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Continuation Part 3 - Discussion of the Amanda Knox case

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Well, that's missed the point completely. I know she should have been acquitted. I said this. Did you actually read what I said? No, thought not. And yes, of course I've read the other forums. Despite being such a intellectually bankrupt head.

Again, this is what I'm talking about folks. Completely unnecessary. And a complete disregard to things I actually said.


With (some) respect, it's you who has missed the point. You were complaining that this thread was spoiled by its partisan separatism and the to-and-fro accusations of irrationality etc. I pointed out to you a number of points:

1) Many other threads on JREF are highly partisan in nature, with debate often spilling over towards name-calling and "yah-boo" adversarialism - yet I doubt that you have made similar observations over on those threads.

2) This thread, at its heart, has a rational position (Knox and Sollecito should be acquitted), and an irrational - and indefensible - position (Knox and Sollecito should be convicted). In this respect, it's not very different from, say, a homeopathy thread, where there is a clearly rational position (homeopathy is demonstrably ineffective at a physiological level, and is pseudoscience bunkum), and an irrational position (homeopathy really works on the human body). This thread should not be seen as a completely balanced view where both sides of the debate have roughly equal validity.

3) I illustrated one example of how and why it is appropriate to refer to irrationality in relation to this debate.

I never accused you of arguing for any one particular side of the debate, and I have no idea how you came to that reasoning (which, in itself, ironically makes me wonder about your agenda and your real intention here....). I accused you of not pursuing a logical argument in relation to your main point: that this thread is spoilt by the nature of the debate and the way in which a certain section of debaters are addressed. I showed you that exactly the same claims could be made of many, many other threads here. I suspect that you might choose not to be concerned about those other threads, because it is clear to you who is "right" and who is "wrong" in those threads.

Your strange and combative response to my post, which entirely consisted of accusations against me that were totally unrelated to what I'd actually written, leaves me more than a little confused.
 
How in the world is falsely accusing a man of murder "behaving ethically." I saw a video by Ann Coulter online (who I absolutely loathe and never watch but she did make a good point) She said that even if Amanda buckled to the stress of the situation and the interrogation, Patrick sat in jail while he was being investigated for 14 days. Even if Amanda was so stressed from the interrogation, she had two weeks to calm down and come to her senses and realize the truth of what she was saying didn't add up and she should have come forward.

She came to her senses the next day..... and basically rejected everything she said.

Was that the same Ann Coulter video where she says that Rudy was a mutual aquaintence of both of them?
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...Knox-Guilty-or-innocent-five-reasons-why.html


Here's an interesting guilty/innocent analysis. I'd say that the thing that gives me pause is Amanda saying she was in the kitchen with her hands over her ears while Patrick killed Meredith. To me this detail kinda makes me think she had something to do with the murder.

Obviously it's partly a lie because A. Patrick didn't do it. and B. If the real killer was killing Meredith she'd certainly not be in the kitchen with her hands over her ears unless she knew she was not in danger of being killed herself.

Usually when people lie they mix a truth in with a lie. I think she may have been on drugs and hazy and not quite aware that her flatmate was being killed, just thinking she was screaming or being raped and she just stood in the kitchen with her hands over her ears.

Also the lies about being with her boyfriend and watching a movie and the fact that they BOTH turned off their phones is very odd to me.
 
If not uninformed then yes irrational. If someone can actually believe that two people with ZERO criminal background, ZERO motive and ZERO history of a past behavior that could predict something like this and just think they met up with an African drifter and decided to rape and kill an innocent woman.... then yes they are irrational....and that's probably the best way to put it.

I can absolutely believe this. I don't think it happened here. But it does happen. All killers kill for the first time the first time, right?

And the point about destroying other's lives, Knox did that to the barman too, right? I mean regardless of why, she still did it.

There's just no need to start calling people irrational (and viciously, IMO). The level of emotion here is incredible.
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...Knox-Guilty-or-innocent-five-reasons-why.html


Here's an interesting guilty/innocent analysis. I'd say that the thing that gives me pause is Amanda saying she was in the kitchen with her hands over her ears while Patrick killed Meredith. To me this detail kinda makes me think she had something to do with the murder.

