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Continuation - Discussion of the Amanda Knox case

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loverofzion,

When you raised this point before, I rebutted it in comment 23656 a week ago, as well as several time before that. With which parts of my answer did you not agree?

loverofzion,

Fulcanelli was a major proponent of the shared laundry facility argument to explain how unidentified DNA came to be in the clasp. Do you think his argument was ignorant?
 
I'm more than familiar with the 911 calls., and with Anthony's other transgressions. Your use of the qualifier "virtually" is all that makes your assertion of "everybody" utterly mistaken. It isn't difficult to find statements by friends of Casey who were stunned that she would be believed to be capable of such a crime.

That is moot though, because all I addressed was her parents' statements about her behavior as a mother. If you dig some more, though, you will actually find that even those are somewhat dubious, since there is reason to believe that at one time her mother had contemplated taking legal action to get custody of Caylee. But that is an entirely different story.





I know what the stats are. I've discussed this subject in these threads in the past. That is the reason I pointed out earlier in this exchange that LE has an entirely different expectation about filicide than the general public. I'm surprised that this escaped you.

This has a certain relevance to the Knox case. Unlike the perceptions of the general public, when LE is confronted with a home attack their first instincts are not to suspect a stranger, because the culprit is most often ... by a huge margin ... someone who is close to the victim. Apparent evidence of a break-in does not override this instinct. Attempts to shift suspicion are also far from uncommon. If those attempts are not persuasive then they properly return to the procedures that experience has shown to be most successful.

We frequently read in these threads about Knox advocates' puzzlement that Knox would be in the sights of the ILE at all, much less at the onset. We need look no further than this for an explanation. Any competent investigator would first be looking carefully at her, the other roommates, and Meredith's close friends.

Let's not forget that amanda and raf were sitting there at the cottage mid day, with a mop and pail, wen the Postal Police arrived.
 
Maybe they threw out the blood stained clothes they wore that night.

I wonder where they threw them?

I saw on the news the other day that the police in Bristol are searching through some 100 tons of rubbish (garbage) in an attempt to find a missing pizza (and its packaging) which they think may be linked to the murder of Joanna Yeates, together with any other potential evidence linked to the crime.

I wonder how many tons of waste (from skips, city rubbish bins or municipal dumps/landfills the Perugia police searched through in November 2007 in an attempt to find blood-stained clothing that might have been worn that night, or for the knives or keys? I've got a funny feeling that I know the answer to this question already.
 
I'm more than familiar with the 911 calls., and with Anthony's other transgressions. Your use of the qualifier "virtually" is all that makes your assertion of "everybody" utterly mistaken. It isn't difficult to find statements by friends of Casey who were stunned that she would be believed to be capable of such a crime.

That is moot though, because all I addressed was her parents' statements about her behavior as a mother. If you dig some more, though, you will actually find that even those are somewhat dubious, since there is reason to believe that at one time her mother had contemplated taking legal action to get custody of Caylee. But that is an entirely different story.





I know what the stats are. I've discussed this subject in these threads in the past. That is the reason I pointed out earlier in this exchange that LE has an entirely different expectation about filicide than the general public. I'm surprised that this escaped you.

This has a certain relevance to the Knox case. Unlike the perceptions of the general public, when LE is confronted with a home attack their first instincts are not to suspect a stranger, because the culprit is most often ... by a huge margin ... someone who is close to the victim. Apparent evidence of a break-in does not override this instinct. Attempts to shift suspicion are also far from uncommon. If those attempts are not persuasive then they properly return to the procedures that experience has shown to be most successful.

We frequently read in these threads about Knox advocates' puzzlement that Knox would be in the sights of the ILE at all, much less at the onset. We need look no further than this for an explanation. Any competent investigator would first be looking carefully at her, the other roommates, and Meredith's close friends.

Let's not forget that amanda and raf were sitting there at the cottage mid day, with a mop and pail, when the Postal Police arrived.
 
That's not the way it works in the scientific community. All you have to do is prove that an exception is possible and the side supporting the supposition (the Bra Sting Theory) is then required to provide the explaination if they want their theory to be considered valid.

It is not necessary to show that there are MANY plausible ways that the prosecution's theory is potentially invalid. The prosecution needs more proof if they want their theory to be considered valid.

Brainwashing is the alternative to science and seems to have be the focus of the prosecution's case.

The prosecution needs no more proof if the laboratory was a legitimate, approved one which subscribed to the scientific standards.

You don't sem to understand at all how things work in the scientific community. Assuming an exception is possible does not require either side to provide further explanation.
 
She was introduced at a party, she spent her time with Meredith, a spinello was smoked at the party. Maybe she saw him at Le Chic once, no contact implied.

'Barely knew' suffices for me.



Yes, now we're waiting. ;)

Your contention was they'd been bong buddies on numerous occasions, was it not? Your claim crashed and burned with its evidence.

