A lot of Americans are angry about the Amanda Knox murder verdict, believing it to be a grave miscarriage of justice. They cite a lack of evidence, biased media reports and general anti-Americanism as reasons for ‘Foxy Knoxy’ being shoved down the laundry chute of life for the next 26 years. Foaming-at-the-mouth Americans are flooding message boards around the world, urging their fellow countrymen to boycott Italy as retribution. The same berks that claim the Italian media are guilty of hyperbole and baseless, crass assumptions without knowledge of what really happened are making, er, baseless, crass assumptions without any knowledge of what really happened. Most of these mouthbreathers know shit-all about the law in their own country, not to mind the Italian legal system. Whatever about the trial, you sure can’t beat the Americans for hypocrisy on a grand scale.
By this, I mean that certain Americans don’t seem to mind grave miscarriages of justice when the accused is not American. You could even say that the Americans have a very arbitrary definition of justice. Think back to the shambolic Lockerbie bombing trial which is chock full of US government double dealing and political intrigue. It was one of the biggest stitch-ups in recent times. This is not some Jim Corr style conspiracy theory, the fact that the trial was a travesty is widely accepted. On top of this, the families of Pan AM 103 victims are denied by governments to this day the truth about what really happened and who was truly responsible. When Ali Mohmed al Megrahi was released in August hysterical Americans urged their fellow countrymen to boycott everything Scottish. Those morons didn’t care one bit that the trial was a sham. There were American victims and this for them is reason enough to blind themselves to the fact that the guy convicted didn’t actually do it. They also whinge that his release was a shady deal, with oil and money at the heart of it. Are you serious America, do governments actually lie in order to get oil?
It looks like Americans will refuse to go on holidays in Italy, such is their anger. Expect holidays in Italy to become a more pleasurable experience for other nationalities over the next few years.
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yea lump ALL Americans into the mindless idiot category… like there arent clueless dumbf***s all over the earth.
and for the record those mouth breathing bloodlusting morons aren’t leaving their back yard in the first place, so dont worry about them boycotting anything…as long as walmart imports, they’ll buy it… trust me they weren’t going to italy or anywhere else anyway…
yea we got morons, but it takes just a big an idiot to site the bottom rung as an example of ALL the people… look outside and down your street, do you want me characterizing you and your entire nation by some of those people??
When you say I lumped all Americans into the same category, it’s clear that you are incorrect:
“A lot of Americans”
“Certain Americans”
I’m tired of people saying this type of thing, it’s hard to actually talk about anything without someone jumping to the conclusion that you are generalising. I will never add some lame, appeasing disclaimer, such as “now, I know all Americans aren’t like this,” as people with common sense will not read generalisations where there aren’t any.
As for making generalisations about my entire nation, have at it!
The evidence against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito is overwhelming.
Amanda Knox’s DNA was found on:
1. On the double DNA knife and a number of independent forensic experts – Dr. Patrizia Stefanoni, Dr. Renato Biondo and Professor Francesca Torricelli – categorically stated that Meredith’s DNA was on the blade.
2. Mixed with Meredith’s blood on the ledge of the basin.
3. Mixed with Meredith’s blood on the bidet.
4. Mixed with Meredith blood on a box of Q Tip cotton swabs.
5. Mixed with Meredith’s blood in the hallway.
6. Mixed with Meredith’s blood on the floor of Filomena’s room, where the break-in was staged.
7. On Meredith’s bra according to Dr. Stefanoni AND Raffaele Sollecito’s forensic expert, Professor Vinci.
Amanda Knox’s footprints were found set in Meredith’s blood in two places in the hallway of the new wing of the cottage. One print was exiting her own room, and one print was outside Meredith’s room, facing into the room. These bloody footprints were only revealed under luminol.
A woman’s bloody shoeprint, which matched Amanda Knox’s foot size, was found on a pillow under Meredith’s body. The bloody shoeprint was incompatible with Meredith’s shoe size.
Two independent imprint experts categorically excluded the possibility that the bloody footprint on the blue bathmat could belong to Rudy Guede. Lorenzo Rinaldi stated:
“You can see clearly that this bloody footprint on the rug does not belong to Mr. Guede, but you can see that it is compatible with Sollecito.”
The other imprint expert print expert testified that the bloody footprint on the blue bathmat matched the precise characteristics of Sollecito’s foot.
An abundant amount of Raffaele Sollecito’s DNA was found on Meredith’s bra clasp. Sollecito must have applied considerable pressure to the clasp in order to have left so much DNA. The hooks on the clasp were damaged which confirms that Sollecito had gripped them tightly.
According to Judge Massei and Judge Cristiani, Rudy Guede’s visible bloody footprints lead straight out of Meredith’s room and out of the house. He didn’t lock Meredith’s door, remove his trainers, go into Filomena’s room or the bathroom that Meredith and Knox shared.
He didn’t scale the vertical wall outside Filomena’s room or gain access through the window. The break-in was clearly staged. This indicates that somebody who lived at the cottage was trying to deflect attention away from themselves and give the impression that a stranger had broken in and killed Meredith.
Guede had no reason to stage the break-in and there was no physical evidence that he went into Filomena’s room or the bathroom. The scientific police found a mixture of Knox’s DNA and Meredith’s blood on the floor in Filomena’s room. They also found irrefutable proof that Knox and Sollecito had tracked Meredith’s blood into the bathroom.
The murder dynamic implicates Knox and Sollecito.
Barbie Nadeau wrote the following:
“Countless forensic experts, including those who performed the autopsies on Kercher’s body, have testified that more than one person killed her based on the size and location of her injuries and the fact that she didn’t fight back—no hair or skin was found under her fingernails.”
Judge Paolo Micheli claimed that Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito knew precise details about Meredith’s murder that they could have only known if they were present when she was killed.
Amanda Knox voluntarily admitted that she involved in Meredith’s murder in her handwritten note to the police on 6 November 2007. She stated on at least four separate occasions that she was at the cottage when Meredith was killed. She also claimed that Sollecito was at the cottage.
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito both gave multiple conflicting alibis and lied repeatedly. Their lies were exposed by telephone and computer records, and by CCTV footage. Neither Knox nor Sollecito have credible alibis for the night of the murder despite three attempt each. At the trial, Sollecito refused to corroborate Knox’s alibi that she was at his apartment.
Legal expert Stefano Maffei stated the following:
“There were 19 judges who looked at the evidence over the course of two years, faced with decisions on pre-trial detention, review of such detention, committal to trial, judgment on criminal responsibility. They all agreed, at all times, that the evidence was overwhelming.”
Judge Massei Motivations report translated into English can be downloaded from:
-Perugia Murder File (http://perugiamurderfile.org)
-True Justice for Meredith Kercher (http://truejustice.org
I recommend this nearly 400 pages report as it gives clear explanation of all the evidence, the reconstruction of the events according to facts, not Knox/Mellas and their Marriott PR team from Seattle.