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		By: Harry Rag		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/03/amanda-knox-freed/#comment-38260</link>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The evidence against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito is overwhelming. They gave completely different accounts of where they were, who they were with and what they were doing on the night of the murder. Neither Knox nor Sollecito have credible alibis despite three attempts each. All the other people who were questioned had one credible alibi that could be verified. Innocent people don&#039;t give multiple conflicting alibis and lie repeatedly to the police.

The DNA didn&#039;t miraculously deposit itself in the most incriminating of places.

An abundant amount of Raffaele Sollecito&#039;s DNA was found on Meredith&#039;s bra clasp. His DNA was identified by two separate DNA tests. Of the 17 loci tested in the sample, Sollecito’s profile matched 17 out of 17. Professor Novelli pointed out there&#039;s more likelihood of meteorite striking the courtroom in Perguia than there is of the bra clasp being contaminated by dust.

According to Sollecito&#039;s forensic expert, Professor Vinci and Luciano Garofano, Knox&#039;s DNA was also on Meredith&#039;s bra.

Amanda Knox&#039;s DNA was found on the handle of the double DNA knife and a number of independent forensic experts - Dr. Patrizia Stefanoni, Dr. Renato Biondo, Professor Giuesppe Novelli, Professor Francesca Torricelli and Luciano Garofano - categorically stated that Meredith’s DNA was on the blade. Sollecito knew that Meredith’s DNA was on the blade which is why he lied about accidentally pricking her hand whilst cooking.

According to the prosecution&#039;s experts, there were five instances of Knox&#039;s DNA or blood with Meredith&#039;s blood in three different locations in the cottage. Even Amanda Knox&#039;s lawyers conceded that her blood had mingled with Meredith&#039;s blood. In other words, Meredith and Amanda Knox were both bleeding at the same time.

Knox tracked Meredith&#039;s blood into the bathroom, the hallway, her room and Filomena&#039;s room, where the break-in was staged. Knox&#039;s DNA and Meredith&#039;s blood was found mixed together in Filomena&#039;s room, in a bare bloody footprint in the hallway and in three places in the bathroom.

Rudy Guede&#039;s bloody footprints led straight out of Meredith&#039;s room and out of the house. This means that he didn&#039;t stage the break-in in Filomena&#039;s room or go into the blood-spattered bathroom after Meredith had been stabbed.

The bloody footprint on the blue bathmat in the bathroom matched the precise characteristics of Sollecito’s foot, but couldn’t possibly belong to Guede. Knox&#039;s and Sollecito&#039;s bare bloody footprints were revealed by Luminol in the hallway.

It&#039;s not a coincidence that the three people - Knox, Sollecito and Guede - who kept telling the police a pack of lies are all implicated by the DNA and forensic evidence.

Amanda Knox voluntarily admitted that she was involved in Meredith&#039;s murder in her handwritten note to the police on 6 November 2007. After she was informed that Sollecito was no longer providing her with an alibi, she stated on at least four separate occasions that she was at the cottage when Meredith was killed. At the trial, Sollecito refused to corroborate Knox&#039;s alibi that she was at his apartment.

Knox accused an innocent man, Diya Lumumba, of murdering Meredith despite the fact she knew he was completely innocent. She didn&#039;t recant her false and malicious allegation against Lumumba the whole time he was in prison. She admitted that it was her fault that Lumumba was in prison in an intercepted conversation with her mother on 10 November 2007.


If you want to understand the reasons why Amanda Knox was convicted of murder, I recommend reading the Massei report. It can be downloaded from the Perugia Murder File website:

