelessly in way above his head"?
- Bruce Budowle was "hopelessly in way above his head"?
- John Douglas was "hopelessly in way above his head"?
- Professor Carla Vecchiotti was "hopelessly in way above her head"?
- Professor Stefano Conti was "hopelessly in way above his head"?
- Every independent DNA expert that examined the evidence and said the evidence was flawed and Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were innocent was "hopelessly in way above his/her head"?

You can just answer yes/no to each of the above. Thanks.

 

[Bill Williams]

This is why they are detectives and forensic scientists and you are not.

As bent as they can be.

As bent as a nine dollar bill.

(This is offered, as it is your own level of "proof" when you have nothing else.)

 

[Vixen]

As bent as they can be.

As bent as a nine dollar bill.

(This is offered, as it is your own level of "proof" when you have nothing else.)

All the evidence just goes 'Whooooosh!' right over the heads of nutter-zealots who can see no wrong in murder/sexual assault if the perp is an American in 'backward' Italy with its hilarious rules bullying foreign tourists who only ever wanted to enjoy ice-cream in Florence without some fascist policeman fining them.

 

[LondonJohn]

Pretty sick behaviour after stabbing your room mate in the neck and sexually assaulting her, eh?

I should think 26 years is a doddle compared to the likely death penalty or whole life sentence in your country.

Your first paragraph is confusing me, since Knox (to whom I presume you're referring) almost certainly DID NOT "stab (her) room mate in the neck and sexually assault her" - and there's certainly not one piece of reliable, credible evidence that she participated in any way whatsoever.

On the other hand, I think Guede got a pretty long sentence (minus credit for a fast-track trial). But if you want to complain about the sentence handed down to Guede - the only killer of Meredith Kercher - then I'm afraid you're in the wrong place here.

 

[NotEvenWrong]

As bent as bent can be.

Wow! That's a lot of corruption at every level, including several independent legal experts, independent scientists, independent courts, and independent world-renowned forensic experts. How are all of these completely independent internationally renowned courts and science experts all bent? Who is coordinating this massive international conspiracy at such an unheard of scale? Any theories??

And just for completeness: you believe the only honest individuals in this whole mess are the prosecution and those working for the prosecution, who put forth the theory Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito participated in a pagan sex murder ritual on the night (after) Halloween with a drifter and burglar they did not know (Rudy Guede)?

 

[LondonJohn]

This is why they are detectives and forensic scientists and you are not.

Where was that irony-o-meter again......?

(Hint: you may wish to educate yourself by reading one or all of: the Marasca SC verdict, the Conti-Vecchiotti Report, or the signed opinions of a whole host of proper criminal forensic scientists and DNA-typing experts. And then you might possibly learn the fatuous absurdity of your above statement. You're welcome )

 

[Bill Williams]

All the evidence just goes 'Whooooosh!' right over the heads of nutter-zealots who can see no wrong in murder/sexual assault if the perp is an American in 'backward' Italy with its hilarious rules bullying foreign tourists who only ever wanted to enjoy ice-cream in Florence without some fascist policeman fining them.

Wow. You're angry!

You may wish to read - yet again this invitation is extended to you - the final acquittal judgment which said that all of that so-called evidence, still puts neither AK nor RS in the murder room, all that that so-called evidence proved, even if true, that they were in another part of the house at a later time.

Which. No. One. Denies.

Thus the ISC ruled that the lower court should have acquitted, and then did that for them.

This has been posted back at you ad nauseam.

Back to lurking.

 

[LondonJohn]

All the evidence just goes 'Whooooosh!' right over the heads of nutter-zealots who can see no wrong in murder/sexual assault if the perp is an American in 'backward' Italy with its hilarious rules bullying foreign tourists who only ever wanted to enjoy ice-cream in Florence without some fascist policeman fining them.

Again, you've got me confused over your employment of the term "nutter zealots" here. Because it's clear to me that you've misused the term to describe pro-acquittal/pro-innocence commentators. In fact, the term (as it applies in the context of this particular case) is the sole domain of (most) pro-guilt commentators. As any fule kno


(And I see you're still getting confused over associating Knox (the "American" in your above quote, I presume) with the murder of Meredith Kercher. Once again, I'd advise you to educate yourself by reading the Marasca SC Report, the Conti-Vecchiotti Report, and the ECHR adjudication. For comprehension.)

 

[TruthCalls]

All the evidence just goes 'Whooooosh!' right over the heads of nutter-zealots who can see no wrong in murder/sexual assault if the perp is an American in 'backward' Italy with its hilarious rules bullying foreign tourists who only ever wanted to enjoy ice-cream in Florence without some fascist policeman fining them.

Yo, Vixen, the DNA evidence PROVES your guy Guede sexually assaulted Meredith. The lack of forensic trace of anyone else in the room but Guede all but proves he was the lone killer of Meredith. I mean, it really doesn't get any easier than this.

 

[LondonJohn]

As bent as a nine-dollar bill.

Italian courts are BENT, you say???

What a searing indictment of the Italian criminal justice system! That the highest criminal court in the country can be BENT?!!!

If you're right, then Italy truly is a broken state.