What is your point? It has been established that amanda was acquainted with Rudy, had smoked with him on at least one occasion , met him at the pub and most likely saw him on the basketball court on her way to school regularly.

What exactly is your point?
 
Originally Posted by Justinian2
Women share clothes. Why not share a bra? (Raffaele's DNA would be expected on Amanda's bra or a bra that Amanda once borrowed from Meredith)

The prosecution didn't provide evidence that the bra was never borrowed. Absence of evidence is...​



No, but I also don't share my perfume, fashion magazines, or shoes. I also don't go to the bathroom all the time with them.

Ever hear the expression "Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue"?

The expression refers to what a woman wears on her wedding day.

You are really making quite a stretch here. Perfume and shoes do not equal underwear shared.
 
Maybe they threw out the blood stained clothes they wore that night.

Another theory! The prosecution needs more than theories! They are the ones that have to have a theory that can't be shaken. The game isn't to shake the theory that shakes the theory!

The prosecution has a theory that relies on a chain of events. If the defense breaks any link in that theory, the prosecution's case is smashed.

When would Amanda and Raffaele have time to stage and clean up everything without being observed?

You and I could be suspects too, but for absence of evidence - like the absence of airline tickets to Perugia.
 
I guess you missed this part of my post:


...regardless of whether the passage is referring to Marco or his friend Giorgio, ONE of them testified in open court that he saw Rudy socializing with Amanda "...two or three times..."

Treehorn, you must have missed what I posted on this earlier; there's an error in the translation you're citing. Here's the sentence:

Frequentando la casa di Via della Pergola 7 vi aveva visto Rudi due o tre volte e in una di queste occasioni c'erano anche Amanda e Meredith...

Visiting the house on Via della Pergola 7, [Giorgio] had seen Rudy there two or three times, and on one of these occasions Amanda and Meredith were also there...

The bolded phrase means 'on one of these occasions', not 'on these occasions' (that would be 'in queste occasioni', as when Massei writes a few pages earlier, "In queste occasioni ricordava che erano state presenti tutte e quattro le ragazze" / "On these occasions he remembered that all four girls were present").

Giorgio saw Rudy at the house two or three times, and on only one of these occasions were Amanda and Meredith there too. No one "testified in open court" that Amanda, Meredith and Rudy hung out at the house smoking pot together two or three times, no matter how many times you say that was the case.
 
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Women don't wear underwear or T-shirts. They wear panties and bras.

Women borrow stuff.

College men steal panties and bras from dorm rooms.

Things get mixed up in the laundry.

There are all types of ways the bras could have been mixed up.

The myth that the bra clasp DNA was put there by Raffaele while he was helping Guede kill Meredith is busted until the prosecution can answer every challenge to their theory.


It's no myth, and it isn't busted.
 
colonelhall,

Does Italy classify marijuana as a narcotic or is it some other nation, such as the United States, that does so? I suggest we stick to the medical definition of the word narcotic or to the Italian legal definition. If marijuana does not fit under either category, then using "narcotic" in reference to marijuana is inappropriate.

This has been discussed fully. I followed the discussion and agreed with the original poster, who explained his use of the word quite clearly. Other arguments held no weight, as far as i was concerned.
 
Apparently some people aren't as squeamish as yourself.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...father-passionate-attack-cult-Foxy-Knoxy.html



We've seen that large suitcase being stuffed with Meredith's clothes. How many of Meredith's bras and undies do we see being stuffed in there?


I don't claim to be a woman so I really have no basis to judge if a woman would be willing to wear a bra that another woman had previously worn. But I do know one non-subjective way to find out. I will stop at a second hand store and see if they sell used bras.

And if that second hand store does sell used bras, what would you then reason about amanda's habits?
 
Very misleading. I think you'll find that if you were to look at the breakdown of murders, it's incredibly rare for friends to murder friends. When statistics refer to "people who know each other", it's almost always partners, ex-partners, or jealous lovers (or jealous people who had fantasised about being the victim's lover, and who might perhaps have been spurned by the victim).

In a far smaller amount of "known to the victim" cases, the perpetrator is a family member (mothers or fathers killing children, adult children killing parents, sibling murder over jealousy or inheritance). And an even smaller bracket would include an acquaintance of the same sex killing someone over rivalry towards the same third person (e.g. love triangles, or one person's jealousy over another person's partner). Lastly, of course, people acquainted with each other can kill each other over significant matters of money or status - the classic example of which might be the right to "own" a patch of turf for drug-dealing, or - amongst young males in particular - for leadership of the gang or group.

But I'd suggest that it's only in a vanishingly small number of murder cases that friends kill friends without one of these factors being present. In the Kercher case, Knox and Meredith were unrelated, had known each other for all of six weeks, and were not known to be competing for the same male. Similarly, Sollecito barely knew Meredith, had just started what appeared to be a fulfilling and exciting relationship with Knox, and had exhibited no prior history of having a sexual interest in Meredith. Guede, on the other hand, was not in a relationship with a woman, by all accounts had difficulty in forming relationships with women, and had (by all accounts) a reputation for hassling women in an inappropriate and sexually-suggestive manner.

