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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 06:09 PM
Response to Reply #18
28. The school for the stranieri attracts a lot of Brits, which may be a factor in this case.
I really don't know how many Americans are involved in this program, but if it is heavily weighted to Brits then maybe there is a prejucice to convict Amanda.

I don't know. I always thought that school in Perugia was so nice...now I don't know...
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  -Italian Jury Reaches Verdict in Amanda Knox Case DebbieCDC  Dec-04-09 03:27 PM   #0 
  - That quick? Guilty is my guess...  truebrit71   Dec-04-09 03:29 PM   #1 
  - I think that guy that testified against her did it.  CTyankee   Dec-04-09 03:54 PM   #5 
  - If she's convicted, I think the programs that send American students there should  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 04:48 PM   #10 
  - Please do enlighten us  dipsydoodle   Dec-04-09 05:01 PM   #11 
  - Please put on your thinking cap for JUST ten seconds..  Raston   Dec-04-09 05:48 PM   #18 
  - The school for the stranieri attracts a lot of Brits, which may be a factor in this case.  CTyankee   Dec-04-09 06:09 PM   #28 
     - i went to the american university of rome for a semester  noiretextatique   Dec-07-09 12:53 AM   #245 
  - First, they put Amanda and her codefendant in jail even before there was any  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 06:09 PM   #29 
  - OK, please then stay in the US  liberation   Dec-04-09 07:45 PM   #80 
  - american exceptionalism  paulsby   Dec-04-09 10:28 PM   #127 
  - how was she entitled?  medeak   Dec-05-09 06:30 PM   #190 
  - Neither would I! The evidence - DNA evidence at that -  axollot   Dec-06-09 03:02 PM   #220 
  - It was that guy, Rudy Guede, and I believe only him, who was responsible.  tonysam   Dec-04-09 06:13 PM   #31 
  - I think so too. He would have every reason to finger her...  CTyankee   Dec-04-09 07:01 PM   #49 
     - Do you also feel awful for the innocent man that Knox claimed she "heard" murdering  beac   Dec-04-09 07:49 PM   #81 
        - She says the police coerced that testimony. nt  CTyankee   Dec-05-09 07:41 AM   #169 
        - Coerced testimony that a higher court threw out  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 03:03 AM   #202 
  - we also require unanimity amongst the jury  paulsby   Dec-04-09 10:25 PM   #125 
     - I think you're wrong about unanimous US juries: as I understand DUNCAN v. LOUISIANA,  struggle4progress   Dec-06-09 11:02 PM   #237 
  - Not really that quick -- eleven hours of deliberations, and a unanimous verdict isn't required.  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 04:43 PM   #7 
  - At this remove there is no way that we can know the truth  panzerfaust   Dec-06-09 08:33 AM   #208 
     - We saw how very different the legal system can be when Madeleine McCain  axollot   Dec-06-09 03:27 PM   #224 
  - Back that soon, she better like Italian food.  Craftsman   Dec-04-09 03:30 PM   #2 
  - Back that soon, she better like Italian food.  Craftsman   Dec-04-09 03:30 PM   #3 
  - Midnight, Italian time?  brooklynite   Dec-04-09 03:50 PM   #4 
  - Yes.  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 04:43 PM   #8 
  - Italy just comes alive at midnight n/t  medeak   Dec-04-09 09:22 PM   #115 
  - Medieval city?  izquierdista   Dec-04-09 03:54 PM   #6 
  - I think the prosecutors just couldn't let go of their initial theory that these two  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 04:46 PM   #9 
  - Well hey, sex sells  sasquatch   Dec-04-09 06:07 PM   #26 
  - Last night on CNN (A.C. I think)  Kansas Wyatt   Dec-04-09 06:40 PM   #46 
  - DNA was found in the bra and the body of the victim  AlphaCentauri   Dec-04-09 07:02 PM   #51 
  - CNN reporting guilty on all charges  Beaverhausen   Dec-04-09 05:12 PM   #12 
  - Sentenced to 26 years.  Crabby Appleton   Dec-04-09 05:18 PM   #13 
  - man, that's rough....  dhill926   Dec-04-09 05:30 PM   #14 
