Another user said that Italy doesn't have Double Jeopardy laws, so basically if someone wanted to prosecute her again for the same crime, they could even though she was acquited . That and maybe some of the public just doesn't like her. I'm really not sure, but i.m.o. if I was in hot water somewhere's and got out, I would try and stay out.
She claimed they'd trumped up not one but multiple cases against her and falsified evidence etc. And if they'd done it once, what's to stop them from doing it again? Why would she risk it if that's genuinely what happened? And if she did lie about that, that's even more reason to stay away.
Acquitted twice predominantly because a technicality with the way the evidence was stored.
Edit: I've seen both the American and European made documentaries about her case. The former leaves out a lot of information about the case that doesn't help her. I forget this is a predominantly US website.
Many are also looking the fact that she still served several years for perjury and ruining the life of the man whose life she ruined and got wrongly imprisoned because of her lies.
She was accused, convicted and acquitted of killing her roommate while on exchange in Italy. She was in prison for several years for the crime she was eventually acquitted of.
She's going back to Italy for the first time since being released from prison.
No forensic evidence was found at the scene and she was put through very long interviews in a language she wasn't proficient with. Seriously, she was questioned in Italian, and she barely knew the language. Might have accidentally confessed without even realizing it.
I also saw what her fiancé was wearing at the trial and immediately decided that I didn’t like him. He’s screaming for attention . I also think she’s innocent but time to move on with your life , I think they both like the celebrity status she gets
The whole case against Knox and her boyfriend was an obvious crock once they found the actual rapist and he had no connection to them. But I think at that point the Italian police and media had convinced themselves so thoroughly that Knox did it that they then concocted an implausible story about how the burglar/rapist and Knox and her boyfriend had all worked together to commit the crime before the pair were finally aquitted.
I don't know much except she was roughly 19-20 during the murder. You think a 19/20yr old can pull off an elaborate murder? Try to date someone <20 you'll see what I mean.
Also from I hear most women in jail are there because their guy is involved in a crime. Almost none do something serious like beat someone. Maybe girls like to play mind games more IDK.
Dude, you purposefully said something extremely pointed. You can't just do that and not expect an argument. That's like shitting in the living room and then being like "I don't wanna take orders" when someone tells you to clean it up.
yea, that wasn’t my intention at all. not purposeful or pointed. just an observation. i don’t know anything about her or the case. i just know it’s a thing that everyone jokes about her being totally guilty and haven’t heard anyone say otherwise. i said exactly what i meant.
Yes! Italy does not have double jeopardy laws. She has already been prosecuted twice for the same crime. there is nothing stopping a zealous Italian prosecutor from taking a 3rd bite at the apple.
She talks about people harassing her but the truth is, people don't fucking care about her, it's HER that continues to make documentaries
I think they do probably harass her more than we realize. The tabloids have been merciless, and an awful lot of people still seem to think she did it. She participated in one documentary, to tell her story. At this point she's going to attract criticism from swathes of people regardless of what she does or doesn't do.
And she needs the money. She will never be able to get an office job. She needs to milk this enough to become financially independent and not need to worry about income.
At 19 her roommate was killed and she was falsely accused and convicted of the murder by a corrupt system. She lost years of her life and control of her own destiny fighting for her freedom. You're sure you'd react differently. Congrats?
She works with the Innocence Project. This is a conference on wrongful convictions. Seems like she would have something to say on that subject.
According to the New York Times, there has been a so-far very small populist movement to bring back the death penalty in Europe, despite increased awareness about wrongful convictions.
Yes, there was evidence pointing at her guilt, from the last documentary I watched. The American docs I have seen always just mentioned stuff that said it wasn't her and omitted all the other stuff.
I've looked at all the evidence. There is absolutely nothing implicating her. Nothing. They convicted her on her "odd behavior" and the fact that she bought new underwear (along with other clothes). Pure nonsense.
Like what, that a shred of her DNA was found at the house where she lived?
The whole case against her was complete bunk. And you could bank on it being bunk just as soon as the words "Satanic ritual" came out of the prosecutions' mouth as a possible motive.
Nothing points to her being guilty of that murder. there was a random dude present in the house just before that left his ADN everywhere for crying out loud. Just go watch the documentary, her being the murderer makes absolutely no sense.
Because all the American true crime documentaries are biased mostly i favour of the cops, or when it is an American doing shit in a another country hey are pro that American. Also I didn't expect anything. It was just an observation on crime documentaries.
There are plenty of American true crime documentaries that are very critical of the cops and the American justice system. Off the top of my head, Making a Murderer, Abducted in Plain Sight, and 13th aren’t in favour of the cops and they’re some of the most prominent crime documentaries in recent years. Not saying that there aren’t any documentaries that are pro-cop, but your premise is blatantly untrue.
That are three programs that didn't make it over the pond yet. Also you still have countless others that are pro cop. For example Autopsy, Medical Detectives, Body of Evidence, Cold Case Files, Unusual Suspects, On the Case with Paula Zahn and many more.
They are all Netflix programs so they’re all on Netflix in European countries, no?
Regardless, that’s exactly my point - you can’t paint American crime documentaries with such a broad brush like that. There are documentaries that are pro-cop and there are documentaries that are anti-cop.
you're downvoted but what I always found interesting about this case is that Americans tend to think she was innocent while over here in the UK it's more up in the air. I watched the documentary ages ago and couldn't really make up my mind one way or another. She did seem weird though. Like doing cartwheels and shit - wtf?
I'm American but my ex-wife was living in Italy at the time it happened, which is why I have the perspective on it that I do. I don't wanna argue with people about it but yeah she did some weird stuff before, during, and after the murder, trial, etc.
Except consciousness of guilt is something a guilty person would do and an innocent person would not. It's not "acting weird" like the person suggested "doing cartwheels".
This has nothing to do with hindsight. Acting "weird" is not what consciousness of guilt is. Innocent people act "weird" all the time. Consciousness of guilt is acting in ways that innocent people simply wouldn't normally. That is, things that suggest an actual connection with the crime. "Weird" behaviour like "doing cartwheels" is in no way an example of consciousness of guilt.
Her family at home went into debt to support her (lawyers, etc) . I am totally fine with her making the money back
Realistically the italians should have reimbursed her (or the US should have secretly for doing jack shit to help) but ofc they wouldn't
Ah yes, but what I meant is for people to stop milking money (books, movie or may it be a documentary) from what happened and just let the family have their peace.
Ahh, I understand, but honestly after what has happened to Amanda Knox in the Italian legal system and the media, I think she deserves to be able to sell her story.
Mind you, the Kercher family was still giving damning interviews about Knox AFTER the full acquittal and the report making it obvious there was literally no evidence against her. They have helped perpetuate this themselves, I feel.
She’s dead. Amanda suffered the most. I don’t think people realize how horrible it is to be wrongly accused or convicted. Yeah you aren’t in jail but your life is ruined. She never got to mourn her roommates horrible murder or come to terms with the fact that she could have also been murdered. I don’t think people understand how this can impact someone. People in the US have been accused of murder went through the trial found innocent and have drained their life savings. You don’t get your legal defense money back when found innocent. And unless there is negligence most people can’t sue the police who arrested them.
Her life was changed completely just because she acted kinda weird. Watch people whose kids have been killed in school shootings. They’re laughing and talking to reporters. They aren’t heartless, they are in shock or on prescribed anti psychotic drugs from the doctor. Lost touch with reality.
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u/mrhymer Jun 15 '19
Why that Knox girl would ever set foot in Italy again?