http://www.perugiamurderfile.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&#038;t=259]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The evidence against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito is overwhelming. They gave completely different accounts of where they were, who they were with and what they were doing on the night of the murder. Neither Knox nor Sollecito have credible alibis despite three attempts each. All the other people who were questioned had one credible alibi that could be verified. Innocent people don&#8217;t give multiple conflicting alibis and lie repeatedly to the police.</p>
<p>The DNA didn&#8217;t miraculously deposit itself in the most incriminating of places.</p>
<p>An abundant amount of Raffaele Sollecito&#8217;s DNA was found on Meredith&#8217;s bra clasp. His DNA was identified by two separate DNA tests. Of the 17 loci tested in the sample, Sollecito’s profile matched 17 out of 17. Professor Novelli pointed out there&#8217;s more likelihood of meteorite striking the courtroom in Perguia than there is of the bra clasp being contaminated by dust.</p>
<p>According to Sollecito&#8217;s forensic expert, Professor Vinci and Luciano Garofano, Knox&#8217;s DNA was also on Meredith&#8217;s bra.</p>
<p>Amanda Knox&#8217;s DNA was found on the handle of the double DNA knife and a number of independent forensic experts &#8211; Dr. Patrizia Stefanoni, Dr. Renato Biondo, Professor Giuesppe Novelli, Professor Francesca Torricelli and Luciano Garofano &#8211; categorically stated that Meredith’s DNA was on the blade. Sollecito knew that Meredith’s DNA was on the blade which is why he lied about accidentally pricking her hand whilst cooking.</p>
<p>According to the prosecution&#8217;s experts, there were five instances of Knox&#8217;s DNA or blood with Meredith&#8217;s blood in three different locations in the cottage. Even Amanda Knox&#8217;s lawyers conceded that her blood had mingled with Meredith&#8217;s blood. In other words, Meredith and Amanda Knox were both bleeding at the same time.</p>
<p>Knox tracked Meredith&#8217;s blood into the bathroom, the hallway, her room and Filomena&#8217;s room, where the break-in was staged. Knox&#8217;s DNA and Meredith&#8217;s blood was found mixed together in Filomena&#8217;s room, in a bare bloody footprint in the hallway and in three places in the bathroom.</p>
<p>Rudy Guede&#8217;s bloody footprints led straight out of Meredith&#8217;s room and out of the house. This means that he didn&#8217;t stage the break-in in Filomena&#8217;s room or go into the blood-spattered bathroom after Meredith had been stabbed.</p>
<p>The bloody footprint on the blue bathmat in the bathroom matched the precise characteristics of Sollecito’s foot, but couldn’t possibly belong to Guede. Knox&#8217;s and Sollecito&#8217;s bare bloody footprints were revealed by Luminol in the hallway.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not a coincidence that the three people &#8211; Knox, Sollecito and Guede &#8211; who kept telling the police a pack of lies are all implicated by the DNA and forensic evidence.</p>
<p>Amanda Knox voluntarily admitted that she was involved in Meredith&#8217;s murder in her handwritten note to the police on 6 November 2007. After she was informed that Sollecito was no longer providing her with an alibi, she stated on at least four separate occasions that she was at the cottage when Meredith was killed. At the trial, Sollecito refused to corroborate Knox&#8217;s alibi that she was at his apartment.</p>
<p>Knox accused an innocent man, Diya Lumumba, of murdering Meredith despite the fact she knew he was completely innocent. She didn&#8217;t recant her false and malicious allegation against Lumumba the whole time he was in prison. She admitted that it was her fault that Lumumba was in prison in an intercepted conversation with her mother on 10 November 2007.</p>
<p>If you want to understand the reasons why Amanda Knox was convicted of murder, I recommend reading the Massei report. It can be downloaded from the Perugia Murder File website:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.perugiamurderfile.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&#038;t=259" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.perugiamurderfile.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&#038;t=259</a></p>
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		By: trupace		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/03/amanda-knox-freed/#comment-12471</link>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This case and Casey Anthony&#039;s seem to make the following point: Apparently, if you are young, female, attractive and white.... you CAN get away with murder.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This case and Casey Anthony&#8217;s seem to make the following point: Apparently, if you are young, female, attractive and white&#8230;. you CAN get away with murder.</p>
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		By: Bare Naked Violent White Women: Foxy Knoxy, and bloody knives&#8230; &#171; pornalysis		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/03/amanda-knox-freed/#comment-12470</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bare Naked Violent White Women: Foxy Knoxy, and bloody knives&#8230; &#171; pornalysis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[...] racist white women who fetishize &#8216;othered men&#8217; and unexamined privilege? Amanda Knox, getting off a on a murder charge, of course&#8211;and really, really bad&#8211;almost terrifying&#8211;feminist discourse about the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] racist white women who fetishize &#8216;othered men&#8217; and unexamined privilege? Amanda Knox, getting off a on a murder charge, of course&#8211;and really, really bad&#8211;almost terrifying&#8211;feminist discourse about the [&#8230;]</p>
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		By: Alethea H. Claw		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/03/amanda-knox-freed/#comment-12469</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks Greg, that does sound like a fascinating story. I hope you do write more about it some time.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Greg, that does sound like a fascinating story. I hope you do write more about it some time.</p>
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		By: Greg Laden		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/03/amanda-knox-freed/#comment-12468</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You do realize, of course, that the Italians were key players in the invention of our current legal system!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You do realize, of course, that the Italians were key players in the invention of our current legal system!</p>
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		By: Sajanas		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/03/amanda-knox-freed/#comment-12467</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I really didn&#039;t have a horse in this race either way, but after hearing about how a few Italian seismologists are being prosecuted for failing to predict an earthquake, I&#039;ve started to have serious doubts about the Italian legal system.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really didn&#8217;t have a horse in this race either way, but after hearing about how a few Italian seismologists are being prosecuted for failing to predict an earthquake, I&#8217;ve started to have serious doubts about the Italian legal system.</p>
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		By: Greg Laden		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/03/amanda-knox-freed/#comment-12466</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alethea:

