Monday - October 03, 2011
Italian Jurisprudence
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/03/amanda-knoxs-appeals-verdict-expected-in-italy/
FULL ACQUITTAL
She was fined €22,000 for defamation though (slander against the Italian police, or was it the bartender? Ah, who cares?). Judge orders her immediate release.
DNA got her off; there was next to none of hers on the knife in question. Lies and misstatements from the prosecution may have also played a part.
If the evidence isn’t there, then a conviction can not be made.
Dear Amanda: Get the hell outta Italy before they change their minds!
PERUGIA, Italy — An appeals jury on Monday overturned the murder convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in the killing of her roommate Meredith Kircher four years ago.
Knox collapsed in tears after the jury declared that the evidence against the two was not reliable. Both she and her ex-boyfriend were then taken back to prison where they were to be formally freed.
The Kercher family looked on grimly as the verdict was read out by the judge after 11 hours of deliberations by the eight-member jury.
Outside the courthouse, some of the hundreds of observers shouted “Shame, shame!”
As Knox waited for the verdict to be read, she appeared tense — leaning forward in her chair, and panting and wincing between exchanges with her lawyer. A black cloak draped around her, she put her hands to her face several times.
Slander convictions against Knox and Sollecito were upheld, but since those were three-year sentences they were considered time served.
Earlier Monday, a tearful Knox told the jury that she did not kill her British roommate, pleading for the court to free her so she can return to the United States after four years behind bars.
Knox frequently paused for breath and fought back tears as she spoke in Italian to the eight members of the jury in a packed courtroom, but managed to maintain her composure during the 10-minute address.
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