  - I thought she was guilty  pjt7   Dec-04-09 05:32 PM   #15 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-04-09 05:43 PM   #16 
  - WTF looks like she had the same lawyers O.J. did n/t  AlphaCentauri   Dec-04-09 05:47 PM   #17 
     - Except that OJ did it and got off..  Raston   Dec-04-09 05:49 PM   #19 
        - and you know this, how?  CatWoman   Dec-04-09 05:51 PM   #20 
        - Because I've studied these cases  Raston   Dec-04-09 05:57 PM   #21 
        - You need to study the DU rules...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 06:01 PM   #23 
        - I was just going to ask the same thing...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 06:00 PM   #22 
           - clip from Time:  Raston   Dec-04-09 06:05 PM   #24 
              - sounds like the moon hit your eye with a big pizza pie,  miyazaki   Dec-04-09 06:08 PM   #27 
              - More like yr being rude because you've got some emotional issues...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 06:14 PM   #32 
              - I agree with you, Raston. Who do you think did this?  CTyankee   Dec-04-09 06:19 PM   #33 
              - I think they should leave white american girls alone...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 06:21 PM   #36 
              - And based on what evidence?  CTyankee   Dec-04-09 06:26 PM   #41 
              - Haven't you been following the case in the international media?  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 06:33 PM   #42 
              - I've been following the international media and, more and more, they've been  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 07:28 PM   #67 
                 - You can find flaws in most court cases...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-05-09 02:11 AM   #155 
              - It's the twisting of the case by the European tabloids which is the  tonysam   Dec-04-09 06:33 PM   #43 
                 - I should have done what you guys did and stick to American tabloids...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 06:36 PM   #45 
                    - I think a lot of people  shellgame26   Dec-04-09 09:02 PM   #109 
                       - Yeah, it reminds me of Shapelle Corby's arrest in Bali...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-05-09 02:18 AM   #156 
                          - for men  shellgame26   Dec-05-09 07:34 AM   #168 
              - It's wrong to make a snap judgment about the case, as the Perugian police did,  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 07:26 PM   #66 
                 - Italy should have shipped in a bunch of Americans to sort it out....  Violet_Crumble   Dec-05-09 02:21 AM   #157 
                    - Actually the victim was British so if the case could have been  jenniferj   Dec-05-09 10:15 AM   #173 
              - If you've only been following the case in the American press, I guess I can understand why  beac   Dec-04-09 08:04 PM   #85 
                 - Ditto  dipsydoodle   Dec-05-09 03:36 AM   #162 
                 - right. that's the point.  demoleft   Dec-05-09 07:06 PM   #192 
                 - Non ho avuto il piacere di visita dell'Abruzzo,  beac   Dec-05-09 11:38 PM   #196 
                    - spero di vederti presto qui allora...  demoleft   Dec-06-09 12:40 PM   #215 
                    - Bene.  beac   Dec-06-09 01:19 PM   #218 
                       - no please - i prefer a "see you later"...  demoleft   Dec-06-09 02:48 PM   #219 
                    - Niente scuse per i tuoi connazionali  WilmywoodNCparalegal   Dec-06-09 03:05 PM   #221 
                       - hehe. agreed.  demoleft   Dec-06-09 03:11 PM   #222 
                       - I am hoping my original phrase it Italian made it clear that I was apologizing  beac   Dec-06-09 03:40 PM   #225 
                          - When I was little I learned to speak Italian since my Grandparents spoke it-  axollot   Dec-06-09 04:34 PM   #228 
                             - Remember that two Italians (Guede has dual-citizenship)  beac   Dec-07-09 02:53 AM   #254 
                                - I missed that Guede was convicted completely! I read the case @ time of murder  axollot   Dec-07-09 05:38 PM   #260 
