-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote:
What have you found Shemp? I know a little about this crazy Italian prosecutor (under indictment in other cases for misconduct and abuse of power) from the book The Monster of Florence where he tried to run this whole satanic cult routine on an American journalist who was writing a book about a serial killer. That story was so parallel to what happened to Amanda that I'm still in the innocent camp. They have a ton of real forensic evidence on the guy they convicted first. What makes you think there is more to the story than the one guy with a rape motive who was not friends with Amanda doing the crime? And she would have to be really in cahoots with him because she mistakenly fingered another guy during the prolonged interrogation. An obviously innocent guy. A desperate move of a terrified girl. So she would have to be willing to go to jail rather than give the guy up. Why? He fled the country and Amanda and boyfriend stuck around and phoned in the crime. Then the guy they first convicted got caught and brought back to Italy doesn't immediately give up Amanda or the boyfriend either. He holds out until they give him a deal specifically for saying they were involved later. And comparing the family "inflaming" the American public to the inflaming articles in Italy with a non sequestered jury seems a bit much. A charge that the parents manipulated the media seems far fetched, it makes just as good a story either way. The judge basically said there was no motive. She just happened to get together with a drifter criminal and due to the consumption of stupefacente (refer madness)commit bloody murder? It was a total Helter Skelter scene with such a small amount of trace of Amanda and boyfriend that the it was destroyed by the prosecutor's testing so the defense couldn't have it independently tested. I would love to have my perspective rocked on this, where should I go, what blogs? > > The following is from amazon.com's product description of the book "Angel > Face: the true story of student killer Amanda Knox": > > " Despite all the airtime devoted to Amanda Knox, it's still hard to > reconcile the fresh-faced honor student from Seattle with the sexually > rapacious killer convicted of the November 2007 murder of her British > roommate. Few Americans have heard all of the powerful evidence that > convinced a jury that Knox was one of three people to sexually assault > Meredith Kercher, brutalize her body, and cut her throat. In Angel Face, > Rome-based Daily Beast senior writer Barbie Latza Nadeau who cultivated > personal relationships with the key figures in both the prosecution and the > defense describes how the Knox family's heavy-handed efforts to control > media coverage distorted the facts, inflamed an American audience, and > painted an offensive, inaccurate picture of Italy's justice system. An > eye-opener for any parent considering sending a child away to study, Angel > Face reveals what really went on in this incomprehensible crime." > > I certainly was hoodwinked by several American news magazine stories (like > 20/20 and Dateline) into believing that Knox was innocent. But after reading > several blogs to the contrary, I believe she's quite guilty. > > Barry, are you aware of this case and, if so, can you give us Europe's > reaction to it? >
