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[regi]

Antilles, on 02 February 2013 - 06:13 AM, said:

If there was such a thing as a scale for innocence, with 1 being guilty and 10 being innocent, where would you honestly place her? Just for the sake of argument.

Antilles, you're focus is on Knox which is what began this whole danged thing!
Knox and Sollecito are essentially one defendant...what I mean is, you can't have one without the other if you're following the prosecution's theory.

There's another decision pending, but I think it will favor Knox and Sollecito because the reasons the convictions were overturned were grounds of 'non-existence" of evidence", and that "the stated prosecution's theory of an association between Sollecito, Knox, and Guede was not 'corroborated by any evidence' and 'far from probable'."

Re: the pending decision:
"The Public Prosecutor's Office of Perugia  appealed to the Italian Supreme Court against the judgement that decided that Raffaele Sollecito and Amanda Knox are not guilty of the murder of Meredith Kercher. The verdict of the Italian Supreme Court will conclude the murder case. The first hearing is scheduled 25 March 2013."

http://www.en.wikipe...eredith_Kercher

Edited by regi, 02 February 2013 - 06:41 PM.

[Antilles]

regi, when I say Knox I mean both of them together. But you didn't answer me. BTW, I didn't start this thread! I'd still like your answer.

[regi]

When I said "started this whole danged thing", I wasn't referring to this thread, if that's what you thought I meant.
What I meant was, it appears to me that authorities were preoccupied with Knox... and motive, and tried to force a scenario to fit both. It became a 'couldn't see the forest for the trees' kind of situation.
In terms of homicide, this case was not unusual; it was a robbery/rape/murder committed by one perp- a perp familiar with the home and residents and who seized the opportunity when it presented itself on that particular night.

I don't understand why you'd ask me about my opinion in degrees.
Anyway, I think Knox and Sollecito are each 100% innocent, and Guede is solely 100% guilty.

[MissMelsWell]

I'm sure she's 100% innocent as well. Theres simply no evidence to tie them to the crime except what the police and prosecutors made up.

There were even a few judges from Seattle that reviewed the case and evidence several years ago and wrote letters to the judge and prosecutor in Perugia begging them to do the right thing based on the evidence. Of course they didn't.

I have a few friends who know her fairly well... they say she's doing well these days going about her business and getting back to her life.

[Myles]

Might not be over yet.

[dekker87]

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Theres simply no evidence to tie them to the crime except what the police and prosecutors made up.

other than the witness statement from their accomplice you mean?

[libstaK]

dekker87, on 27 March 2013 - 12:25 PM, said:

other than the witness statement from their accomplice you mean?

A witness with a vested interest in reducing their own sentence by stating what the prosecution were looking for him to say.

[minera]

It is understandable the victims family want justice. But if there is no true evidence that Amanda and her boyfriend killed the girl they should not have been jailed. We all know that police sometimes convict innocent people but I believe someone knows the truth. While I feel bad for the parents of the deceased I do not think someone should pay at ANY cost, particularly if they are innocent just to satisfy revenge. Not all of the information was released to the media and circumstancial evidence such as finger prints in the flat by Amanda who happened to be living there is not enough evidence to convict anyone. I believe that the possible effect on tourism is part of the conviction.  At least in my opinion.