                 - Oh please, the British press had her pegged as the perp from the beginning  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 03:02 AM   #201 
              - I agree with you on this post and I am angry! But..  axollot   Dec-06-09 04:55 PM   #229 
              - Yeah, but its popular to attack the "ugly american" here right now  sasquatch   Dec-07-09 01:48 AM   #248 
        - What an odd thing to say.  dipsydoodle   Dec-05-09 04:46 AM   #163 
  - Based on what? There was no physical evidence of Amanda, no DNA, in the  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 06:13 PM   #30 
  - Didn't they find her DNA on the knife?  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 06:20 PM   #34 
  - That knife wasn't the murder weapon though  sasquatch   Dec-04-09 06:21 PM   #35 
  - According to who? n/t  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 06:22 PM   #37 
     - Phorensics  sasquatch   Dec-04-09 06:25 PM   #40 
     - Are you trying to spell forensics? Also, who's claiming it wasn't the knife? n/t  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 06:35 PM   #44 
        - Expert testimony at trial  zerox   Dec-04-09 07:02 PM   #50 
           - Thanks. I figured it'd be someone paid by the defense making the claim...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 07:07 PM   #53 
           - I don't believe Ms. Bremner in that article is Knox's attorney.  zerox   Dec-04-09 07:17 PM   #57 
              - What about the finger prints?  AlphaCentauri   Dec-04-09 07:22 PM   #62 
              - That is an old article, but the prints probably belong to Rudy Guede  zerox   Dec-04-09 07:29 PM   #68 
              - But they weren't fingerprints of Amanda or her boyfriend! n/t  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 08:11 PM   #90 
              - Yr the one who said it was expert testimony...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 07:31 PM   #71 
                 - You are the one claiming to have followed this case in the international media.  zerox   Dec-04-09 07:33 PM   #73 
                 - You follow it in the international media, you are reading bullshit  tonysam   Dec-04-09 07:38 PM   #77 
                 - Sure, I'd be happy to describe the US media that way...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-05-09 02:22 AM   #158 
                 - Yeah, I've read about it there. You know for me international includes the US?  Violet_Crumble   Dec-05-09 02:07 AM   #154 
                 - Preconcieved notion: Innocence until proof of guilt.  boppers   Dec-04-09 09:14 PM   #112 
                    - Well, she was proven guilty in a court of law...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-05-09 02:24 AM   #159 
                       - Depends on the court.  boppers   Dec-05-09 04:48 AM   #164 
           - Exactly. It wouldn't be surprising for Amanda's DNA to be anywhere either  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 07:24 PM   #64 
              - DNA from Amanda Knox's boyfriend has been found on the bra  AlphaCentauri   Dec-04-09 07:29 PM   #69 
                 - First, Knox and Kercher were roommates,  zerox   Dec-04-09 07:35 PM   #74 
                 - was the DNA coming from a solid or liquid material, like hair or saliva, skin or sperm?  AlphaCentauri   Dec-04-09 07:45 PM   #79 
                 - 46 days after the murder, after everything had been thoroughly tossed around  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 08:09 PM   #89 
     - knife was a joke  medeak   Dec-04-09 09:25 PM   #116 
  - And people wonder why I get so mad..  Raston   Dec-04-09 07:05 PM   #52 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-04-09 07:11 PM   #54 
  - Welcome to DU, Raston!  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 07:23 PM   #63 
     - Didn't you read their posts in this thread? They've been really abusive...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 07:24 PM   #65 
