Amanda Knox found guilty on all charges

All of the lay jurors are required by Italian law to wear a sash during certain portions of all trials.

The fact that a lot of people are making a big deal about that fact shows how much of an attempt there's been to frame this case as something it isn't. She was guilty as sin.

 

I hope she finds Randy Quaid and John Hurt in prison.

 

Guilty as sin? What do you base that on? I'm not bating, just too lazy to read up on this case...

 

Really? Have you read the facts in the case?

 

This jury wasn't sequestered, and they were also allowed to be interviewed during the trial. Italy has one fucked up "legal" system, that's for sure.

 

I'm not going to claim to know the ins and outs of the case, but a lot of what I've seen/read indicated that she's probably innocent.

 

I have absolutely no recollection of this case whatsoever. Had no idea who Amanda Knox was when I saw the thread title, and still don't.

 

Yes.

I think people are confusing "the prosecution didn't present a case that would stand up to American standards of 'beyond a reasonable doubt" with "Amanda Knox was innocent."

She gave multiple, conflicting alibis.

She admitted to being at the apartment that night and hearing the murder, but apparently did nothing about it.

Someone had attempted to clean up the crime scene before police were called. Knox and her boyfriend would be the only logical suspects.

Even if you choose to believe everything the defense said about the forensic evidence and nothing the prosecution said, I think the circumstantial evidence is pretty strong that she was, at the very least, involved in the conspiracy and cover-up.

The Italian justice system may be shady and/or inept. The prosecutor may be a monster. But it's hard to look at even the undisputed facts in the case and come up with an interpretation that doesn't leave Knox heavily involved in the murder.

 

I was surfing through the channels a little last night, but forget which one this was on.

They had 4-5 people on to discuss and one said that In Italy, if you're rich and famous or a celebrity, you will always get off.
Then went on to say, that Knox or her boyfriend were none of those.

 

From what I've read of this case, you have to account for the influence of the British in this case. She was tried, convicted and executed by the British tabloids long ago.

 

I've followed this slightly for a while now, simply because I've had to write the occasional update for a newscast.

Bottom line, I have no idea if she's guilty or not -- but I've been taken aback by the coverage, which has gone in assuming that because she's American and on trial in a foreign country, she's innocent and being railroaded by third world rubes.

It reminds me a lot of that model from Australia who brought the suitcase full of pot into an Asian country with harsh drug laws. People screamed bloody murder that it was a farce and she should be freed.. but no one seemed to have a very good answer for the drugs in her suitcase.

Amanda Knox gets portrayed in the press as Snow White. I think the AP stylebook now insists that second reference must be "the beautiful exchange student from Seattle." It points out that the evidence is circumstantial... but never seems to get around to pointing out what that evidence might be.

And that differs from the rest of the world how, exactly?