09-11-2015, 01:59 PM
The Final Word -- The Investigation was a Total Mess
Italy's top criminal court has scathingly faulted prosecutors for presenting a flawed and hastily constructed case against Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, saying Monday it threw out their convictions for the 2007 murder of her British roommate in part because there was no proof they were at the crime scene.
The Court of Cassation issued its formal written explanation, as required by Italian law, for its March ruling vindicating the pair once and for all in the murder of Meredith Kercher, in the apartment the two women shared while students in Perugia, Italy.
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The court wrote there was an "absolute lack of biological traces" of Knox, an American, or co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito in the room or on the victim's body. Slamming the quality of Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini's (pictured above) case, the court cited "blameworthy omissions of investigative activity."
Media clamor also was a factor in what was ultimately a flawed case, the high court concluded.
The Cassation panel wrote that Knox did deserve her conviction and three-year sentence for slandering a Congolese-born Perugia pub owner whom she initially indicated as the murder suspect. The man had been jailed until an alibi led to his release. Because Knox served prison time for the initial murder conviction, she didn't face prison when the slander conviction was upheld in March.
Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aman...tion=crime
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Knox's false implication of her boss is the thing that will always lead to me to look at her sideways. But, I do believe the crazy prosecutor was biased and looking to gain even more fame for himself, with disregard to facts, when he led the investigation and tried Knox and Sollecito. I agree with Italy's top court; there wasn't enough (legit) evidence to support the initial murder charges and conviction.
Italy's top criminal court has scathingly faulted prosecutors for presenting a flawed and hastily constructed case against Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, saying Monday it threw out their convictions for the 2007 murder of her British roommate in part because there was no proof they were at the crime scene.
The Court of Cassation issued its formal written explanation, as required by Italian law, for its March ruling vindicating the pair once and for all in the murder of Meredith Kercher, in the apartment the two women shared while students in Perugia, Italy.
The court wrote there was an "absolute lack of biological traces" of Knox, an American, or co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito in the room or on the victim's body. Slamming the quality of Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini's (pictured above) case, the court cited "blameworthy omissions of investigative activity."
Media clamor also was a factor in what was ultimately a flawed case, the high court concluded.
The Cassation panel wrote that Knox did deserve her conviction and three-year sentence for slandering a Congolese-born Perugia pub owner whom she initially indicated as the murder suspect. The man had been jailed until an alibi led to his release. Because Knox served prison time for the initial murder conviction, she didn't face prison when the slander conviction was upheld in March.
Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aman...tion=crime
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Knox's false implication of her boss is the thing that will always lead to me to look at her sideways. But, I do believe the crazy prosecutor was biased and looking to gain even more fame for himself, with disregard to facts, when he led the investigation and tried Knox and Sollecito. I agree with Italy's top court; there wasn't enough (legit) evidence to support the initial murder charges and conviction.