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In reply to the discussion: Amanda Knox should surrender to Italian authorities, The EVIDENCE Is Clear Enough- SHE DID IT. [View all]pnwmom
(110,258 posts)As you probably know, the first appeals court found that there was "no evidence" of Amanda and Raffaele's guilt and hence found them each "innocent." (Not just "not guilty," which was another option.)
Here's what you might not know. The prosecution appealed to Italy's high court, and the high court threw out the innocent verdict. Why? Because the burglar, Rudy Guede, had chosen to have a separate "fast track trial. " As a requirement of the fast-track, he stipulated to all the prosecution's claims, including a claim that he only had sexual contact with Meredith while the other two knifed her to death. For lying about this, he got a reduced sentence.
Then his case went to the high court, which ratified his fast track verdict -- along with all the "truths" he had stipulated to.
Then comes the really crazy part. The high court tossed the first appeals court verdict because it hadn't incorporated into its written statement all the stipulations that had already been "proven" in Rudy Guede's separate trial (including, for example, Guede's claim that Meredith thought Amanda stole her rent money -- even though only Guede's DNA was found on Meredith's purse.) And it required the new appeals court to accept all Guede's lies as truth when reaching its verdict on Amanda and Raffaele, without even allowing their attorneys to question him in their trial.