Obviously it's partly a lie because A. Patrick didn't do it. and B. If the real killer was killing Meredith she'd certainly not be in the kitchen with her hands over her ears unless she knew she was not in danger of being killed herself.

Usually when people lie they mix a truth in with a lie. I think she may have been on drugs and hazy and not quite aware that her flatmate was being killed, just thinking she was screaming or being raped and she just stood in the kitchen with her hands over her ears.

Also the lies about being with her boyfriend and watching a movie and the fact that they BOTH turned off their phones is very odd to me.
 
With (some) respect, it's you who has missed the point. You were complaining that this thread was spoiled by its partisan separatism and the to-and-fro accusations of irrationality etc. I pointed out to you a number of points:

1) Many other threads on JREF are highly partisan in nature, with debate often spilling over towards name-calling and "yah-boo" adversarialism - yet I doubt that you have made similar observations over on those threads.

2) This thread, at its heart, has a rational position (Knox and Sollecito should be acquitted), and an irrational - and indefensible - position (Knox and Sollecito should be convicted). In this respect, it's not very different from, say, a homeopathy thread, where there is a clearly rational position (homeopathy is demonstrably ineffective at a physiological level, and is pseudoscience bunkum), and an irrational position (homeopathy really works on the human body). This thread should not be seen as a completely balanced view where both sides of the debate have roughly equal validity.

3) I illustrated one example of how and why it is appropriate to refer to irrationality in relation to this debate.

I never accused you of arguing for any one particular side of the debate, and I have no idea how you came to that reasoning (which, in itself, ironically makes me wonder about your agenda and your real intention here....). I accused you of not pursuing a logical argument in relation to your main point: that this thread is spoilt by the nature of the debate and the way in which a certain section of debaters are addressed. I showed you that exactly the same claims could be made of many, many other threads here. I suspect that you might choose not to be concerned about those other threads, because it is clear to you who is "right" and who is "wrong" in those threads.

Your strange and combative response to my post, which entirely consisted of accusations against me that were totally unrelated to what I'd actually written, leaves me more than a little confused.

You wrote a page long response to something I didn't say, got my position wrong and implied I'm intellectually bankrupt! And what on earth has Homeopathy got to do with anything?

Now you're implying I'm dogmatic and unreasonable!

I came here to point out the over the top nature and emotionally charged nature of the comments here.

I have to say, that long winded reply you gave certainly hasn't changed that view.

This is all.
 
Again, thanks for telling me what my opinions are so that you may argue correctly with them. I haven't said I was an expert on the case. I only said I don't like the way you argue for it. It was my understanding she had been charged and sentenced to time served. If this is incorrect, thank you for pointing it out. And so politely too.

No need for name calling is there? And in response to you earlier comment, I'm not sure why you feeling vindicated has any bearing on anything whatsoever. I'm not even arguing with the things you're saying!


Where am I engaging in name calling? You are inventing accusations. You posted a bald one-line statement that had all the hallmarks of fact rather than opinion. It went like this:

Nor is the false imprisonment bit. She was convicted of a crime and she served the sentence.


I then posted in reply that you were ill-informed on this matter, and showed you why what you had written was incorrect. What would you rather I had done?

Please stop whipping this all up into some sort of personal vendetta, and accusing me of things I haven't done. Thank you.
 
I can absolutely believe this. I don't think it happened here. But it does happen. All killers kill for the first time the first time, right?

And the point about destroying other's lives, Knox did that to the barman too, right? I mean regardless of why, she still did it.

There's just no need to start calling people irrational (and viciously, IMO). The level of emotion here is incredible.


The other thing is "when in Rome." Plenty of people change their personality when they move and get mixed up with other people. I don't think the whole "sex murder" is reasonable at all.

But I do think it is possible that Amanda found herself mixed up in something she didn't really understand. It is POSSIBLE that she was so drugged out of her mind that she actually did think RG was Patrick.


