Amanda Knox Found Guilty

Rat Boy wrote:
LobsterMobster wrote:

We need Mex in here, to determine whether she is or is not hittable and whether there is or is not something that ain't right about her.

I'm feeling unappreciated. :(

Everyone assumes you're already hitting it.

some other zach wrote:
Rat Boy wrote:
LobsterMobster wrote:

We need Mex in here, to determine whether she is or is not hittable and whether there is or is not something that ain't right about her.

I'm feeling unappreciated. :(

Everyone assumes you're already hitting it.

I prefer jailbait, not jailbirds.

Guilty. I haven't heard of any evidence that points away from the 3 that got convicted.

As a guy who lives in Seattle, I was bombarded with coverage of this trial. And quite honestly, I think Amanda Knox is innocent.
Her friends from college ran a story about the whole thing in the local newspaper, and there's nothing in Amanda's past that points to violence, abuse, or even hardcore partying that would lead one to believe she could commit such a heinous crime.
Yes her alibi changed and she fingered an innocent man - after being interrogated for 20 hours straight and smacked around by Italian police. Much of the DNA evidence was contaminated, and the prosecution's version of why Amanda was guilty kept changing. It also doesn't help that the prosecutor is under investigation for serious ethical charges. Finally, Knox had like a several day window where she could have escaped. The real murderer did in fact flee Italy pretty quickly. But she stayed to help police with the investigation. This is not the act of a guilty woman, sorry.

Podunk wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

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I'd hit it. Guilty.

Something ain't right about that girl.

Jean jackets are way out of fashion.

Lard wrote:
Podunk wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

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I'd hit it. Guilty.

Something ain't right about that girl.

Jean jackets are way out of fashion.

That's part of the appeal.

*Legion* wrote:
Lard wrote:
Podunk wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

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I'd hit it. Guilty.

Something ain't right about that girl.

Jean jackets are way out of fashion.

That's part of the appeal.

How is wearing a jeans jacket going to help her appeal?

Personally I try very hard to have faith in other countries justice systems, unless i'm shown conclusive evidence to the contry (I'm looking at you Iran).

Guilty and enjoy the jails

AP Erebus wrote:

How is wearing a jeans jacket going to help her appeal?

It helps that it's unbuttoned and she doesn't seem to be wearing anything under it.

AP Erebus wrote:

How is wearing a jeans jacket going to help her appeal?

I knew a crazy chick in high school that wore stuff like that. Crazy chicks often wear strange things.

Lard wrote:
Podunk wrote:
*Legion* wrote:

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I'd hit it. Guilty.

Something ain't right about that girl.

Jean jackets are way out of fashion.

I have a Jean Jacket.

Baron Of Hell wrote:

I have a Jean Jacket. :(

Is it that jean jacket?

Its best of 7 in Italy I hear.

Well, at least she's not in Italy anymore. Though I sure feel for the Italian dude that caught up in all this.

Let's take a poll. In the intervening six years since this thread has been active, has anyone changed their opinion about their faith in the Italian justice system?

I'll start, I think it's a complete joke.

kazooka wrote:

Well, at least she's not in Italy anymore. Though I sure feel for the Italian dude that caught up in all this.

Yes, but now extradition proceedings begin.

I haven't followed this at all. How likely is it that she actually did it?

Paleocon wrote:

I haven't followed this at all. How likely is it that she actually did it?

I haven't followed much, but some guy on CNN tonight said that the knife claimed to be the murderer weapon doesn't even match the size of the wounds in the victim. So he was astonished that you could even claim it was the murder weapon.

Paleocon wrote:

I haven't followed this at all. How likely is it that she actually did it?

It's unlikely. There's no physical evidence she was involved and there's a metric ton of doubt introduced by how the police handled Knox's and Sollecito's interrogations.

SocialChameleon wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

I haven't followed this at all. How likely is it that she actually did it?

It's unlikely. There's no physical evidence she was involved and there's a metric ton of doubt introduced by how the police handled Knox's and Sollecito's interrogations.

I've been following it off and on for the last few years, I don't know. It seems to be boiling down to he said/ she said but now between government agencies.

I'm willing to bet that on 'Giocatori con i lavori,' they're saying the that there's a lack of good defense evidence.

SocialChameleon wrote:

Let's take a poll. In the intervening six years since this thread has been active, has anyone changed their opinion about their faith in the Italian justice system?

I'll start, I think it's a complete joke.

Come on! They convicted Berlusconi for tax fraud in 2012 for a crime he committed back in the 90s. That means they're batting 0.03125.

Let's keep in mind this is a country that convicted scientists for deaths caused by an earthquake.

Paleocon wrote:

I haven't followed this at all. How likely is it that she actually did it?

Considering that they've already convicted the murderer, a homeless drifter who fled the area immediately after the murder, I'd say pretty unlikely.

Wait, so how can they convict him, and then turn around and convict her, too?

Malor wrote:

Wait, so how can they convict him, and then turn around and convict her, too?

One of the prosecutor's theories is that this was a drug-fueled orgy-gone-bad. They did drop the charges against one of the original suspects, but they stuck to their story and just changed the facts around.

So the theory is that they had drug-fueled sex with a drifter, and then Amanda, the drifter, and the victim's boyfriend somehow cooperated to kill the victim?

Burp, double post... :/

Malor wrote:

So the theory is that they had drug-fueled sex with a drifter, and then Amanda, the drifter, and the victim's boyfriend somehow cooperated to kill the victim?

No, no, no.... That was the old story. The new story is that it was an argument gone horribly wrong about cleanliness in the flat they were sharing. (No, seriously, that's what they wrote on the BBC!)

Interestingly, they note that under the heading "Creative writing degree" which is a bit ironic because I think it was supposed to be about Amanda's degree? I don't know. Too much farce!

I understand she's unlikely to be deported because the US considers this to be a second trial, and double jeopardy is not allowed under US law.

My understanding from following the trial is that Amanda freaked out in a marathon interrogation session (where there may or may not have been physical coercion and where she was denied a translator), which convinced the prosecutor that she was somehow involved in the crime. Combine general anti-Americanism and a dislike of a hard partying "loose" girl (by conservative Italian standards) and you have the perfect scapegoat. The Seattle media interviewed a top FBI forensics expert recently and he said the case would be laughed out of court in America.

Curious to know how this is playing out in Europe.