tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post4069144990602029879..comments2023-08-25T16:13:51.356+01:00Comments on Martin In The Margins: Amanda Knox is almost certainly innocentMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15608932251584881007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-15763884679591715532010-02-22T19:09:18.060+00:002010-02-22T19:09:18.060+00:00Ted Janson is full of baloney. His ignorance of th...Ted Janson is full of baloney. His ignorance of the case is clear when he speaks of "reviewing the transcripts." Well, there are no transcripts available to the public as anyone who has genuinely followed the case would know. Also, the claim that Knox purchased bleach was one of the lies the prosecution leaked to the media and then never backed up in court. She didn't buy bleach and there was no clean up.<br /><br />Instead of there being a "mountain of evidence" there is a mountain of deceit, misrepresentation of forensic data, and speculation. The prosecution case is incoherent in its broad theories and not there at all in the detail--as anyone who had really followed the case closely would know.<br /><br />This isn't some abominable party game. The lives of two innocent young people are at stake. If you break the evidence down point by point and study in light of what is known about forensic science and technique it is clear Amanda and Raffaele are completely innocent. <br /><br />The truth is there is not a "mountain of evidenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-51552987849094469132010-02-12T06:00:29.349+00:002010-02-12T06:00:29.349+00:00Unfortunately, as much as I love America, Amanda&#...Unfortunately, as much as I love America, Amanda's guilty and there is a mountain of evidence against her. Much of it was not reported in the American media. I don't know if this was due to the Knox/ Mellas PR campaign's influence (or money); or because journalists know that controversy and nationalism increase ratings and readership. Or if American reporters were content to rely on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th hand information (which often appears to have been the case) rather than reading the court transcripts in their entirety.<br /><br />No one who has read the legal transcripts can say with any credibility that Knox is innocent. She was buying bleach the morning after the crime, and tried to frame an innocent man. The guilty verdict will become clear when the Italian court formally releases its arguments and reasoning in March.Ted Jansonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-61921064099398207212009-12-11T16:51:18.904+00:002009-12-11T16:51:18.904+00:00The trial in some ways reminds me of the 'Guil...The trial in some ways reminds me of the 'Guildford 4', in which a corrupt police force bullied somewhat naive young people living abroad into a confession, then twisted whatever evidence they came upon to suit their needs. There is no physical evidence that bears scrutiny, nor do the prosecution witnesses, one who magically appeared one year after the crime to tie the three accused together but claims to have seen Amanda Knox wearing an outfit she does not possess and was never found, one who contradicted his own statements about not seeing Amanda Knox the day after the murder, buying bleach in his shop, and was also contradicted by his own shop assistant, who says she saw neither Knox nor Sollecito. After the shoddy DNA, and the unreliable witnesses, we are left with what the press so gleefully indulged in (shamefully by many in Britain as well as Italy), smutty innuendo. An internet moniker, a vibrator bought as a joke, and Mr Sollecito's manga magazines depicting what manga magazine's always depict, sex and violence, all of which adds up to nothing. The fact it all began because Knox and Sollecito are what every young couple are, immature and prone to inappropriate kissing and cuddling, beggars belief. I only hope that, as one of the above writers speculates, that they are freed on appeal and not left to languish as the Guildford 4 were.The Random Nounshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07554002582697472472noreply@blogger.com