Here's two paragraphs on the calunnia from the two articles linked above:
FROM Processo Meredith, la Cassazione: "Clamorosi errori nell'inchiesta"
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Certainty
In "troubled path and inherently contradictory," the Kercher murder trial is a "just because of irrefutable certainty: the guilt of Amanda Knox in order to slanderous accusations against Patrick Lumumba." It underlines the Supreme Court in the grounds of absolution of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito. The judgment notes that the libel was confirmed by the same Knox in an "abnormal immune to psychological pressure." Thus, "a possible ruling by the European Court of Justice in favor of" the appeal in which Knox denounced "an unorthodox treatment of the investigators to him," could not "in any way tarnish" the final step in the court decision of guilt for slander, "not even in view of possible revision of the judgment, considering that the slanderous accusations that the same defendant turned to Lumumba as a result of the alleged coercion, were also confirmed by her before the PM, during the interrogation, therefore a context institutionally immune to abnormal psychological pressure. " Furthermore, such allegations - says the Supreme Court - "were also confirmed in the memorial" signed by Knox "at a time when the same accuser was alone with himself and his conscience, in terms of objective tranquility, away from environmental conditioning" .
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It seems like they're saying accusing Lumumba is Amanda's fault, because she repeated it when she spoke to Mignini, and also wrote it in one of her memoriales. But they seem to ignore her questioning the truth of the memory, and the possibility that she's suffering from confusion as a result of the 'alleged pressures'.
But they do seem to almost anticipate a favorable ruling at the ECHR on the issue, due to the circumstances under which Amanda statements was originally extracted, and that everything that comes after it is therefore going to get tossed (even though their interpretation of it is silly).
So I'm reading this as cassation is aware Amanda's appeal to ECHR will be granted in favor, and a revision trial in Italy will toss the calunnia conviction and expunge the conviction. (Bye-bye Patrick's "damages award").
But on this issue, cassation seems to be blaming Amanda for 'clinging to her story' when no pressure was present (indeed, to which such pressure was and is, "institutionally abnormal").
So looks like they slammed the investigation, and are protecting the "institution" (i.e., Mignini).
This suggests some low level people, like Ficarra, Zugarini, Napoleone, and maybe some other police, will be criticized, and maybe disciplined. Mignini will officially skate, but I predict he retires (gets the boot, with full retirement benefits) before the end of the year.
Case closed. (Until ECHR tosses this mess).
