LondonJohn
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First up Carlo Dalla Vedova for #amandaknox She is innocent and has spent more than 1,000 days in prison.
So I wonder who Knox's lead lawyer is? It's somewhat usual for the lawyer who's considered the lead to be the first one to speak in a closing argument. Glad we've put that small issue to bed now, eh pilot?
I expect today to be a pretty tight, well-structured argument, with no big surprises. And I expect acquittals to ensue on Saturday (or Monday at the latest). I won't be around for much of today, but I look forward to catching up when I can later on.
Oh, and a final quick word on the issue of Sollecito and his partial attempt to break down Meredith's door before the police arrived. I note that I've been lampooned elsewhere for my theory on it, based on Knox's recollection of Knox/Sollecito being "panicked" well before the police arrived. But I think some people have failed to take one important thing into account: it's very likely that Knox's post-facto statements about "panicking" about Meredith before the police's arrival were actually post-facto rationalisations. In other words, Knox was exaggerating (probably subconsciously) in her recall of the events of 2nd November, because she now knew that Meredith was lying dead behind her bedroom door. This is a very well-known phenomenon, and was also perfectly applicable to the post-facto recall of Filomena and some of Meredith's English friends, who tailored their recall to fit a subsequent belief in Knox's guilt.
And further indication that Knox was engaging in post-facto exaggeration in her recall is provided by the testimony of the officers, who essentially said that Knox and Sollecito were concerned but not panicked when they (the police) arrived at some point close to 1pm. Have none of the pro-guilt commentators stopped to ask themselves one simple question: Why would Knox not have appeared extremely panicked to the police upon their arrival, if she either was truly panicking or she was pretending (if she was a murderer) to be in a panicked state?
The logical answer to this question is that neither Knox nor Sollecito were in a panicked state (or pretending to be in a panicked state) before the police arrived. They were concerned, yes - to the point where Knox had tried to see if she could climb round to see in Meredith's window, and Sollecito had made an effort to force the door. But they were not at that point panicking to the degree of causing physical damage to the door. And Knox's subsequent recollection of their emotions between around 12pm and 1pm on 2nd November was coloured by the fact that by the time she was making her recollection she had the added knowledge that Meredith had been murdered. Therefore, Knox imperfectly chose to recall that she and Sollecito were "panicking" during that time, since it seemed to her to be more appropriate in the light of subsequent events.
The truth is that nobody - Knox and Sollecito included - could have reasonable predicted what horror would be discovered behind Meredith's bedroom door up until the moment it was broken down. And I think it's entirely reasonable to suggest that the horror of the discovery had the effect of colouring Knox's recall of events in the time leading up to the discovery. In short, I think it's very likely that in a post-facto recall of events, Knox exaggerated the true nature of her and Sollecito's emotions before the police arrived.
Anyhow, gotta run. Look forward to catching up later.....
