So what's the general US consensus about her? Is that Italian prosecutor just stubbornly sticking to his guns and in fact she's easily innocent or did she do it? And if she is innocent how did she get convicted? I never could figure this one out based on what I've seen.

And to liven up this thread here's the TV version of Amanda Knox:



And here's the real Amanda Knox:

The guys coming forward include a child murderer and a mafia character who claims his brother did it.

 

Originally Posted by adamsapple19

So what's the general US consensus about her? Is that Italian prosecutor just stubbornly sticking to his guns and in fact she's easily innocent or did she do it? And if she is innocent how did she get convicted? I never could figure this one out based on what I've seen.

And to liven up this thread here's the TV version of Amanda Knox:



And here's the real Amanda Knox:

would most definitely stick it in her.

amanda knox is a cutie, even in that pic where she looks as evil as possible. i hope she gets off so i can tempt fate with her

 

Originally Posted by d1am0ndc

nothing says credibility and truthfulness like claiming to have DNA evidence and failing to produce it in court

FYP

Yeah... Wait, what was the question?

wp ess

of all the reports on this incident that I have read and seen, nothing has convinced me that she belongs in prison

 

Originally Posted by adamsapple19

So what's the general US consensus about her? [/IMG]

I think most in the US that have heard of the case think she's getting screwed. Pretty girl in a foreign country - we're conditioned to lean that way. I was briefly interested in this case last year or whenever her trial was and remember reading how the news stories were vastly different in the US compared to European countries. In the US they were generally approached form the angle of innocent girl getting railroaded while over there it was generally lunatic American. I thought it was interesting (also fucking sad) how much impact nationalism had on the news, even when they are very similar and allied nations.

I think she's guilty and as others have said, there's nothing that will turn a 6 into a 9 faster than being a crazy murdering bitch.

for a canadian, I've oddly followed this case pretty closely, and even watched an hour long special on it a few weeks ago. the italian justice system is fucking wack. originally they imprisoned a 3rd black guy, and apparently he ended up being innocent, so they switched him out for another black dude who's currently in jail now. but even one man was falsely imprisoned, and they learned that it was a completely different dude, amanda knox and her boyfriend remained the other people involved. that hardly makes sense. From what i've heard theres essentially no evidence that links either of these people to murder, other than a knife that had no traces of blood on it having both of their dna on it, which is obviously pretty normal considering it was a common knife that they used in the kitchen

 

Originally Posted by downbylaw11

From what i've heard theres essentially no evidence that links either of these people to murder, other than a knife that had no traces of blood on it having both of their dna on it, which is obviously pretty normal considering it was a common knife that they used in the kitchen

There's no physical evidence, other than the knife, that they were involved. I don't know how uncommon that is. Just looking at the wikipedia page for Casey Anthony because it was the first murder trial to come to mind, it looks like the only physical evidence against her is air samples from her car showing chloroform and compounds "consistent with decomposition." It can't be determined whether they are from human or animal decomposition. That's more/worse than the knife evidence, but it's still not definitive and that's an open and shut case. I'm guessing most murder trials are like this, where there is a small amount of physical evidence, a shit load of circumstantial, and a motive. The one part this case is missing is any type of motive beyond "that bitch is crazy," which is obviously huge and why most are so uncomfortable with the conviction.

I don't remember all the details of the case, but I do remember that one dude was jailed because Knox said that he did it. He was released when a friend saw his arrest on the news and came forward with an alibi. The guy later won a civil suit against her for this.

I could probably be talked into "she probably did it, but they didn't have enough to convict." I can't understand how people read about the case and conclude that she's innocent or even likely innocent, though. She/they would have to have an extraordinary amount of bad luck to have so many things that make them look like they did it when they did not. I mean the bitch bought bleach the next morning after supposedly being up all night drinking/smoking and having dirty awesome sex. That's just fucking awful timing for getting proactive about how dirty the shower is if you didn't murder your roommate the previous night.

 

Originally Posted by keylight

There's no physical evidence, other than the knife, that they were involved. I don't know how uncommon that is. Just looking at the wikipedia page for Casey Anthony because it was the first murder trial to come to mind, it looks like the only physical evidence against her is air samples from her car showing chloroform and compounds "consistent with decomposition." It can't be determined whether they are from human or animal decomposition. That's more/worse than the knife evidence, but it's still not definitive and that's an open and shut case. I'm guessing most murder trials are like this, where there is a small amount of physical evidence, a shit load of circumstantial, and a motive. The one part this case is missing is any type of motive beyond "that bitch is crazy," which is obviously huge and why most are so uncomfortable with the conviction.

I don't remember all the details of the case, but I do remember that one dude was jailed because Knox said that he did it. He was released when a friend saw his arrest on the news and came forward with an alibi. The guy later won a civil suit against her for this.

I could probably be talked into "she probably did it, but they didn't have enough to convict." I can't understand how people read about the case and conclude that she's innocent or even likely innocent, though. She/they would have to have an extraordinary amount of bad luck to have so many things that make them look like they did it when they did not. I mean the bitch bought bleach the next morning after supposedly being up all night drinking/smoking and having dirty awesome sex. That's just fucking awful timing for getting proactive about how dirty the shower is if you didn't murder your roommate the previous night.

heh, casey anthony is guilty as fuck though. they found on her computer that she had searched for
terms like 'suffocation, chloroform, neck breaking' on her browser. obviously im sure if police wanted to they could find the same searches on my computer at some point. Not to mention the fact she didnt report her daughter missing for 30 days, and that the so called nanny she claims possibly took her child, doesnt exist.

also, the interogation techniques used by that famous italian prospecutor seem pretty low. how'd they'd ask her to imagine a scenario and ask if thats something that could have happened, and then when she says, 'i guess so', suddenly shes confessed to the crime.

obviously it helps that shes hot, and i would think that hot people could never kill anyone. but it also doesnt hurt that she was pretty much a model child growing up. How you go from that, to going to europe to study abroad, to killing your roommate for not participating in a threesome with you and your new boyfriend is beyond me

Bump:
Verdict coming soon...

Would love to be the first to smash that once she is free.