tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8948468210450906410.post2873664035129232003..comments2023-08-10T05:27:44.718-07:00Comments on Amanda Knox Appeal Forum: Amanda Knox Appeal Trial: Why Amanda Knox Will WinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8948468210450906410.post-47268604399664843902010-12-02T16:38:08.908-08:002010-12-02T16:38:08.908-08:00Hello- No I do not think that has anything to do w...Hello- No I do not think that has anything to do with Amanda's arrest and conviction. While Rudy was convicted first in a fast track trial, the first ones arrested were Amanda and her then boyfriend Raffaele. Rudy Guede had fled the country and was returned to Italy only after Amanda had been arrested pending investigation. <br />She and Raffaele were under suspicion because the police thought her behavior 'strange', but they were not arrested until an all night session with the Italian police if which Amanda is suppose to have stated she was at the scene of the crime. This so-called 'confession' was brought about because of police scare tactics, in which Amanda states she was hit on the back of the head a few times and was bullied by the Italian police. To put it plainly- she made up a story to tell the police what they wanted to hear thinking they would leave her alone. The story she told turned out to be not true but that did not stop the prosecutor Mignini from coming up with his own bizarre theory of the crime and held Amanda on suspicion. When Guede's DNA was found all over the place at the murder scene - Mignini simply involved all three of them. There was no evidence to suggest this but that did not stop Mignini who has had these delusions in the past involving satanic orgies and such. While there is plenty of evidence that Guede is the murderer, there is really nothing on Amanda and Raffaele- yet all 3 were convicted (Guede had an individual fast track trial). <br />The fact that Amanda and Raffaele were convicted has more to do with a corrupt prosecutor and a negative media blitz than any Italian payback. It is not Italy that convicted Amanda but rather the court in Perugia being hoodwinked by a corrupt prosecutor and a misinformed media. In short- she was believed guilty before the trial even began. Due to all the misinformation and lies and twisted evidence before and during her trial, the judge and jury- in modern parlance- blew it.Saint_Michael1https://www.blogger.com/profile/11845977849774519083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8948468210450906410.post-42345101276129996892010-12-02T14:55:51.406-08:002010-12-02T14:55:51.406-08:00Hello, I guess my main question is this: If they a...Hello, I guess my main question is this: If they already have one other guy doing 30 years for this murder, and they convicted him first, then WHY did this Mignini feel the need to also pin the murder on Amanda and Raffaele? Some people have suggested that convicting an American for this crime was payback for the U.S. Airforce caused gondola disaster of 1998:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/07/world/jet-in-italy-flew-too-low-a-top-us-official-admits.html<br /><br />It also seems the U.S. Airforce has had a number of other airforce crashes in Italy as well as in Germany and other European countries over the last ten or so years. Are any of these events the possible impetus for Amanda's conviction as a form of payback?Scott Mengehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085908460065275124noreply@blogger.com