        - What do you mean "their posts." Raston is one person, a new person, and  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 11:20 PM   #138 
           - What I mean is go back and read their posts. They were totally abusive...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-05-09 01:57 AM   #152 
  - Not in a quantity that would be admissible here. And the knife itself  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 07:19 PM   #58 
     - Here being the US? So what?  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 07:32 PM   #72 
     - Where are you getting your point of view? The prosecutors who made up their  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 08:12 PM   #91 
        - My point of view is I haven't been caught up in the media hysteria...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-05-09 02:30 AM   #160 
     - I wouldn't use the justice system here to try to make  sabrina 1   Dec-05-09 12:14 AM   #139 
  - actually  shellgame26   Dec-04-09 08:55 PM   #107 
  - Why? What evidence convinced you of that? nt  CTyankee   Dec-04-09 06:22 PM   #38 
  - so do I  TorchTheWitch   Dec-04-09 07:14 PM   #55 
  - Time to send in the marines, although I'm a 4F I'll be willing to volunteer my service  sasquatch   Dec-04-09 06:06 PM   #25 
  - That was sarcasm, right?  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 06:23 PM   #39 
  - A travesty....  Swede Atlanta    Dec-04-09 06:47 PM   #47 
  - What I find so strange about Americans is...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-04-09 07:17 PM   #56 
     - The US system doesn't work like it should in many cases  AlphaCentauri   Dec-04-09 07:39 PM   #78 
     - and in the US it's usually minority men  JI7   Dec-04-09 08:07 PM   #87 
     - Nice to see there is at least one other person on this thread who isn't  beac   Dec-04-09 08:13 PM   #92 
     - It's amazing, isn't it? To see this arrogance  sabrina 1   Dec-05-09 12:32 AM   #141 
     - The American press coverage has practically been an arm of her defense team, so  beac   Dec-05-09 12:45 AM   #144 
        - Yes, I saw that tonight. If you watched it you would swear  sabrina 1   Dec-05-09 01:00 AM   #145 
           - I'll bet you most people on this thread never even heard of that case.  beac   Dec-05-09 01:15 AM   #147 
     - The victims family have not doubts that justice has been served..  jenniferj   Dec-05-09 10:45 AM   #174 
     - Interesting, ain't it? nt  Blasphemer   Dec-04-09 10:09 PM   #122 
     - Bravo! So very well put. :-) eom  ShortnFiery   Dec-05-09 12:04 PM   #179 
  - My feeling is that she got railroaded  davidpdx   Dec-04-09 06:56 PM   #48 
  - Knox accused an INNOCENT man of the crime, claiming she "heard" him doing the murder.  beac   Dec-04-09 08:16 PM   #93 
     - She was being grilled to provide a name.  boppers   Dec-04-09 09:17 PM   #114 
        - He was very lucky. And there is no excuse for what Knox did. n/t  beac   Dec-04-09 09:47 PM   #118 
        - yep the name of a black man  AlphaCentauri   Dec-04-09 09:51 PM   #119 
        - Sadly, fingering a random black man in Italy is just as good a ploy as it would be here.  beac   Dec-05-09 01:27 AM   #149 
        - She provided the name of an innocent man to direct attention  sabrina 1   Dec-05-09 12:35 AM   #143 
           - Or to just get a crazy ass interrogator to leave her alone after 14 hours  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 10:51 AM   #210 
           - The way to get a crazy ass interogator off your back  sabrina 1   Dec-06-09 03:15 PM   #223 
           - Or perhaps to distract attention from Guede?  struggle4progress   Dec-06-09 10:51 PM   #236 
  - Italian Jury Convicts U.S. Student of Murder  iandhr   Dec-04-09 07:22 PM   #59 
  - Link to other active thread:  ManiacJoe   Dec-04-09 07:22 PM   #60 
  - A travesty of justice. I hope this girl is released and can return to her family  CTyankee   Dec-04-09 07:22 PM   #61 
     - Why aren't you equally "appalled" about the innocent man Knox claimed to have "heard" murdering  beac   Dec-04-09 08:19 PM   #95 
