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Italian judges report that convicted Amanda Knox killed roommate with knife . . .
New York Daily News ^ | April 29, 2014 | Bill Hutchinson

Posted on 04/30/2014 8:22:00 AM PDT by Scoutmaster

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The Italian legal system has another new theory of the case, set out in a 337-page report (which is in Italian; I speak molto poco italiano e non molto ben).

The report's release means Knox's defense attorney can now appeal the case to Italy's Supreme Court. If Knox is again found guilty, she could have to face an extradition fight.

1 posted on 04/30/2014 8:22:00 AM PDT by Scoutmaster
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impeach obama


2 posted on 04/30/2014 8:23:04 AM PDT by maddogtiger
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Knox has vowed to fight any attempts to extradite her to Italy, saying, “they’ll have to pull me back kicking and screaming.”

I suppose that could be arranged.

3 posted on 04/30/2014 8:24:47 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Rafaelle Sollecito and Rudy Guede

It would seem to me a voluntary lie detector given to one or both could confirm her complicity.

4 posted on 04/30/2014 8:26:57 AM PDT by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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American Beauty? Please


5 posted on 04/30/2014 8:28:55 AM PDT by angcat
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To: Scoutmaster

I’ve heard much ABOUT this case, but find it bizarre. What is the lowdown? Did Knox likely commit murder, or is she being setup? Italian courts don’t seem trustworthy, lol.


6 posted on 04/30/2014 8:31:32 AM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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She somehow just cleaned up all her own DNA, but left the other DNA intact, lol, brilliant. This is absurd. They have the killer. He’s in jail.


7 posted on 04/30/2014 8:32:05 AM PDT by LongWayHome
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This is a change from the Italian courts original claim that-a she was-a moorder the signorella in a Satanic orgy where she was-a witnessed consorting with the devil.

Mama-Mia! Asti Spumante!


8 posted on 04/30/2014 8:32:35 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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Too bad she’s white. Obama would pardon her.


9 posted on 04/30/2014 8:32:57 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: avenir

Italy, lovely as it is, is stuck in the 15th Century and remains largely in the grip of medieval superstition.


10 posted on 04/30/2014 8:35:47 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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Europe is notorious for refusing to extradite people to the US.Europeans...and European politicians and judges...almost universally see our justice system as "cowboy justice" (a phrase I've heard used by Europeans).However,in spite of that I'd be more than willing to extradite this girl to Italy.If it was Uganda,Mexico,Pakistan or China I wouldn't.If the charge was "blaspheming Islam" or "denying the Holocaust" (which is a crime in Germany) I wouldn't.

But in this case I say "send her back".

11 posted on 04/30/2014 8:37:22 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Stalin Blamed The Kulaks,Obama Blames The Tea Party)
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To: avenir

Maybe it’s the Rococo style of criminal theory.

A known burglar with a history of carrying a knife surprises a young woman when he breaks into a house, rapes her and kills her.

Too easy! Too simple! Too mundane for such a tragedy! Not just Guede’s knife, not just Occam’s Razor, so English, so boring! There were two or three of them! There was acquaintance, and hatred, and perversion, and jealousy! There was sex gone wrong! Yes! That is the theory!


12 posted on 04/30/2014 8:39:48 AM PDT by heartwood
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To: Scoutmaster

She had better keep her appeals going and never step foot outside the United States.


13 posted on 04/30/2014 8:42:35 AM PDT by allendale
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The over-riding inference of her guilt for me is when I consider the odds of a girl sharing a room in Italy with another girl who is stabbed to death in a brutal and violent murder. A privileged, if only in her own mind, arrogant rich-bitch wannabe, away from any parental control, involved with a sleazy boy friend, involved in drugs, involved with sleazoid drug dealers makes you suspect the possibility of foul play.

Her claim of no DNA doesn't hold up. Assuming the two guys have subdued the victim all she had to do was take the knife and slash or stab. Assuming the three together had even half a brain between them they would have washed any trace blood off themselves (at least her hands) and there is no reason for her DNA to be on the knife (especially since they must have cleaned it)

At any rate, I believe the very simplest explanation is she was involved. To believe otherwise is too much of a stretch. I say guilty and extradite her. Don't play if you can't pay.

14 posted on 04/30/2014 8:43:44 AM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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Italy: great food, lovely buildings, stunning art.

And socially a complete cluster.


15 posted on 04/30/2014 8:44:15 AM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: LongWayHome

Why would she have left DNA at all? What form? Spit? Blood? What are the odds that any other kid in Europe, Asai, or here on a foreign education year abroad would be involved in the brutal murder of a roommate? A zillion to one. Guilty. You’re wrong.


16 posted on 04/30/2014 8:47:45 AM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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To: avenir
I’ve heard much ABOUT this case, but find it bizarre. What is the lowdown? Did Knox likely commit murder, or is she being setup? Italian courts don’t seem trustworthy, lol.

This is now a third new theory, supported by no evidence, by a kangaroo court in Italy. I followed it for a while back when... And I just don't see any compelling evidence at all that leads me to a guilty finding. I don't think she did it.

17 posted on 04/30/2014 8:51:52 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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Sure....a suburban college kid with no history of violence gets involved in there-way sex with a jobless criminal from Africa & hacks her roommate to death.


18 posted on 04/30/2014 8:51:59 AM PDT by LongWayHome
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Huh? So a roommate is -always- guilty?


19 posted on 04/30/2014 8:54:19 AM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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But in this case I say "send her back".

Since she was previously found "not guilty", extraditing her would subject her to double jeopardy, which is why I think US judges will likely say no.

20 posted on 04/30/2014 8:57:31 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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