Also people black out from alcohol consumption on a regular basis and do things that they completely regret the next day. Including sleeping with people and stealing or damaging property or fighting. It's not inconceivable that a trashed out of her mind young woman could have found herself mixed up in something she has no way of remembering. This would explain her confusion, her lack of ability to remember what she was doing the night before, her demeanor the next day and also her "bits of memory" coming back, like the flashes of memory of her in the kitchen. It's pretty much exactly how someone who has been binge drinking and has a blackout would act.
 
Violation of Right to Counsel

The 1:45 and 5:45 statements were without a doubt taken in violation of Amanda Knox's right to counsel.

Here are the stages of what happened:
1. Police interrogate/Knox makes some oral statements
2. Police type up the 1:45 memo., get Knox to sign
3. Discussion among Knox, Police, Mignini
4. Police type up 5:45 mem., get Knox to sign

Although we do not know what was asked and answered during the pre-1:45 interrogation, based on what the police wrote in the 1:45 written statement, it is obvious that the police believed that Knox made incriminating statements during that interrogation. Therefore, her right to counsel attached BEFORE the police handed her the 1:45 statement to sign. Knox should have had a lawyer before the police got her to sign the 1:45 statement, and should have had a lawyer for the pre-5:45 discussion and the 5:45 signing as well.

This is a clear violation of the right to counsel.

Further, the Supreme Court has decided that neither the 1:45 nor the 5:45 statements were "sponaneous" (and how could they be? The police typed them and simply got Knox to sign them).
 
You wrote a page long response to something I didn't say, got my position wrong and implied I'm intellectually bankrupt! And what on earth has Homeopathy got to do with anything?

Now you're implying I'm dogmatic and unreasonable!

I came here to point out the over the top nature and emotionally charged nature of the comments here.

I have to say, that long winded reply you gave certainly hasn't changed that view.

This is all.


"This is all" :D

Yeah, I'm quite happy to stop debating this with you now. I think I can clearly see what's happening. Nice to talk with you. Apologies if you thought I was aggressive or rude though.
 
Where am I engaging in name calling? You are inventing accusations. You posted a bald one-line statement that had all the hallmarks of fact rather than opinion. It went like this:




I then posted in reply that you were ill-informed on this matter, and showed you why what you had written was incorrect. What would you rather I had done?

Please stop whipping this all up into some sort of personal vendetta, and accusing me of things I haven't done. Thank you.

And I immediately acknowledged that I was wrong and thanked you for it. I don't recall the part where I accused you of anything though.

Apart from arguing things that I didn't say. And I stick by that.

You know what, I have nothing further to add at this point. My point has remained consistent throughout. I have no intention of going round in circles with you.

And I certainly have no wish for a vendetta with you. I haven't even mentioned you in fact. My point was about the whole thread. Not just you.
 
Violation of "right to counsel" doesn't mean she didn't do it.. There are plenty of times here in the US where proper protocol wasn't followed leading to the case being dismissed even though we know full well the person was 100 percent guilty. I don't know why people keep bringing it up. Look up Miranda vs Arizona and you'll understand why the US has the Miranda warning read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona

The guy was 100 percent guilty, confessed and recanted and got off because he was not informed of his right to remain silent.

So all of that is irrelevant in my opinion.


Another question for you experts. Did she or her boyfriend buy bleach the following morning or did they NOT? That's a really significant question IMO.
 
I am curious if you have seen this and what you make of it?

Since you have some problem with Bongiorno’s claim in relation to raw data requests, let’s get into the matter.
Let’s see what it says. So you may understand what I mean.

Reading through the paper: at first we have Bongiorno's objection. She defines and introduces her argument this way:

“ AVVOCATO BONGIORNO - Grazie Presidente, io chiedevo l’attenzione
della Corte su una questione di carattere procedurale sulla
quale ci siamo soffermati in quest’ultimo periodo (…) “

Bongiorno, since the beginning, she clarifies she wants to put an issue a matter of legitimacy, a procedure issue.
This very premise puts in clear that the core of the defensive argument, is no request to have more data or more evidence, that is no request in the merit of the evidence. The main point, her purpose, thus, cannot be a request of data files.