        - That little tidbit is why I don't believe she is innocent  Blasphemer   Dec-04-09 10:06 PM   #121 
        - It was her behaviour at the police station that first raised the  jenniferj   Dec-05-09 10:56 AM   #175 
        - Don't forget she had a grudge against the black man she falsely accused  Julius Civitatus   Dec-05-09 12:11 PM   #181 
  - Between TWO Judges and EIGHT Jurors, I have no reason to believe Justice was NOT served.  ShortnFiery   Dec-04-09 07:30 PM   #70 
  - Oh, for cryin' out loud. We getcha. You don't care what happens to this  tonysam   Dec-04-09 07:37 PM   #75 
  - I don't think you care about justice  liberation   Dec-04-09 07:52 PM   #82 
  - Look at the evidence in this case before attacking others as "UGLY AMERICANS".  zerox   Dec-04-09 07:37 PM   #76 
  - Wow, I guess some Americans feel entitled to a "get free card" in Italy whenever they want to  liberation   Dec-04-09 07:55 PM   #84 
  - Way to completely misrepresent my post.  zerox   Dec-04-09 08:05 PM   #86 
  - If she was innocant, WHY did Knox try and pin the murder on her former boss and friend  beac   Dec-04-09 08:22 PM   #97 
  - She was interrogated for 14 straight hours.  zerox   Dec-04-09 08:32 PM   #100 
  - There is NO excuse for what she did. None. n/t  beac   Dec-04-09 08:37 PM   #102 
     - Regardless, it doesn't amount to murder.  zerox   Dec-04-09 08:41 PM   #103 
        - I'm afraid we don't agree on that point either.  beac   Dec-04-09 08:50 PM   #106 
        - Oh, and you know what the behaviors are  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 03:04 AM   #203 
        - You have to admit  shellgame26   Dec-04-09 09:14 PM   #111 
  - in the last version of her story  shellgame26   Dec-05-09 01:59 AM   #153 
  - Sorry, but there's a lot of Ugly Americanism going on...  Violet_Crumble   Dec-05-09 02:44 AM   #161 
  - The judges were part of the eight jurors, and a unanimous vote wasn't required  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 08:16 PM   #94 
  - If that is allowed by the Italian version of FRCP - yes. nt  kelly1mm   Dec-04-09 09:32 PM   #117 
  - +1  sasquatch   Dec-04-09 10:10 PM   #123 
  - "Between TWO Judges and EIGHT Jurors, I have no reason to believe Justice was NOT served."  beac   Dec-04-09 08:20 PM   #96 
  - dupe  beac   Dec-04-09 08:25 PM   #98 
  - Research the case, watch the 48 Hours episode, and your mind  tonysam   Dec-04-09 10:28 PM   #126 
  - I have been following the case in the Italian press (I speak Italian)  beac   Dec-05-09 12:28 AM   #140 
  - This was a modern day witch hunt. The fact that a jury rendered a verdict  pnwmom   Dec-04-09 11:18 PM   #137 
     - Are you aware that she tried to implicate an INNOCENT man?  beac   Dec-05-09 12:32 AM   #142 
        - Are you aware that that happened after more than 50 hours of questioning  pnwmom   Dec-05-09 01:02 AM   #146 
           - There is NO excuse for what she did. None.  beac   Dec-05-09 01:22 AM   #148 
           - Let's assume you're right about that. (Although the "story" she told was fed to  pnwmom   Dec-05-09 01:29 AM   #150 
              - It was Knox's own BIZARRE behavior and LIES that led the police to suspect her  beac   Dec-05-09 01:45 AM   #151 
           - False! She was questioned for 14 HOURS  Julius Civitatus   Dec-06-09 11:39 AM   #211 
  - Riiiight...because judges & jurys are never wrong.  western mass   Dec-04-09 10:22 PM   #124 
     - The prosecutor is an absolute crackpot, no two ways about it.  tonysam   Dec-04-09 10:29 PM   #128 
  - Family of Amanda Knox vows to continue the fight  oberliner   Dec-04-09 07:54 PM   #83 
  - hope to gawd they do....  medeak   Dec-04-09 08:08 PM   #88 
  - What about the man whose life Knox RUINED with a false accusation that she "heard"  beac   Dec-04-09 08:28 PM   #99 
     - her parents now have warrants pending against them  medeak   Dec-04-09 08:37 PM   #101 
        - What about the dozens of Italians who died in  beac   Dec-04-09 08:43 PM   #104 
           - buh bye n/t  medeak   Dec-04-09 08:44 PM   #105 
           - I lived in Italy too and it makes me sick to see people like you  beac   Dec-04-09 08:55 PM   #108 
