And if they are guilty, they get out of jail, count their blessings and shut their mouths. They take a slander conviction gratefully and do not rock the boat. They don't appeal it and risk anything else coming out. They don't write books. They just shut up and disappear.
Yes, in this case they
want exposure and scrutiny, as the more there is the more certain it will be the idea of their guilt is consigned to oblivion. Let us count the ways in which this case has obvious indications of innocence, above and beyond that of other miscarriages of justice:
They were arrested as part of a mistaken arrest involving a person they had to release who they originally thought had been the instigator of the tragedy.
No evidence of either Amanda or Raffaele was found at the scene either, but plenty of a burglar with a recent history of break-ins. It will eventually sink in that unlike other cases, even those considered universally miscarriages of justice, there
is no mystery about how Meredith Kercher died. The perpetrator who left his DNA inside her, on her clothes, on her purse and whose shoes tracked her blood all over the room and hall was caught and convicted.
If in fact Amanda and Raffaele were involved, that would mean that with absolutely
zero forensic evidence, the prosecutor Mignini managed to perfectly solve a crime despite the fact he'd never find any physical evidence to support it, that they arrested the wrong person for initially, the 'confession' on which they made their arrests doesn't match the crime as prosecuted in any way, nor even addresses major prosecution contentions like the 'staged' break-in and reads like it came from someone who'd been slapped around a little, and the cops claim they didn't tape despite the fact it was a violation of Italian law which would cause the Supreme Court to throw out.
It can be conclusively proven that the cops lied or were mistaken regarding just about every piece of 'evidence' they'd claim they had during the weeks following the arrest.
If in fact they conspired with Rudy Guede to murder Meredith Kercher, there has never been a crime in recorded human history where two people with no history of violence, nor cult or gang affiliations who'd known each other only six days decided to team up in murder with someone one had never met, and the other had all of a few seconds introduction to and had laid eyes on a few more times.
The idea of three people who didn't hardly know each other at all spontaneously deciding without premeditation to murder someone is about as likely as someone walking down the street and seeing someone they barely recognized yet instantaneously deciding to go with them and murder someone for absolutely no reason at all. That's basically what the prosecution contended, except they insisted new lovebirds Raffaele and Amanda had to get out of their comfy beds on a chilly November evening and go outside for no good reason so they could run into the stranger Guede.
The only thing that allowed the possibility they were at the scene of the crime is the computer data that was wiped by police in their hands during the night of the interrogation.
Despite being imprisoned for a year, and being put under heavy pressure to confess, including a fraudulent HIV 'positive' 'result' and including being told there were 'witnesses' placing them at the scene, a 'clear cut' CCTV camera capture showing Amanda entering the apartment the night of the murder, that they had the 'murder knife' with Amanda and Meredith's DNA, and the legions of false and mistaken reports, neither confessed to anything nor turned on each other despite the fact they'd spend two more years in prison after the verdict. They'd also place their entire lives on the line as well as risk seven members of their families being imprisoned and in Amanda's case jeopardize basically everything her extended family owned. Both families would be good with this and never stop fighting for their innocence.
The DNA evidence was so dubious it caused seven forensic DNA experts to write a letter to the court, which would later be validated by the Italian Court-appointed experts who would condemn it in even harsher terms, and in the process reveal to the court what a laughingstock the forensic evidence was against Raffaele and Amanda.
The sequence of events has police arresting two college kids in complicity with another man soon alibied on the basis of an incoherent 'confession' after an all-night interrogation session with the camera's off with no physical 'evidence' to support it and all non-physical to be mistaken or dubious. When the forensics were complete, only evidence of one entirely different man would be found at the scene, a man who'd fled the country while the college kids called the police and remained available for questioning the rest of the week.
No, I think it more likely this will be one of, if not the, most famous miscarriages of justice in modern times rather than anyone credible believing they did it in the long run. There a case can be made with the movies, books, international nature and the attraction of the two young people along with the bizarre nature of the case and the depths of police corruption that this case will never be forgotten, whereas virtually no-one who knows anything about it will even attempt anymore to make the case for guilt in a venue they cannot control.
It just needs time and exposure, and my guess is the prosecution appeal will simply bring more of that.