Forward:

“ …. I fatti che sottoporrò all’attenzione integrano a nostro avviso una lesione al diritto della difesa con delle ripercussioni che sono quelle che devono portare questa Corte a dichiarare la nullità della richiesta di rinvio a giudizio, la nullità del decreto che dispone il giudizio e la inutilizzabilità probatoria di una serie di atti tra i quali la deposizione della Stefanoni, la relazione della Stefanoni che è stata dalla Dottoressa Stefanoni redatta, ovviamente queste sono le conclusioni. …”

She explains her request is aimed to obtain the nullification of existing acts. Thus this is the main point, not to obtain more data. That would be based on the late discovery of data or lack of data provided until now. But the focus her actual requst is not exactly a request for having those data.

Then, p.3:

“ Tutta questa premessa serviva per precisare una serie di fatti di cui poi siamo venuti a conoscenza definitivamente soltanto nel corso dell’ultima udienza ma che risalgono addirittura alle indagini preliminari ecco perché la richiesta è anche di nullità della richiesta di rinvio a giudizio; … “

She insists it is about things and events (data, results) which she later became acknowledged. She speaks mostly about things already happened; she is focused on facts that date back to the preliminary investigation. No data request.

“ … io ho fatto queste analisi in questo modo, ho ricavato i picchi in
questo modo vi faccio vedere i picchi che ho ricavato, vi faccio
vedere i numeri che ho avuto a disposizione” in realtà è una
relazione che alla fine ha solo ed esclusivamente lo potrete
vedere il numero degli alleli. Cosa ci si aspettava invece di
avere? Ci si aspettava di avere una dettagliata descrizione di
come si era arrivati a quei numeri, come si era arrivati a
quegli alleli ma tutto questo c’è stato negato, è chiaro che nel
momento in cui abbiamo preso questa relazione tecnica e
l’abbiamo data ai nostri consulenti i nostri consulenti ci hanno
detto: “è come se questa consulenza tecnica fosse una sorta di
etichetta in cui si dice <<è stato raggiunto questo risultato>>”
stop, ma se la Dottoressa Stefanoni non espone in maniera
precisa come è stato raggiunto il risultato e quali sono i
documenti di supporto noi questa etichetta non riusciamo a
interpretarla, è impossibile interpretarla, allora a questo
punto abbiamo cominciato sulla base di queste sollecitazioni dei
consulenti a segnalare un problema, a segnalare la lesione del
diritto di difesa dicendo al Pubblico Ministero e agli atti sarà
allegata la nostra memoria “Pubblico Ministero ti segnaliamo che
probabilmente per un errore in questa relazione mancano
totalmente gli elementi che servono alla Difesa e cioè mancano i
diagrammi e gli elettroferogrammi … ”

So the request, what she recalls, this is how she describes it, was about diagrams and electropherograms (not raw data). She explains they are drawings and templates with data lists:

“ e cioè i famosi grafici che voi avete visto e sui quali stiamo esaminando i consulenti non esistevano in fase di indagini e noi li abbiamo chiesti, allegato 2 della nostra memoria troverete questa richiesta, ovviamente spiegavamo anche perché servivano questi grafici tra l’altro l’avete visto a cosa servono perché se non hai il grafico non capisci nemmeno perché viene attribuito il DNA ad un soggetto piuttosto che a un altro. “

As you see, she says that the data she requested is material which now, by the time she speaks, she already has and the judges had already seen it.

p.5:

“ … Nonostante questa richiesta quindi una richiesta a firma della Difesa “per favore dacci i diagrammi” ci viene risposto che... siamo ancora in fase di indagini di 415 bis direi, che la nostra facoltà ed ecco il primo vizio di difesa è soltanto esercitabile su ciò che è stato depositato e che noi non possiamo chiedere il non depositato … ci viene risposto che le facoltà di cui all’articolo 415 bis riguardano gli atti depositati e solo quelli
… ritenevamo ingiusta questa risposta e abbiamo formulato in data 3 luglio 2008 una nuova richiesta, chiedevamo a questo punto di... una sorta quanto meno di supplemento di
indagine, acquisire presso i laboratori della Polizia Scientifica i valori numerici RFU e i picchi relativi a tutti i reperti o in alternativa ottenere dalla Polizia Scientifica il CD rom contenenti i dati grezzi RFU e picchi, è ovvio che sono difficili per tutti da seguire quello che richiedevamo, quello che sto dicendo è che noi sin dall’inizio c’eravamo accorti che
mancava tutto il supporto c’erano le conclusioni “

In this very snippet, Buongiorno explains that, subsequently to a denial on legal grounds, she asked for “at least for a kind of further investigation”, thus – since during the preliminary investigation she did not have the “diagrams” showing Stefanoni’s work - she asked in July 2008 to have instead the CD rom with raw data on RFU “and peaks”, so they could produce an independent work on them.
Note the words "in alternativa" (the italic font is mine to highlight them).

By the way, just recall that, from what we know today, these raw data data was totally irrelevant in Vecchiotti and Conti’s report. Nothing unknown emerged from their analysis. Now se how Bongiorno phrases her request at that time.

Note that Bongiorno says she asked for the raw data in 2008, but only “in alternative” if she could not have Stefanoni’s diagrams. This because, at the time, she didn’t have Stefanoni’s complete work and processed data, thus she asked if she could have used the raw data in order to produce her own diagrams and work on them. I want to higlight the nature of the request is "as an alternative".

p. 6:

The defence repeats the request in September, this time to the judge, in the identical formulizing:

“ … 16 settembre 2008 la Difesa reitera, ripete, insiste che mancano degli atti, reitera la
richiesta di acquisire i valori numerici RFU e i picchi relativi a tutti i reperti o in alternativa di acquisire CD rom contenente i dati grezzi di RFU e picchi quindi come vedete la Difesa cosa fa trovando un Giudice terzo ..”

The rawa data is still requested merely in alternative. She asks not necessarily for electronic data nor necessarily the raw data; but she may have these only as an alternative, if they can’t have Stefanoni’s processed data.

p. 7:

“ In data 25 settembre viene depositato in udienza dalla Zugarini per conto della Dottoressa Stefanoni il CD rom contenente questi dati che avevamo richiesto. “

Here she says they finally obtained the data requested.
But, then, she discovers that their experts demand something more:

“…i nostri consulenti ci spiegano che ancora una volta non sono i dati completi, ma che serve il file di servizio, il file di servizio detto log file. “

At this point it seems there is some electronic data missing. The defence experts demand a log file. Not defined here as the raw data, but a log file which is a service file, an operational record (machine setting, time and so on). However, later on in her explanation it seems they contain data related to peaks and areas. They are not addressed as “raw data”, but they might be as far as we know.

“…Ora io veramente sia proprio perché lo sono per formazionee rispettosa di tutto sia perché la Dottoressa Stefanoni mi è sembrata veramente competente e quindi io non è che contesto che la Dottoressa Stefanoni abbia detto qualcosa di sbagliato al G.U.P. cioè contesto la procedura stessa.. ”

Bongiorno thinks Stefanoni is really competent, but objects to the procedure. Note that, till now Bongiorno only complains about the preliminary investigation.


p. 9:

“ in data 18 luglio 2009 innanzi questa Corte nel corso del controesame del consulente tecnico della Difesa di Raffaele Sollecito Professor Tagliabracci abbiamo a un certo punto assistito ad una domanda dalla quale io ho intuito che evidentemente mi mancavano altri atti… “

Here Buongiorno speaks about the event by which she realizes, only in July 18. 2009, that furhter documentation exists, thet there are further kind of data and information or files which she doesn’t have.