After Lamumba was killed, his supporters put out the word that patriots (Lamumba was the elected president) who were pregnant woman should name their children after him.  Then, after a couple of decades or so, when they grew up to be men, they would form an army and overthrow the Mobutu government.

I knew a lot of people in Zaire, when I lived there, named Patrice Lamumba, but their names were secret.  Or at leat the Lamumba part was secret.  

Eventually, these men formed an army and overthrew the Mobutu government.  In part.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alethea:</p>
<p>After Lamumba was killed, his supporters put out the word that patriots (Lamumba was the elected president) who were pregnant woman should name their children after him.  Then, after a couple of decades or so, when they grew up to be men, they would form an army and overthrow the Mobutu government.</p>
<p>I knew a lot of people in Zaire, when I lived there, named Patrice Lamumba, but their names were secret.  Or at leat the Lamumba part was secret.  </p>
<p>Eventually, these men formed an army and overthrew the Mobutu government.  In part.</p>
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		By: DiscordianStooge		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/03/amanda-knox-freed/#comment-12465</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;And as is usual in these cases, the cops will contend that their investigation was perfectly fine, so that whomever else may have been responsible walks.&lt;/i&gt;

Another man who already confessed is in prison. These two were convicted as accomplices as far as I recall, but got longer sentences because they didn&#039;t plead guilty.

&lt;i&gt;I almost have this feeling that the U.S. justice system has regained its taste for lynching . . . except for white American females.&lt;/i&gt;

The U.S. justice system had nothing to do with this case.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>And as is usual in these cases, the cops will contend that their investigation was perfectly fine, so that whomever else may have been responsible walks.</i></p>
<p>Another man who already confessed is in prison. These two were convicted as accomplices as far as I recall, but got longer sentences because they didn&#8217;t plead guilty.</p>
<p><i>I almost have this feeling that the U.S. justice system has regained its taste for lynching . . . except for white American females.</i></p>
<p>The U.S. justice system had nothing to do with this case.</p>
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		By: Alethea H. Claw		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/03/amanda-knox-freed/#comment-12464</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OK, I&#039;ll bite. Why should there be such a narrow timeframe? Mnay people continued to admire Patrice Lumumba long after he was deposed and murdered. He had surviving family. I don&#039;t know if Lumumba was a common name in the Congo - perhaps the barman is a relative. Even if so, what is so odd about it?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, I&#8217;ll bite. Why should there be such a narrow timeframe? Mnay people continued to admire Patrice Lumumba long after he was deposed and murdered. He had surviving family. I don&#8217;t know if Lumumba was a common name in the Congo &#8211; perhaps the barman is a relative. Even if so, what is so odd about it?</p>
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		By: Bruce		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/03/amanda-knox-freed/#comment-12463</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It bothers me that so much media attention is on this case and so little media attention on the cases of Troy Davis and Todd Willingham.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It bothers me that so much media attention is on this case and so little media attention on the cases of Troy Davis and Todd Willingham.</p>
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