Even IF your reasoning is true, and that it's only "a vanishingly small number of murder cases that friends kill friends", that still says nothing about the fa ts of this case.
Plus it has been established that there WAS a jealousy factor; Meredith was simply speaking, better liked and a more serious, self respecting student than amanda ever was.
 
Originally Posted by Justinian2
Women don't wear underwear or T-shirts. They wear panties and bras.

Women borrow stuff.

College men steal panties and bras from dorm rooms.

Things get mixed up in the laundry.

There are all types of ways the bras could have been mixed up.

The myth that the bra clasp DNA was put there by Raffaele while he was helping Guede kill Meredith is busted until the prosecution can answer every challenge to their theory.​


Any women on this thread ever borrow a bra, have one borrowed or know someone who did?

Any woman on this thread ever mix up sox or other garmets in the wash?


No. As a woman I can say with absolute certainty that I have never borrfowed a bra, not even from sisters.
Your understanding of forensics seems quite fairy tale-like; put out some unlikely circumstnaces and hoopla- you have undermined all the experts.
 
Treehorn, you must have missed what I posted on this earlier; there's an error in the translation you're citing. Here's the sentence:



The bolded phrase means 'on one of these occasions', not 'on these occasions' (that would be 'in queste occasioni', as when Massei writes a few pages earlier, "In queste occasioni ricordava che erano state presenti tutte e quattro le ragazze" / "On these occasions he remembered that all four girls were present").

Giorgio saw Rudy at the house two or three times, and on only one of these occasions were Amanda and Meredith there too. No one "testified in open court" that Amanda, Meredith and Rudy hung out at the house smoking pot together two or three times, no matter how many times you say that was the case.

Why nitpick?
amanda herself offered freely that she had smoked with him on at least one occasion, had met him at the pub and in all probablility had seen him on the basketball court where he was a regular fixture- on a daily basis.
That establishes their prior acquaintanceship.
Whether they smoked together once, twice or three times is not the point here.
 
Actually they put the mop up when they arrived at the cottage, well before the arrival of the police.

Put the mop up where?
Fact remains they were there, sitting with the mop and pail when the postal police arived.
Suspicious in a house where one's roommate lay dead behind a door that had never been closed the whole time she was in Italy, no?
 
Another theory! The prosecution needs more than theories! They are the ones that have to have a theory that can't be shaken. The game isn't to shake the theory that shakes the theory!

The prosecution has a theory that relies on a chain of events. If the defense breaks any link in that theory, the prosecution's case is smashed.

When would Amanda and Raffaele have time to stage and clean up everything without being observed?

You and I could be suspects too, but for absence of evidence - like the absence of airline tickets to Perugia.

Amanda and raf had the entire night and inot the next day at mid day to do the cleaning up.
Lack of time was never a factor there.
No one was home remember? The boys downstairs and the two Italian roommates were gone that night.
Plenty of time to stage and clean up unobserved.
 
Italian laws on marijuana

I'm using the word, "narcotic" in its legal rather than medical sense.

Nothing to be afraid of.

Have a look at the criminal code in your jurisdiction. It will all become clear to you.

treehorn and colonelhall,

We are talking about a case in Italy, not in my jurisdiction.

Italy

"Drug legislation in Italy makes a distinction between hard and soft drugs. Drug use is not an offense, but acquisition and possession of drugs are offenses. The law bases maximum limits for possession on a reference dose calculated from the user's average daily intake of the drug.

Cannabis and cannabis products are classified as a Schedule II drug under Italian law. Following the established maximum limits for possession, possession of 1.5 grams of cannabis leaf or .5 grams of resin may result in simply a warning or administrative penalty (suspension of drivers license for example). Possessing larger amounts than the established daily dose or repeat offenses are penalized with a progressive scale of sanctions. Obtaining a drug for personal use is distinct from acquisition for a third party. The former (provided the amount is consistent with the indicated reference dose) may be only a minor offense, while the latter could be interpreted as trafficking and subject to more severe penalties. The penalty for trafficking in cannabis and other soft drugs is up to six years imprisonment and a fine of Lit 10 million-150 million."

From the Times online

Nearly 10 per cent of Italians smoke cannabis regularly, according to a recent survey. A third of Italian teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 say they have smoked it at least once.
 
Does Italy classify marijuana as a narcotic or is it some other nation, such as the United States, that does so? I suggest we stick to the medical definition of the word narcotic or to the Italian legal definition. If marijuana does not fit under either category, then using "narcotic" in reference to marijuana is inappropriate.

From what I can gather in a quick search Italy has changed it's laws on this several times in the last 5 years or so. Based on what I read, a small amount for personal use and not in public is allowed. Some reports indicate as many as 1 in 10 Italians smoke pot and as many as 1 in 3 teens in Italy have at least tried it.
 
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