From this point forward, for pages, Bongiorno only complains about this procedure, this violation of defensive rights to access documentation, and demands the inadmissibility of Stefanoni’s report because of this procedural flaw.


p. 13:

“ …Infine concludo segnalando che nell’ambito... dalla vostra Ordinanza era stato disposto che venisse depositata della documentazione, parte della documentazione è stata depositata quello che non c’è agli atti sono i registri che avevamo richiesto e che ancora non sono stati depositati, “

Stefanoni says now she has the documentation she had requested, and now the only thing they don’t have are “record books” (registri); which could mean the SALs, or files with notes on dates and times and other specifications (reagent, etc). In fact the word does not adress anything like electronic files or raw data.


Let's see forward.
Then it’s Dalla Vedova’s turn to prsent his objection:


p. 14:

“ I nostri consulenti in questa pausa ci hanno fatto arrivare varie
eccezioni scritte che io però non posso per rispetto della loro
posizione e della loro competenza elaborare oggi ma che mi
mettono in una seria difficoltà perché davanti alle eccezioni
che leggo che mi provengono da persone che conoscono la materia
in relazione a quanto già detto dalla Difesa Sollecito circa
l’importanza di questa documentazione depositata il 30 di luglio
noi siamo costretti a chiedere che quanto meno se non ci sia
come è stato presentato una violazione del diritto di difesa e
quindi la dichiarazione di nullità del decreto di rinvio a giudizio, “

As you see, Dalla Vedova says he has various consultants that have made a series of objections, but he is not going to elaborate on their points; he says however that his request is procedural and the same of Bongiorno, the nullification of Micheli’s ruling.
Adds, some lines further, that in alternative he requests Stefanoni’s report and other documentation to be declared inadmissible.

p. 16

“Voglio essere pratico, nei documenti depositati a luglio esiste un riferimento per chi non ha visto o comunque per riassumere i documenti depositati sono circa 300 pagine di fotocopie, non sono numerate e si riferiscono a dei STAL cioè stati di avanzamento lavoro più altri... una serie di
documenti che io identifico come registri di macchine perché è
così quello che mi dicono i miei tecnici dove risultano accertate le quantità…”

Here explains and talks about the missing data in the registers (SALs) that he was given. Then a bit further:

“adesso sappiamo soltanto il 30 di luglio che da questo documento
il Fluorimetro Qubit che mi si dice essere una delle macchine
cioè i famosi registri, i famosi risultati che dalle macchine
devono venire che concordo oggi ancora mancano perché questo è
un registro fatto a mano ma mi si dice che esiste un registro in
carattere informatico fatto dalla macchina, una specie di
registro che esce direttamente dalla macchina che agli atti non
c’è nonostante signor Presidente la sua richiesta di depositare
tutti i documenti ma in particolare questo registro fatto a
macchina indica una notizia sconcertante ed è questa che il
riferimento alla traccia B del coltello il risultato risulta essere too low (o simile) too low chiedo anche all’interprete vuol dire troppo basso,…”

Here he finally mentions explicitly about the necessity of having also an electronic data file, whch he discovers (as an effect of his consultant’s explanation) is still missing from the documentation.
Basically, still Dalla Vedova complains about the procedure and the late discovery:

p. 17:

“se avessi saputo di questo documento avrei impostato fin
dall’inizio anche in sede di udienza preliminare una strategia difensiva diversa, ha perfettamente ragione la Difesa Sollecito quando dice che noi avremmo potuto fare altre attività fin dall’inizio. Che cos’è questo Fluorimetro Qubit? Mi si dice che è la macchina che fa gli esami, ma è possibile che solamente oggi vengo a sapere questo?”

It is this procedure, this practice of not having the whole documentation that he adresses, rather than the missing object.


It has to be said now, that both Bongiorno and Dalla Vedova declare in their speech that they are also submitting a written defensive document to the court.
We can think, or guess, that in this written document there is also an explicit request to have electronic data files and raw data files.

