tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post646392939804336577..comments2024-03-08T09:42:28.879+01:00Comments on Burnt by the Tuscan Sun: Amanda Knox: Did she? Or didn't she?Irreverent Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15104487411073849736noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-3821372314376682122012-02-24T21:12:32.960+01:002012-02-24T21:12:32.960+01:00No, they didn't "definitely knew or saw s...No, they didn't "definitely knew or saw something and didn't call the police." They called the police. They called the other roommate. They called Raffaele's sister, herself a police officer.<br /><br />The evidence quite clearly shows that they did NOT clean anything at the house. All of the sponges, rags, and mops at the house were tested. None had been used. <br /><br />Amanda made a confused, muddled statement to police after they seized on a text message on her cell phone and badgered and hounded her. They also thoroughly confused her by lying and telling her they had witnesses who put her at the scene of the crime. I would urge anyone who questions the validity of false confessions to read an opinion piece in yesterday's New York Times addressing the question of why people falsely implicate themselves (and others). It happens far more frequently than we want to believe. To those of us familiar with the language of false confessions, Amanda's statement, couched in the terms of a dream or imagining, bear all the telltale signs of an utterly untrue, unreliable statement produced through coercion.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-73451124222297510612012-02-22T22:59:54.584+01:002012-02-22T22:59:54.584+01:00Well, I agree with you and especially the fact tha...Well, I agree with you and especially the fact that it was Rudy Guede, who snuck in to rob and most likely found Mez there...I believe there was one murderer and it wasn't either of those two kids.<br /><br />The suspicion comes in when Amanda fingered an innocent black man for the crime...out of the blue and for no apparent reason and...<br /><br />If you are to believe the press (which I don't), that they came back to the house and cleaned up there with Mez dead in the next room...<br /><br />They definitely knew or saw something and did not call the police. But, you're right...they've been exonerated so there you go. <br /><br />But so was OJ.<br /><br />I still wish that funds from any book deals would also go to a foundation in Mez' name...Irreverent Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15104487411073849736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-39032045806482912252012-02-20T00:39:02.899+01:002012-02-20T00:39:02.899+01:00Where do you get that they seem to have something ...Where do you get that they seem to have something to hide? I'm so tired of people pretending like it's an open question, like they probably know more, or we just have no hope of knowing what really happened that night. We do know. Rudy Guede broke in and killed that girl.<br /><br />All the rest is sound and fury that's not even remotely based on fact. And it's not that it wasn't proven that they weren't at the cottage that night, it's that it's proven they weren't. (No one ever talks about the credible eyewitness who puts them at his house or the computer evidence that does as well.)<br /><br />Seriously, these two innocent people have been through enough. Let's not pile on by regarding them with suspicion for the rest of their lives after a court has fully exonerated them. And, yes, that's what this verdict was. It wasn't just an acquittal, it was an exoneration. (Italian courts have both options.)Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-54723455269501994522011-10-10T08:37:04.445+02:002011-10-10T08:37:04.445+02:00@Eurasleep - how right you are! It's the medi...@Eurasleep - how right you are! It's the media takeover of Italy since King Berlusconi came to power way back when, coupled with the only alternative in the empire being the Dark Prince of Media, Rupert Murdoch owning the cable networks...I'm reading Walter Veltroni's new book on the moment when Reality became a RealityTV circus right now: L'inizio del Buio - bellissimo.<br /><br />@Anon - I didn't look at the bungling of evidence, although after the other media circus trials of the poor Sara Scazzi, Melania & Cogne, it seems to be the norm - unfortunately, it's also the norm in every other country on earth that holds trials & the ones that practice detention w/o proof like China, well, they don't even bother...Irreverent Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15104487411073849736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-50663384102164344072011-10-09T22:40:59.998+02:002011-10-09T22:40:59.998+02:00I guess the Italians felt they needed to have thei...I guess the Italians felt they needed to have their own version of an OJ Simpson media/trial/fiasco/circus for the drooling crowds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-42233342109138235902011-10-09T19:37:38.361+02:002011-10-09T19:37:38.361+02:00I agree with you. Very good write up, but I canno...I agree with you. Very good write up, but I cannot believe you did not make more of a judgment on the Italian justice system, bumbling police investigators with the DNA, etc. I guess you are getting softer in your old age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-26266589348723019502011-10-05T10:02:43.198+02:002011-10-05T10:02:43.198+02:00Brilliant!Brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-23666238195764530192011-10-05T09:58:05.333+02:002011-10-05T09:58:05.333+02:00Good blog entry. I'm watching Amanda Knox righ...Good blog entry. I'm watching Amanda Knox right now....she has landed in Seattle and will speak momentarily on CNN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-65733285884680207972011-10-04T23:34:25.240+02:002011-10-04T23:34:25.240+02:00well written blog post. I too have been interested...well written blog post. I too have been interested in the decision of this case and I hope, if it was not her then the killer will be found to help give closure to the family.<br /><br />The Wanderfull TravelerMurissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283958017487796952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-36195548769177256802011-10-04T22:47:24.668+02:002011-10-04T22:47:24.668+02:00Great blog entry!Great blog entry!mmtmrbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-36403916032145465522011-10-04T22:46:07.363+02:002011-10-04T22:46:07.363+02:00Great article. I couldn't agree more. I don...Great article. I couldn't agree more. I don't what really happened, but something is definitely fishy, and it ain't my fish cookin' in my kitchen.mammaamericananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362454344378752317.post-54189300080649065712011-10-04T20:49:30.770+02:002011-10-04T20:49:30.770+02:00My thoughts exactly!!My thoughts exactly!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com