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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
A very interesting website to look at regarding this case is debate.org. The website allows people to vote if Knox is guilty or innocent and provides space for comments. I must have read thirty comments from both sides and they summarize very closely to this thread:
Guilty = she appears ruthless and guilty
Not Guilty = there was no evidence regarding the crime
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You are going to say there's no evidence regardless of the facts, that's clear. But again you make a post with inaccuracies. Some of us in this thread point to trial facts upon which we base the argument she may have done it. I have yet to see anyone on the innocent side in this thread weigh any of the contradicting evidence, its just, her defence said so, therefore its true. This thread is a caricature of message board debates.
Here 's the first comment in the second (and more relevant) link that comes up at debate.org when typing Amanda Knox into the search window. I haven't read any further on that site as it really doesn't help matters:
1. Staging of a break-in
The prosecution showed that Knox and Sollecito staged a break-in in an attempt to make the murder look like a third party. Hardly the actions of an innocent woman.
2. Perjury
Knox had two seperate accounts of the events. First she claimed that she had gone to Kercher's apartment with a colleague, without Sollecito and Guede. She then claimed that this colleague, Lamumba, killed Kercher whilst she was in the kitchen. Lamumba has since been exonerated completely of the crime as it was shown he had not ever been in the flat and had a strong alibi. This false accusation heavily implies guilt. Later she claimed that she had spent the night with her boyfriend. Two witnesses showed this to be false.
3. Guede
The third person convicted of the murder, who was trialled seperately, attests to Knox's assistence in the murder. However he refused to be a witness at the Knox and Sollecito trial.
4. Forensic evidence
The footprint made with Kercher's blood was shown to belong to a woman. No other woman has been implicated forensically or through witness testimony. [3] Also the footprint could not have belonged to Kercher
A sufficient amount of Knox's DNA was found on the knife as was Kercher's demonstrating it was the murder weapon. As stated before, this alone is not enough to suggest guilt.