However, here we come to the most important development, what happens is that, not exactly that Stefanoni or the police refuses or denies to provide them with the data files (as Halkides claims); what happens instead is that it is the court who decides that the scientific police must not provide the remaining documentation, including the raw data files, do the defences. It is thus the court who decides that further analysis and discussion on this remaining data would not be useful to the trial.

After the reading of the C&V report, by the way, it is clear that in fact the above court assessment was correct, since the raw data play no role in C&V’s conclusions (C&V report would and conclusions would have been identical if based on the existing documentation instead of the raw data).

Finally, after that, most important thing to note is that all that these requests of “electronic files” and “raw data” – requests that we see were made late, but we assume they may be contained in the written instances submitted – are probably contained in their instances, but do not appear in the reasons for appeal anymore. They will later disappear.
They never became points of complaint, they never became requests to the appeal court. After Massei's decision that the documentaion was uniportant, there is no further complaint on this point; no objection about this has made it to the appeal trial.

In fact the defence, in requesting the appeal had taken entirely different strategy: their hope is no longer to obtain complete data; those data have become not interesting to them (they would have been useful only if given earlier, or are useful as a tool to complai about violation of defense rights); instead now the defense strategy is to obtain the ordering of a new experts report, in order to attempt to replace Stafanoni’s report. The disappearence of the "have raw data" request from the reasons or appeal shows that this was merely instrumental for complaining about violations.
 
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How in the world is falsely accusing a man of murder "behaving ethically." I saw a video by Ann Coulter online (who I absolutely loathe and never watch but she did make a good point) She said that even if Amanda buckled to the stress of the situation and the interrogation, Patrick sat in jail while he was being investigated for 14 days. Even if Amanda was so stressed from the interrogation, she had two weeks to calm down and come to her senses and realize the truth of what she was saying didn't add up and she should have come forward.

My reading of the "gift" note is she did exactly what you suggest she should have done. Once she had legal representation, I'm sure she did as she was told. How could she tell the police he wasn't involved since she didn't actually know that. She would be aware by that time that the Swiss professor had come forward with an alibi for Patrick.

If the police didn't believe the professor (it took two weeks for the police to release him) why would Patrick's partner in crime be believed.
 
If Lifetime remakes their movie, they will show the verdict with Amanda jumping up and down screaming "Oh My God" and smiling. Then her whole family says "Oh My God" in unison and hugs her. All smile and laugh.

Just being sarcastic. I just saw one of those phoney "OMG" moments on You Tube.

Reality is different than staged reality. Staged happy moments are as different from reality as staged deaths are from reality.
 
Violation of "right to counsel" doesn't mean she didn't do it.. There are plenty of times here in the US where proper protocol wasn't followed leading to the case being dismissed even though we know full well the person was 100 percent guilty. I don't know why people keep bringing it up. Look up Miranda vs Arizona and you'll understand why the US has the Miranda warning read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona

The guy was 100 percent guilty, confessed and recanted and got off because he was not informed of his right to remain silent.

So all of that is irrelevant in my opinion.


Another question for you experts. Did she or her boyfriend buy bleach the following morning or did they NOT? That's a really significant question IMO.


1) Do you therefore think that the laws relating to people being read their rights and those relating to people having access to legal representation are superfluous (at best) and obstructive to proper justice (at worst)? Your argument here seems to suggest that this is indeed your belief. If it is your belief, then I don't have the time or energy to show you how you are wrong.

2) No, no evidence has ever been found to indicate that either Knox or Sollecito bought bleach the morning after the murder. Please note that it is philosophically impossible to state that they definitely didn't buy bleach on that morning.
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...Knox-Guilty-or-innocent-five-reasons-why.html


Here's an interesting guilty/innocent analysis. I'd say that the thing that gives me pause is Amanda saying she was in the kitchen with her hands over her ears while Patrick killed Meredith. To me this detail kinda makes me think she had something to do with the murder.

Obviously it's partly a lie because A. Patrick didn't do it. and B. If the real killer was killing Meredith she'd certainly not be in the kitchen with her hands over her ears unless she knew she was not in danger of being killed herself.

