anglolawyer
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If they hadn't seen it then it must have got into the 1.45 statement as a result of her telling them about it but that is not how she describes it. She was shown the message and then immediately 'saw' Lumumba in the Piazza etc. Her account is supported by Donnino who describes something similar.I can't link it right now, buts it's on Amanda's blog site.
If the Cops really had not seen Patricks SMS to Amanda, imagine their surprise when Patrick subsequently gave them basically the same innocent story about the SMS. What to do now? Oh, I know! We'll point out to matteini how incriminating it is that Amanda said the the message said "don't come because I'm closed" whereas Patrick said that it said "don't become because there aren't enough customers". And, low and behold, the dopey judge took the bait.
Also, they withheld the dna results. What would matteoni have looked like with matching, innocuous stories on the text message, and exculpatory dna results. I bet they wouldn't have gone to jail for a year.
What specific DNA results did they have by the 8th? In fact, by the 7th is more like it.
I don't know enough about US extradition to know if the US Government would agree. My understanding is that Italy files paperwork. The Department of State or Department of Justice verifies that the necessary claims and documents are provided. With that, a federal authority would take Amanda into custody in the Seattle area and detain her at a federal facility in the Seattle area. An attorney for Amanda immediately files a writ of habeas corpus (it's already prepared, just in case) compelling the government to demonstrate to the federal court probable cause to arrest her.
At that point 100 journalists, TV crews, and Entertainment Tonight descend on Seattle, the White House, Department of State, Department of Justice, and the Italian Embassy in Washington. Bill Clinton speaks up. The federal court holds a hearing, at which point some very heavy hitter attorneys, backed by ex-FBI homicide investigators and profilers, a forensic engineer, DNA experts, a former State Court judge, extradition attorneys, challenge the detention on grounds of double jeopardy, human rights violations, physical abuse, psychological torture, use of Reid technique, etc.
Who knows, maybe a courageous retired Italian judge named Hellman might appear in Seattle as an expert witness to testify to the court that the Italian process is corrupted (that should be worth a movie, don't you think?). Maybe the Grand Master of the Masons will appear? Perhaps Edgar Snowdon says the NSA has recordings of PLE phone conversations detailing wrongdoing and a conspiracy to frame an innocent American.
Then Donald Trumph calls for a boycott of Italy and acbytesla cancels his order for the Lamborghini. And London John stops cooking pasta and dirtying his kitchen wall. And I threaten to cut my daughter's allowance if she even thinks of buying Prada. And ten percent of the American students preparing to study in Italy next semester decide they would rather go to Paris instead.
Then some Seattle billionaires decide to fund the innocent project. And that movie is finally made. Starring Lindsey Lohan as Andrea Vogt. And Pussy Riot riots! Right before the next elections. And Obama says if he had a blond daughter, she'd look like Amanda and be born in America.
Then Mastercard rolls out the "Visit Italy" legal insurance credit card benefit, consisting of a wallet card in Italian asserting your legal rights and a silk hankie printed with a map showing escape routes over the Alps to neutral Switzerland - and I get royalties.
Then Dennis Rodman says he's taking his North Korean squad to play an exhibition game in Perugia. That's when the **** hits the fan!
Where was I?
In that case there would have been no need for Patrick to testify (as he did) that he had delete sent messages to make room for new ones. Where do you get it from that one of his phones was not found?Patrick had 2 phones, 2 different sims with nearley identical IDs (only 1 digit different as disclosed in Matteini). These phones were on the same plan so calls and texts would go to both phones. Divulged in an interview with Frank, one of the phones was always left at the bar. Outgoing texts would be saved only on the sending phone. The outgoing text could have been on the phone the police never found.
It's a moving target.I thought it was the motive that was irrelevant....so now its the Motive and TOD that are irrelevant? ok, I'm trying to follow here. What is relevant cartwheels?
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I mean, I like Anglos theory and all...I just find it hard to believe those associated with this case were that intelligent frankly. Sneaky, slippery and willing to act corruptly? Sure just like their mafia teachers...but some of this sounds like PGP claiming Knox is at once an idiot and a mastermind both. When what she was actually is simply a younger naive young girl.
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Well, take a pew alongside Grinder and Leila and others who find things hard to believe even after all the evidence has been laid out. Three times now, we find Amanda saying she was shown Lumumba's message. De Felice blurts out they found messages from him fixing a meeting (the bit Grinder dismisses because the journalist was sent to China).
The cops knew about the exchange of texts but not the content. They knew they meant something. They forced her to admit to a meeting they knew had taken place at around the time Meredith got home (Amanda was not sure whether Meredith was at home when she and Lumumba got there) and they had a message that said 'see you later'. They blotted out what did not fit. As you can't delete half a text, they only told Matteini about half of Amanda's message. It took a long time before the rest of it (have a good evening) was put in the record.
They lost/destroyed the tape too.