           - why ? he has a good point there, look at what our country has done  JI7   Dec-04-09 10:32 PM   #129 
           - You know what, nobody cares about that phony argument  tonysam   Dec-04-09 10:34 PM   #132 
              - the argument wasover that poster saying they wont go to italy because of this  JI7   Dec-04-09 10:47 PM   #133 
                 - it was a gut reaction in heat of the moment  medeak   Dec-05-09 07:23 PM   #193 
           - why ? he has a good point there, look at what our country has done  JI7   Dec-04-09 10:32 PM   #130 
           - The Italians that died in Iraq  fujiyama   Dec-05-09 12:01 PM   #178 
  - is there a fund to contribute to her appeal?  medeak   Dec-04-09 09:02 PM   #110 
  - Amanda Knox defense fund  medeak   Dec-04-09 09:16 PM   #113 
  - her parents are wealthy, why would they need more money?  AlphaCentauri   Dec-04-09 09:56 PM   #120 
     - 48 Hours report--it will be updated tomorrow night  tonysam   Dec-04-09 10:33 PM   #131 
     - they are selling house n/t  medeak   Dec-04-09 10:54 PM   #134 
     - besides WA senator condemning the verdict tonight  medeak   Dec-04-09 11:13 PM   #136 
     - not all that wealthy, especially after all this BS  freeplessinseattle   Dec-05-09 05:06 AM   #165 
     - thank you  medeak   Dec-05-09 06:27 PM   #189 
     - Aside from anything else  dipsydoodle   Dec-05-09 05:30 AM   #166 
     - who pays the 4.4 million euros?  medeak   Dec-05-09 07:27 PM   #194 
        - Not sure  dipsydoodle   Dec-06-09 03:49 AM   #205 
     - Duplicate.  dipsydoodle   Dec-05-09 05:51 AM   #167 
     - please provide link as can't find anywhere n/t  medeak   Dec-05-09 05:52 PM   #188 
        - From the BBC  AlphaCentauri   Dec-06-09 12:49 AM   #197 
           - guess the bbc got it wrong then  medeak   Dec-06-09 07:04 PM   #230 
  - family says judge and jury could not look them in the eyes  medeak   Dec-04-09 11:07 PM   #135 
  - it's the fashion of these late years to say the Italian courts are always wrong...  demoleft   Dec-05-09 09:41 AM   #170 
  - Good grief  tonysam   Dec-05-09 11:40 AM   #176 
     - a court declared her guilty, not the tabloids. it still makes a difference, doesn't it? n/t  demoleft   Dec-05-09 12:22 PM   #182 
     - On unsubstained theories and personal attacks though  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 03:00 AM   #200 
        - of course. there's a huge national plot against knox. this is the song here, apparently. n/t  demoleft   Dec-06-09 12:37 PM   #214 
     - You are very misinformed  Julius Civitatus   Dec-05-09 12:45 PM   #184 
        - Amanda had zero DNA at the crime scene  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 02:59 AM   #199 
  - ah, and +1 rec too. the discussions here are worth reading. n/t  demoleft   Dec-05-09 09:43 AM   #171 
  - The British Press....  jenniferj   Dec-05-09 10:09 AM   #172 
  - So you think she was guilty?  tonysam   Dec-05-09 11:42 AM   #177 
     - Yes... She changed her story, she blamed someone else  jenniferj   Dec-05-09 12:10 PM   #180 
     - The "conspiracy" argument doesn't fly, sorry  Julius Civitatus   Dec-05-09 12:36 PM   #183 
        - I'm sorry but that is all wrong  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 03:10 AM   #204 
           - You are quoting the bizarre claims of Amanda's defense  Julius Civitatus   Dec-06-09 08:22 AM   #207 
           - You don't need a unanamous verdict for a conviction  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 09:22 PM   #232 
           - Knox and Sollecito's footprints in blood were found by Luminol AND were proved  beac   Dec-06-09 01:05 PM   #216 
              - It doesn't matter, people deal with things differently  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 09:20 PM   #231 
                 - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-06-09 10:32 PM   #234 
                    - But it doesn't say she was mopping, just that it was there  sasquatch   Dec-07-09 12:11 AM   #241 
                       - Look, you really are getting tiresome.  beac   Dec-07-09 02:17 AM   #251 
