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Edited on Mon Sep-26-11 02:13 PM by pnwmom
- Alibis changed several times. - Inconsistencies alibis, which still remain. She did not change her alibi. The only inconsistency occurred when after an overnight questioning, without an attorney or translator, she broke down and said she could "imagine" having been in the kitchen while Patrick was in the kitchen. A few hours later she withdrew the statement. Other than that, she has consistently, repeatedly, said she was with Raffaele at his apartment.
- Alibis contradicted by 3 independent witnesses, and by analysis of computer hard drive. The independent witnesses were all strongly discredited in the appeals trial. One was a heroin user who used heroin that night -- and got the dates wrong. One was a deaf and mentally ill woman whose claim to have heard a scream was internally contradictory.
The police "accidentally" destroyed 4 computer hard drives, which makes it impossible to verify the police claims or for Amanda and Raffaele to defend themselves on this matter.
- Witness saw them both outside cottage with knives that night.
No credible witness saw them outside with knives. Apparently you believe heroin users who routinely offer testimony for the police in murder cases.
- Cell phones switched off early in evening, contrary to normal habits.
Oh yeah -- not wanting to be interrupted when you're alone together makes you a murderer. (If they didn't want to be traced by their cell phones, all they had to do was leave them at home.)
- Break-in was faked, nobody but Knox and Sollecito had a motive.
No evidence that the break in was faked, unless you think that glass could get lodged in the outside panes of windows by throwing a rock through the inside; and unless you think no young woman ever dropped dirty clothes on the floor, on which broken glass could fall. Miginini, the prosecutor, said in his closing statements that Knox and Sollecito had NO motive, and so they deserved a life sentence. Do you know something he doesn't?
- Washing machine was run on morning after murder, and cleanup attempted long after Guede had fled.
No evidence of clean-up was presented in court. This is a lie.
- Victim's injuries point to more than one attacker, as do footprints and witness hearing running feet.
Rudy Guede is a strong man with a history of knife wielding -- he could easily have overpowered Meredith on his own -- as many men have overpowered smaller women. There were no bloody footprints in the hall -- they were tested NEGATIVE for blood; and the only bloody footprints or handprints in the murder room belonged to the real murderer, Rudy Guede. The witness who claimed to have heard running feet turned out to be deaf. And running feet wouldn't implicate anyone in particular.
- Highly improbable story of Knox showering in house on morning after murder, unworried by broken window, open door, blood stains, unflushed toilet.
Highly improbable and a lie. Videotapes of the bathroom which anyone can see online show that there is virtually no visible blood in the bathroom -- the bathroom looks so clean that the police themselves had no idea that anything had happened -- which is why they at first refused to break down Meredith's door. As to the broken window and the unflushed toiled, why would Amanda have checked her other roommates rooms and bathroom before taking a shower in her own? And the door had had a problem for a while -- that hadn't been keeping anyone from taking showers.
- Lie by Sollecito about phone call from father that evening.
He was smoking marijuana that evening -- so he was confused about the time when questioned the next day. This doesn't make him a murderer.
- Lie by Sollecito about Meredith being pricked with knife while cooking.
The police were insisting, falsely, that Meredith's blood was on the knife. (There was no blood and no DNA either, according to the court appointed experts.) He was speculating about how it could have gotten there.
- Lie about what time they called the Carabanieri.
No, there were no lies about the time. This was proven in the first trial.
- Knox had knowledge about manner of victim's death even before the police knew.
Knox had knowledge that turned out to be INCORRECT -- because she was just going by things she was overhearing the other girls say.
- False accusation by Knox against Patrick. Knox told mother shortly afterwards that Patrick was innocent, but neither made any attempt to tell police or lawyers.
Knox never accused Patrick of anything, which you would know if you read her statement. After 4 and a half days of questioning leading to an overnight, tag team interrogation without an attorney or a translator, she finally signed a statement saying that she could imagine having been in the kitchen with her hands over her ears while Patrick was with Meredith in the bedroom. A few hours later, she herself WITHDREW the statement, saying that she didn't think it was right and no one should rely on it.
- Knox may have been on bad terms with victim. They had been roommates for only 3 weeks. No evidence was presented in court that Amanda had ever said anything negative about her roommate.
Forensic evidence:
- Knife with victim's DNA in Sollecito's apartment.
Court appointed experts said that there was rye flour on the knife, not the victim's DNA.
- Sollectio's DNA on victims bra, possibly Knox's DNA on victim's bra.
The court appointed experts said there was so much contamination on the victim's bra clasp -- which had been kicked around the room for 6 weeks, that a profile of virtually anyone could be found among the alleles, including the JUDGE himself.
- Knox's blood mixed with victim's blood: in bathroom (3 places), hallway, room with faked break-in.
Another lie. Knox had no cuts on her body. Her blood wasn't mixed with Meredith's. Meredith's blood dropped in the bathroom where Amanda's skin DNA was naturally scattered around -- since she LIVED there.
- Footprints in blood compatible with Knox in hallway, cleaned after murder, revealed with laminal.
Another lie. The laminal revealed footprints were then specifically tested for blood, with a NEGATIVE result. The police lab originally withheld this result from the court, but finally acknowledged this in the first trial.
- Footprint in victim's blood compatible with Sollecito on bathmat. That smear would have been compatible with virtually anyone, including the actual murderer, Rudy Guede, and the other roommates. (Whose footprints were never taken by the police.)
- Print of woman's shoe compatible with Knox's shoe size (not victim's) under victim's body.
That print was proven to clearly match not Knox's shoe, but Rudy Guede's. - A number of forensic experts called by the defence were unable to dent the prosecution case.
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