The statements about trust in any aspect of the legal system are absurd. Italian trials are more theater than anything else. Quite frankly, I’m not all that impressed by American trials or American interrogations.

The victim’s family is wealthy and maintains a website that will brook no criticism of the prosecutor or statements condemning the lack of evidence. The tabloid editors surely know that lurid details sell papers and gain television ratings. The editors also know that the falsity of those lurid details is not relevant.

I don’t think Italian law embraces the concept of spoliation of evidence so it seems irrelevant that the Italian authorities erased Amanda’s computer drive. I don’t think an Italian jury is permitted to conclude that the hard drive would have revealed friendly emails between the two girls. It seems the tabloid editors don’t want to even speculate on that issue much less reach conclusions about it.

Understandably, the long-suffering court has had to sit patiently through the pitching of these fabrications and now, becoming short on patience, they refuse to listen any further. It should be obvious that once caught lying, there is very little sympathy for the liar even if he now tells the truth.

Sometimes I wonder if some anti-American issues got into this trial, but probably not one that I was thinking of. I doubt the prosecutor even heard of the Fort Lawton incident during WWII, where Italian POWs were held.(The Army re-opened the case a few years ago, reversed a few convictions and upgraded discharges of the remaining soldiers to honorable). The African American soldiers accused of the murder, were accused of doing it out of jealousy, supposedly. They felt the POWs were getting better treatment than they were. Although I usually when I type the above info in a comment, then delete it, erring on the side of caution, and that it is a mere coincidence, and not relevant.

Look into this and research it. Two innocent people’s lives are being destroyed. Would you want to be convicted using a piece of Low-Copy number DNA “evidence”? Ask yourself that.

Please visit http://www.sciencespheres.org for more facts about this case.

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/vashon/vib/news/83913432.html

One concern on this case, is the appeal. Since Mingnini’s conviction, I heard one story on Ray Turner’s blog, that the list of those that have been sued for slander/defamation by Mignini has grown, to include Luciano Ghirga and Luca Maori. I wondered if that would affact the appeal, if the attorneys for Knox and Sollecito could handle that and being charged themselves, but then again, I remembered that Ms.Knox was convicted while the prosecutor was on trial himself. Probably just grandstanding by the prosecution.

http://knoxarchives.blogspot.com/2010/02/another-giuliano-mignini-defamation.html

Probably just have to wait and see how that happens. Also, Donald Trump’s idea of a boycott would not work these days, you can’t know what all was made in one place or another these days. Not to say that he should not do what he can, but for him, doing something behind the scenes probably would not happen.