AMANDA KNOX: THE NEW MUMIA!
September 7, 2011
by Anne Coulter
“By now, the only people who believe Amanda Knox and Sollecito are the usual criminal apologists and their friends in the American media.
From Tawana Brawley, Mumia and the Central Park rapists, to the Duke lacrosse players and Karl Rove, liberals are always on the wrong side of a criminal case.
A few times could be a coincidence; every time is evidence of a psychological disorder.”
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2011-09-07.html
I don’t find Coulter’s column convincing at all. Yes, Knox and Sollicito acted strangely the day of the discovery of the murder. Yes, Knox changed her story-—AFTER being kept awake for many hours of constant interrogation by hostile foreign police. Yes, the Italian police insist the wounds must of been made by more than one...(could they be wrong?). Yes, glass was on top of disordered clothes (no college kids EVER leave clothes on the floor, right?).
Still, you have the DNA of the proven murderer (not mentioned by Anne) all over the room—and no DNA of Knox. One piece of DNA evidence, collected many weeks later...in an apparent bungled process, points to Sollicito.
I do not think it’s a “liberal” position to consider innocent until PROVEN guilty beyond a reasonable doubt (which as I understand Roman/Italian law, is NOT the standard). Anne, frankly, just likes being harsh...and anything “liberals” support she opposes.
Knox and Sollicito were not angels, but neither is their real evidence—esp. given no priors—they were sex-fiends into murder (while on marijuana??? Give me a break!).
If I were Knox’s parents I’d be lining up paramilitary types to break her out by force, and out of Italy, if her appeal gets rejected.
From everything I’ve ever read, this case would of never made it to an arrest, let alone a trial, in any American jurisdiction.
If that makes Anne Coulter bitter...so be it!