Dear Spartacus: I’ve actually been disinvited from this board, although they didn't delete me as requested, so let me step in to explain how this thing works to save you some time and to allow everyone here to get back to their main interests.
First, disregard what this SomeAlibi guy says. I think he is some sort of paralegal or workers comp lawyer with a puzzling obsession with turnips.
If you come on this board and generally disagree with what has happened in this case then eventually you will get “banned.” The reason is that this board is not for discussing the merits of the case. It is for spinning press, discussing guilt, and displaying pictures of cats and emoticons.
Now, like me, you might have had questions about this case. So you looked around, and found that the people on this board are urging you to just read the Massei Report and then you will understand everything. So, you picked up the Massei Report, and if you have any legal background, or even just a brain, then you quickly came to understand that this thing is a complete clusterf___ (as discussed below, the unspoken secret is that everyone here knows it is, too).
So, you start analyzing the Report to make sense of how it went so wrong. You come here, you raise these issues, and you ask questions to either make sure you are getting your facts right or to make sure that you are understanding the contrary view.
What you will find is that there are several different kinds of people on this board. Some people are willing to discuss some issues with you, even if they don’t agree with you. Some will just deflect with personal attacks attempting to display varying degrees of wit. Some appear to be flat-out mindless.
If you persist, then you will raise significant issues about what the Massei Report says. What will happen is that if you are right, and they don’t have a canned “list” of facts to refute you, then they will say that you are “cherry-picking” (this is their talisman and label for enemies). Never mind that this is exactly what the appellate court is doing and will do in reviewing the case, and this is generally how legal matters are analyzed. Now, the unspoken truth is that this “cherry-picking” charge is actually a tacit admission that (i) you are right, and (ii) they know that there are numerous issues in the Massei Report that are wrong (these are the “cherries”).
If you persist in “cherry-picking” then they will begin to fear that you will pick so many cherries that the tree will be bare. So, they will insist that you address all of the issues at once, knowing full well that it took Massei hundreds of pages to make so many mistakes. Eventually you will just get banned, because you begin to worry some of the lesser luminaries and they will complain to the administrator.
Now, I hope that you have not come here trying to change anyone’s mind because it will not happen. Everyone here is emotionally invested in guilt. In fairness, they are all invested in guilt, because they have been irrevocably persuaded by the defendants’ lying and spinning after the fact. This is real evidence, which they view this as stronger than the eyewitness/forensic evidence that the appellate court is looking at right now. They will never change, because their beliefs have been reinforced through years of inbred discussion on this board. I think this has actually changed their brain chemistry.
Because of their irrevocable belief in guilt, they will continue to believe in guilt even if the defendants are released from jail. In May, the DNA results will be rejected, and since Curatalo will be bounced, the strongest evidence tying the defendants to the scene will be gone, and the court will have developed a strong suspicion of the quality of the underlying investigation. The Court will maybe allow one more round of review (TOD, computers, footprints?), and then will bounce the case by Christmas. At that time, everyone can live happily ever after, except that the few here whose identities are known will have their personal reputations tarnished forever. The others will slink away leaving those unfortunates holding the bag.
Bottom line, don’t waste your time here discussing any real issues critical of the outcome of the case. It will not be tolerated and is not appreciated and will not be allowed.
That Knox made false statements is clear to all. Whether she did so under duress, or with full knowledge and intent, or with malice aforethought, is what is in question.