(Hint: you're wrong)

 

[LondonJohn]

Yo, Vixen, the DNA evidence PROVES your guy Guede sexually assaulted Meredith. The lack of forensic trace of anyone else in the room but Guede all but proves he was the lone killer of Meredith. I mean, it really doesn't get any easier than this.

Not to mention the additional clincher that in fact every single piece of reliable, credible evidence in this case is wholly compatible with Guede as sole perpetrator.

Look: intelligent, objective commentators figured this case out literally years ago, once it was possible to obtain decent third-party disclosure of all the evidence and testimony in this case, and once it was possible to test the evidence/testimony properly for its reliability and credibility. At that point, it was abundantly and manifestly clear that every single piece of the so-called "evidence" pointing to Knox and Sollecito was in fact either highly disputable at best, and total junk at worst. Thus it became clear as day at that point that there were zero grounds even to indict Knox or Sollecito for this crime, let alone convict either of them. And at the same time, it became more and more clear that not only was Guede the only individual against whom sufficient credible, reliable evidence existed to prove his guilt BARD, but also that everything pointed towards the conclusion that he was the sole perpetrator of the assault and murder.

We all know this, and have done for several years. There is a tiny cadre of people who maintain an evangelical level of certitude of the guilt (and hence the double-heinousness of "getting away with it") of Knox and Sollecito. These people apparently either a) refuse to understand, or b) are intellectually incapable of understanding, an objective, scientific analysis of the evidence in this case, with the inevitable conclusion that must logically be reached. But you know how the proverb: you can lead a horse to water......

 

[Stacyhs]

Fining someone for dripping melting gelato over its monuments is not as heinous as your country's practice of separating little children from their Moms and Dads and locking them up in cages.

Resorting to false equivalencies, I see.

The fine is not for 'dripping melting gelato over monuments'. It's for eating on certain streets in tourist areas of Florence. Please try to rein in the gross exaggerations. They've become a terrible habit of yours.

 

[LondonJohn]

Resorting to false equivalencies, I see.

The fine is not for 'dripping melting gelato over monuments'. It's for eating on certain streets in tourist areas of Florence. Please try to rein in the gross exaggerations. They've become a terrible habit of yours.

Logical fallacies, ignorance and misdirectional hyperbole? Vixen? Never!

 

[Stacyhs]

This is why they are detectives and forensic scientists and you are not.

I think that is one of the most hysterically funny things you've ever said.

1. How does a knife appear 'unnaturally clean' sitting in a kitchen drawer, Vixen? Does it sparkle like a diamond? Have a mirror like reflection?

2. Can you describe a 'normally' or 'naturally' clean knife vs an 'unnaturally' clean one?

3. What do forensic scientists have to do with the policeman declaring the knife was 'unnaturally clean' when he plucked it out of a drawer of knives on a 'hunch'?

I'm looking forward to your answers. They should be amusing. That is, if you don't pull your usual and ignore what you can't answer.

 

[Stacyhs]

As bent as a nine-dollar bill.

Ah, yes....that old chestnut. EVERYONE who doesn't agree with you is 'bent'. World respected forensic scientists and other experts in their fields, judges, lawyers...all dishonest. All willing to lie and put their professional careers and reputations on the line for some girl in Italy that they didn't know from Adam. You should do some reflecting on why you think that.

 

[bagels]

All the evidence just goes 'Whooooosh!' right over the heads of nutter-zealots who can see no wrong in murder/sexual assault if the perp is an American in 'backward' Italy with its hilarious rules bullying foreign tourists who only ever wanted to enjoy ice-cream in Florence without some fascist policeman fining them.

Actual footage of my recent trip to Florence

It's a Carabinieri officer, you can tell by the distinctive stripe on the uniform. He shoved that can right off the waste bin and then said "You, fat American tourist, Pick up that can!" I got the heck out of there before being charged with some sort of regicide.

 

[Stacyhs]

This is why they are detectives and forensic scientists and you are not.

I think that is one of the most hysterically funny things you've ever said. >snip<

All the evidence just goes 'Whooooosh!' right over the heads of nutter-zealots who can see no wrong in murder/sexual assault if the perp is an American in 'backward' Italy with its hilarious rules bullying foreign tourists who only ever wanted to enjoy ice-cream in Florence without some fascist policeman fining them.

I spoke too soon. I take back the highlighted part. That last post is the funniest thing you've ever posted.

 

[Stacyhs]

Actual footage of my recent trip to Florence

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It's a Carabinieri officer, you can tell by the distinctive stripe on the uniform. He shoved that can right off the waste bin and then said "You, fat American tourist, Pick up that can!" I got the heck out of there before being charged with some sort of regicide.

I can empathize. Here's a pic from my recent trip to Florence last spring. Soon after taking this pic, I was fined several hundred euros for dripping my stracciatella all over the Basilica.


Here I am being questioned:

 

[Myriad]

Pretty sick behaviour after stabbing your room mate in the neck and sexually assaulting her, eh?

I should think 26 years is a doddle compared to the likely death penalty or whole life sentence in your country.

Maybe in Italy 26 years is a fair penalty for doing a stretching exercise in a police station after being held there for hours after not doing anything at all to your roommate who was murdered by a local resident. But I asked about a cartwheel. Crucifixion, maybe?

 

[Chris_Halkides]

There never was a cartwheel.