Posted on 12/09/2009 11:12:51 AM PST by markomalley
Amanda Knox believes she received a fair trial for the murder of her British flat mate, Meredith Kercher, but is confident her 26-year prison sentence will be overturned on appeal.
Speaking for the first time since a jury in Perugia convicted her of the sexual assault and murder, Knox said the 11-month trial was conducted "correctly".
The remarks sidestepped a growing furore in the United States, where legal experts and media commentators have angrily condemned the verdict as a miscarriage of justice based on flawed evidence, anti-Americanism and character assassination.
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Knox has been moved from her old cell, which she shared with three women prisoners, to a smaller, two-bed cell equipped with two desks, two wardrobes and a television.
Her new cellmate is a fellow American, a 53-year-old woman from Louisiana who is serving a four-year sentence for drug dealing.
Knox spoke of her bitter disappointment at being found guilty of the murder, which she denies having any part in. "I thought I would be home for Christmas, but instead I have to wait," she said.
A senator from Knox's home state of Washington has said she has "serious questions" about the Italian justice system and fears the trial may have been influenced by "anti-Americanism". But the US State Department said this week that it had no "indications... that Italian law was not followed."
Knox, who went to a Jesuit school in Seattle, attended Mass in the prison on Saturday night, the day after she was convicted.
The prison's chaplain, Father Saulo Scarabattoli, said she had found comfort with nuns from nearby Assisi, who visit the prison a regular basis.
"I've only known her for two years and how she was before that, I cannot say. But to me it's difficult to imagine (her) as a witch," he said.
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Well, it’s good to know she’s not a witch.
Are you sure she isn’t a witch?
“Difficult to imagine” doesn’t necessarily mean not...
She has a television in her cell? A desk and a wardrobe?
Sounds like the dorm.
“I’ve only known her for two years and how she was before that, I cannot say. But to me it’s difficult to imagine (her) as a witch,” he said.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
What does he think a witch is suppose to look like ???
Does she weigh the same as a duck?
but is confident her 26-year prison sentence will be overturned on appeal.
She has a television in her cell? A desk and a wardrobe?
She can’t be a witch because she’s not ugly.
And it gets worse... being in Italy it only recieves "The Fellini Channel".
...without a door
she turned me into a newt!
Christmas 2035 maybe
But wait, there's more...have you ever seen the late night informercials in Italy?
“She can’t be a witch because she’s not ugly.”
You can say that again.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28688108/
You've obviously never seen 'Bewitched'.
I wonder if Netflix delivers to Italy?
Well, Germany does have to live down those 40’s prisons.
hubba hubba!
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