amanda knox NOT GUILTY...

[carl2591]

finally the truth has come out and she is not guilty..

 

[Luanne]

I listened. She was found guilty of the slander charge, but since the sentence for that was 3 years and she's already served 4, she will be released immediately.

 

[carl2591]

on a plane and out of there as fast as possible..

this case is a lot like the one we experienced in the Raleigh/Durham NC area several ago with several members of the Duke Mens lacrosse team being charged and found guilty of sexual assault and other charges. The were tossed out when the case was reviewed due to misconduct and other issues by the prosecution. The guy Mike Nifong was found guilty in a civil suite and faced a 1 million dollar judgment and was disbarred..

rush to judgement and dishonest prosecution in both cases.

Glad she is finally free..

I contributed to the legal defense fund myself again.
http://www.amandadefensefund.org/Donations.html

 

[1950bing]

It sure is nice to hear good news !

 

[pedro47]

Maybe the court system in that country may the right decision.

 

[ScoopKona]

We don't KNOW that Knox is innocent. We can be reasonably sure, but only Knox, Raffaele Sollecito, Rudy Guede and perhaps the late Meredith Kercher know conclusively. Could have been any one of them, all of them, or none of them. We don't know.

The Kercher family still lost a daughter. I don't think this is an appropriate time to break out the pom poms.

 

[ampaholic]

We don't KNOW that Knox is innocent. We can be reasonably sure, but only Knox, Raffaele Sollecito, Rudy Guede and perhaps the late Meredith Kercher know conclusively. Could have been any one of them, all of them, or none of them. We don't know.

The Kercher family still lost a daughter. I don't think this is an appropriate time to break out the pom poms.

I wonder if this is the end of her 15 min of fame or the beginning?

I agree this is a relief that was needed due to the prosecution acting like it was from N. Korea - but I don't think "joy" is the appropriate emotion - just relief.

 

[MOXJO7282]

We don't KNOW that Knox is innocent. We can be reasonably sure, but only Knox, Raffaele Sollecito, Rudy Guede and perhaps the late Meredith Kercher know conclusively. Could have been any one of them, all of them, or none of them. We don't know.

The Kercher family still lost a daughter. I don't think this is an appropriate time to break out the pom poms.

I guess there'ss no way to truly know but the evidence that I saw definitely didn't implicate Amanda Knox and did implicate the guy still in jail.

My bet is that guy did it and because the police were so intent on getting Amanda that they cut him a deal and now he's only serving 16 years for the murder.

 

[dioxide45]

We don't KNOW that Knox is innocent. We can be reasonably sure, but only Knox, Raffaele Sollecito, Rudy Guede and perhaps the late Meredith Kercher know conclusively. Could have been any one of them, all of them, or none of them. We don't know.

The Kercher family still lost a daughter. I don't think this is an appropriate time to break out the pom poms.

I would agree. Saying that the "the truth has come out" is like saying the truth has come out of the OJ Simpson or Casey Anthony trials.

 

[MOXJO7282]

I would agree. Saying that the "the truth has come out" is like saying the truth has come out of the OJ Simpson or Casey Anthony trials.

Did you read th evidence against Amanda Knox? That's not accurate in my opinion. I actually think you have three separate levels of guilt in the examples you made.

To me OJ was open and shut, he was guilty as sin. They presented plenty of evidence but the area had such a distrust for the police that is what undid that case.

With Casey Anthony you had a great deal but just not quite enough evident to convict. Based on the evidence I saw and heard it was obvious that she had some hand in her daughter's death. To what level we'll never know.

On Knox they didn't have nearly as much evidence or smoking guns from the start but she was still convicted initially. They had such weak evidence to begin with and once it was truly challenged it fell apart.

Three separate levels of guilt in my book.

 

[dumbydee]

I am glad she is finally going to be released. I know the other family lost a daughter but Amanda's family almost lost one too. If (and I think she is) she is innocent then justice has been done.

 

[Laurie]

The Kercher family still lost a daughter. I don't think this is an appropriate time to break out the pom poms.

I agree this is a relief that was needed due to the prosecution acting like it was from N. Korea - but I don't think "joy" is the appropriate emotion - just relief.

The case against Amanda Knox reminded me of a witch hunt. My response to hearing the verdict today was exactly that - joy - that a second woman doesn't have to give up her life unjustly. I believe my response was appropriate, and don't need to be chided for it.