Usually when people lie they mix a truth in with a lie. I think she may have been on drugs and hazy and not quite aware that her flatmate was being killed, just thinking she was screaming or being raped and she just stood in the kitchen with her hands over her ears.

Also the lies about being with her boyfriend and watching a movie and the fact that they BOTH turned off their phones is very odd to me.

I never understood the logic of the prosecutions turning off the phone's argument. It is implied that they did that so a future police investigation could not trace their whereabouts from their cell phone activity. But that would imply premeditation, a planning of a crime in advance and something that was not argued in court by the prosecution.

Th fact that a movie was watched and the fact that Amanda was with Raffaele that night were verified by witness testimony and computer records.

The time of death and opportunity at that time is a factor to consider as well as Meredith's unusual cell phone activity, lack of changing clothes if not attacked immediately, lack of calling her parents back if not attacked immediately, just a few minutes after 9PM and at a time where Raffaele's alibi is unbroken.
 
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Regarding Hellmann's recent statements:

These statements don't surprise me one bit. After all, many commentators are foolishly calling his ruling an 'indictment of the Italian Justice System', an association that I'm quite certain that he is keen on distancing himself from. He is no doubt just as eager to get away from the claims on the other side that his ruling was motivated by politics and/or the media. These statements are quite obviously made to directly counter the (IMO baseless) claims on both sides.

Keep in mind also that the future of his career will be determined by his peers (that's how they do it in Italy), most of whom were originally prosecutors. Those peers cannot be too happy about the perceived international humiliation dealt to Italian LE and Prosecutors in this case. Hellmann's statements go a long way towards making it clear that he and his ruling are not a part of that humiliation.

Masterful strategy on Hellmann's part here. This is a very, very smart man. Now to see what his written report looks like.
 
The other thing is "when in Rome." Plenty of people change their personality when they move and get mixed up with other people. I don't think the whole "sex murder" is reasonable at all.

But I do think it is possible that Amanda found herself mixed up in something she didn't really understand. It is POSSIBLE that she was so drugged out of her mind that she actually did think RG was Patrick.

Also people black out from alcohol consumption on a regular basis and do things that they completely regret the next day. Including sleeping with people and stealing or damaging property or fighting. It's not inconceivable that a trashed out of her mind young woman could have found herself mixed up in something she has no way of remembering. This would explain her confusion, her lack of ability to remember what she was doing the night before, her demeanor the next day and also her "bits of memory" coming back, like the flashes of memory of her in the kitchen. It's pretty much exactly how someone who has been binge drinking and has a blackout would act.


Between which hours do you believe that Amanda could have been consuming so much alcohol ('binge drinking') in order for your possible theory to carry any weight? :rolleyes:
 
Violation of "right to counsel" doesn't mean she didn't do it.. There are plenty of times here in the US where proper protocol wasn't followed leading to the case being dismissed even though we know full well the person was 100 percent guilty. I don't know why people keep bringing it up. Look up Miranda vs Arizona and you'll understand why the US has the Miranda warning read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona

The guy was 100 percent guilty, confessed and recanted and got off because he was not informed of his right to remain silent.

So all of that is irrelevant in my opinion.

Whether or not she "did it" (she didn't) isn't the point.

The statements were taken in clear violation of her right to counsel. First, this is no doubt a violation of Italian law, and also a violation of the right to counsel under European Human Rights laws.

So, what should be done with these statements? Should they be used against her in court? Of course not, otherwise, what is the point of having a right to counsel? So no conviction--for murder or for slander--should stand on the basis of the 1:45 or 5:45 statements taken in violation of Knox's right to counsel.

The gift statement, i.e., the one where she says the cops hit her, is a different issue, because she wrote it on her own. But she certainly wrote it as a way of responding to what happened when the police previously violated her rights. So again, there is a huge problem with this statement being used as the basis for convicting Knox of any crime.

If the Italian courts convict Knox of slander on the basis of these statements, then the right to counsel is meaningless in Italy and Knox will have further redress.
 
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