  - Sorry, she did it  fakename   Dec-05-09 01:30 PM   #185 
  - Welcome to DU!  beac   Dec-05-09 03:46 PM   #187 
     - Oh, I know. "It was on '48 Hours' - It must be true!!!!!!"  devilgrrl   Dec-06-09 11:57 AM   #212 
  - Wow... lots of people with opinions...  teknomanzer   Dec-05-09 02:18 PM   #186 
  - How many even read anything about the case? The US media's  sabrina 1   Dec-05-09 06:56 PM   #191 
  - The one thing that bothers me is the bleach. Eyewitnesses put  Thickasabrick   Dec-05-09 07:55 PM   #195 
  - That guy just made that up for media attention  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 02:57 AM   #198 
     - Then why was there a receipt for cleaning products FROM THAT STORE found in Sollecito's apartment?  beac   Dec-06-09 01:14 PM   #217 
     - Can you explain why she and her boyfriend were standing  sabrina 1   Dec-06-09 04:08 PM   #227 
     - That's total bull! The receipts for the bleach were found at Sollecito's place  Julius Civitatus   Dec-07-09 12:12 AM   #242 
        - Could you provide a link please  sasquatch   Dec-07-09 01:54 AM   #250 
           - How about CNN? THAT good enough for you???  beac   Dec-07-09 02:23 AM   #252 
  - 25 years, justtice after all. Sorry to all of you who think she's cute so should be let off.  superconnected   Dec-06-09 04:18 AM   #206 
  - I don't think she should be let off cause she's cute  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 10:49 AM   #209 
     - So, her footprints in Kercher's blood, cleaned up but revealed by Luminol,  beac   Dec-06-09 12:03 PM   #213 
     - That was disproven on cross exhamiunation though  sasquatch   Dec-06-09 09:23 PM   #233 
        - No, it wasn't.  beac   Dec-06-09 10:34 PM   #235 
        - But they showed evidence that it wasn't hers  sasquatch   Dec-07-09 12:09 AM   #240 
           - Forensic evidence is not "solid evidence"?  Julius Civitatus   Dec-07-09 12:16 AM   #243 
              - Why, because I refuse to believe the lies of a biased media and corrupt prosecutor  sasquatch   Dec-07-09 01:45 AM   #246 
        - No, it was NOT disproven  Julius Civitatus   Dec-06-09 11:52 PM   #238 
           - Yes, it was  sasquatch   Dec-07-09 12:07 AM   #239 
              - This is a circular dialogue that only proves your bias  Julius Civitatus   Dec-07-09 12:20 AM   #244 
                 - Actually the expert did and you just don't want to deal with it  sasquatch   Dec-07-09 01:46 AM   #247 
                 - Here I even provided you a link  sasquatch   Dec-07-09 01:50 AM   #249 
                 - You just have to laugh when someone (see above) provides a link to  beac   Dec-07-09 02:33 AM   #253 
     - You know, as is obvious in your case, I did not know anything  sabrina 1   Dec-06-09 03:58 PM   #226 
  - For those who think the U.S. should idly let the verdict stand...  AJH032   Dec-07-09 02:46 PM   #255 
     - justice to whom?  AlphaCentauri   Dec-07-09 02:58 PM   #256 
     - Your complete ignorance of another culture and their customs and legal system completely  beac   Dec-07-09 04:44 PM   #257 
     - Circumstantial evidence is generally not enough to convict  AJH032   Dec-07-09 05:16 PM   #258 
        - Then WHY did you have your knickers in a bunch about the Italian jury wearing sashes?  beac   Dec-07-09 05:33 PM   #259 
           - well, you see, I didn't say that  AJH032   Dec-07-09 05:48 PM   #261 
              - Italian jurors are REQUIRED to wear sashes during certain phases of the trial.  beac   Dec-07-09 05:56 PM   #262 
                 - Wow, really?  AJH032   Dec-07-09 06:37 PM   #263 
                    - Because the six were the 'lay' jurors and the other two wear their judges robes.  beac   Dec-07-09 06:49 PM   #264 
                       - Even in the Peterson case  AJH032   Dec-07-09 07:08 PM   #265 
                          - The number of Americans wailing about the sashes is truly unbelievable and  beac   Dec-07-09 07:30 PM   #266 
     - No I wouldn't and no we won't  sasquatch   Dec-07-09 09:48 PM   #267 
 

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