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In reply to the discussion: Amanda Knox will again go before an Italian court [View all]pnwmom
(109,068 posts)That was indisputable, so the police decided to say it was faked. Their evidence was that some of the glass had landed on clothing that was on the floor already. So they said the room must have been ransacked first, and then the rock was thrown and broke the window, causing the glass to fall on the strewn clothing. Or how about this alternative possibility (my own viewpoint): the twenty-something resident of the room didn't have all her clothing hung up. Some of it might have been lying around on a chair or even on a floor. The police reaction: Unbelievable! She couldn't have just left any clothing lying around! So the burglary must have been faked!
Are you starting to understand how weak the evidence might have been? On top of everything else, there is just a profound lack of common sense. If there is a simple, obvious solution, they'll always prefer the complicated, tricky one.
The problem was that by the time they identified the fingerprints to belong to an actual burglar -- whose fingerprints were in their system because of his previous break-ins -- they had already announced that they had solved the case and that Amanda, Raffaele, and Patrick were the guilty parties. Then Lumumba turned to have a rock-solid alibi, so the police quickly switched Guede into Patrick's slot. Which made sense, since his DNA and fingerprints had been left there. But it didn't make sense to leave the students in the scenario, because Raffaele had never even met Guede. And Amanda barely knew him. And the police did test the students for drugs, and found nothing but the THC they'd acknowledged.
How likely is it in your opinion that some pot smoking would turn them into psychotic murderers? Remember the last motive the prosecutor claimed: that they murdered Meredith because she had complained about finding Guede's feces in the other roommate's toilet. Is that how people are in Italy? Have you ever heard of anyone who would do that?
Since you are willing to consider both sides, I suggest you look at a supporter's site, like InjusticeinPerugia.com or AmandaKnoxCase.com. You will find plenty of case documents there, along with reports by the many scientists and even a retired FBI agent who have taken the time to look at the evidence and write their opinions. Look at the negative sites and the supporter sites before you make up your mind. And don't sell yourself short. I think you are capable of making up your mind about things like DNA evidence, once you read the evidence presented from both points of view.
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