 

[Kal]

I cannot begin to imagine how I would have felt sitting in her chair for that long period waiting for the judge to enter the chambers. She had amazing composure that few could endure.

Do ya think she might write a book?

 

[Fern Modena]

IF she writes a book, she should pay back her parents for all the money they've spent over the years, going back and forth to Perugia once a month, paying for her lawyers, etc. I shudder to think what that must have cost her.

We do know that she was given an opportunity many do not have; to go to Italy for a year's college. She decided to spend a part of it drunk. It could be that she's innocent, but she still made some bad choices. Hopefully she temper her freedom with the realization that she needs to change her ways and become more responsible.

Fern

 

[Patri]

About two years ago I heard an analysis of the Italian justice system, and her case is not unusual. The commentator predicted this is exactly what would happen.

 

[Sandi Bo]

The case against Amanda Knox reminded me of a witch hunt. My response to hearing the verdict today was exactly that - joy - that a second woman doesn't have to give up her life unjustly. I believe my response was appropriate, and don't need to be chided for it.

Agree, I would say joy, relief, and sadness all wrapped up in one. I, too, believe she was railroaded. Yes, she made some bad choices, but I do not believe she deserved what happened. I can't imagine what this did to her family emotionally or financially. From what I have seen of her, I am very impressed with her composure and expect good things from her in the future. I bet she has learned her lesson, a million times over. I cannot imagine having your child locked up like that. When I was a teenager, a group of us went to Texas for a dance exhibition. We just couldn't understand why our parents wouldn't let us go to Mexico by ourselves for a day of shopping. You just can't say enough times that our freedom and rights should never be taken for granted, and realize that we do not have them in a foreign country.

 

[nightnurse613]

Clearly, she was tried in the press and yes, we can hope that she has learned her lesson (if there even is one)but, not like OJ learned his? Sometimes people just figure they got away with something once so why not do it again, eh?

 

[lvhmbh]

Her DNA was not at the scene. Enough for me - and obviously, finally the courts.

 

[Glynda]

Book

The newsperson this morning stated her parents are in a great deal of debt and that her grandmother had given $250,000 of her own money to help.
A book would be an obvious way to help repay the debt.

 

[Patri]

News is saying Amanda will become rich over this. Sure hopes she pays back her family.

 

[Mel]

Even if she doesn't write a book, she and her family will be making the TV circuit, and may be able to pay off that debt with appearance fees.

Unfortunately, I don't think she's really that different from many in her generation. More and more college students are spending a semester abroad, and often are not very familiar with the foreign culture they're living in. 20 year old (her age when it happened) is not mature, and she behaved much as many 20 year old do. Most of them do "grow up" over the next few years, and hopefully she has too - by her composure in the courtroom, I suspect she has.

 

[ScoopKona]

You just can't say enough times that our freedom and rights should never be taken for granted, and realize that we do not have them in a foreign country.

I cannot disagree more. We all have rights, everywhere we go. Some countries are better than others about protecting those rights. But our rights are part and parcel to our existence. Thinking that people elsewhere don't have rights leads to invasions, colonization, and all manner of social ills.

And the United States, while in the top third, is not the most ardent supporter of human rights. I would much rather be arrested in Helsinki than Dallas, if for some reason I HAD to be arrested.

 

[persia]

Yes, Amada Knox is free BECAUSE Italy respects people's rights. We don't know if she's innocent or guilty and the evidence was so badly handled we'll never know. Italy, like an other country that has a functional court system, had to release her, there is no evidence BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

It is a credit to Italy that in such an emotion charged case with so many powerful people working against her, the court came out with the right choice.

Amanda is lucky she was American in Italy and not, say African American in Mississippi, where nobody would have fought for her....

 

[PigsDad]

Amanda is lucky she was American in Italy and not, say African American in Mississippi, where nobody would have fought for her....

Wow. What a racist, fact-lacking statement. Welcome to my ignore list.

Kurt

 

[esk444]

Amanda is lucky she was American in Italy and not, say African American in Mississippi, where nobody would have fought for her....

Just want to let you know that this isn't the 1960's. It is almost impossible not to have several, if not the majority, members of a jury in Mississippi to be African American. This is true in almost all southern states with the exception of Florida, where other minority groups are at least usually represented.