Skeptics, bias, preposterous scenarios and the meaning of "correct"
It certainly is interesting to see how anxious some are to dismiss scenarios involving Rudy Guilty- which are known to be not uncommon- as implausible and unbelievable; while at the same time somehow managing to wrap their supposedly "skeptical" minds around a prosection scenario which, if true, is so unprecedented no one can offer a single parallel case.
Not the kind of reasoning that it is in the best tradition of JREF, I would say. But, nevertheless, fascinating in it's own way for the type of bias and underlying motives such thinking might reveal.
My dog in this fight is called "Truth"., My bias leans towards the search for truth. Truth is my motive. My thoughts pursue the truth.
I do not personally know any of the persons involved. It is not personal.
My skepticism leans towards the skeptics here. We have three accused that you could not believe a word they say. You have a long list of coincidences that point to guilt. You have a lack of alibi. You have these three obfuscators, mostly, and enough evidence to convince all judges hearing this case of the shared guilt of the accused.
You have a helpless defence that cannot come up with a narrative that will exonerate their clients.
This is a circumstantial case, meaning either the prosecution has its story straight or the defence does. THE BEST NARRATIVE WINS.
The prosecution's narrative makes sense to me. The accused themselves are the best proof for the prosecution.
It does not make sense that the three innocent angels cannot be helped by the robust defence team. It is supposed to be a "weak" case for the prosecution. The prosecution and the defence have gone before twenty-plus judges and all have ruled against the defendants.
It is ridiculous to re-try the case here at JREF. None of us on the outside has the evidence the judges have heard. The murder scene details were heard behind closed doors.
The best evidence we have comes after the guilty verdicts for Knox/Sollecito: Knox and her lawyer Ghirga both made it known that without a shadow of a doubt, truthfully and faithfully, this trial -where one party was sent to prison for 26 years and the other lost the biggest case of his life- was "correct". This, coming from the horse's mouth, no less.