NBR - Can we talk about Amanda Knox?

UGADawg8 · October 2011

I'd just to hear what others think about this case. I'm not convinced she killed her roommate but I feel like there was some super shady stuff going on. I'm sure her family is elated to be able to bring her home but I just have this feeling she's hiding something.

The Italian justice system is pretty f'ed up though. It's pretty much impossible to use any of the "evidence" they collected.

amyc216 · October 2011

She definitely acted weird after the murder, but I don't think she did it. I just watched the acquittal on TV and started crying (hormones!).

BettyBookworm · October 2011

ah, so she was aquitted? I think it was pretty much inevitable.

I have been leaning towards guilty the entire time. I think the only reason she is getting off is that she is a cute american girl who's parents are loaded. Well, that and the Italian Justice system screwed the pooch on the case. It was so mishandled that she was bound to walk.

Do I think she killed her room-mate? I don't know. There was a lot of shady business going on in that house. There are only 3 people that know the truth. One of them is dead and the others swear they didn't do it. So there it is.

Djcieply · October 2011

SuperDeDuper:
Yup, I agree. I'm not sure she's guilty of murder but she sure seems shady about the whole thing. I think I get more annoyed at the family crying that she didn't get treated fairly, etc and how she's an American, she deserves to be treated the way we want her to attitude that they sometimes portrayed. Cause that's a bunch of crap in my mind. You're not in America, you got yourself messed up with a really bad situation, and you need to realize that you will play by their rules, not ours.

I agree with everything you said! I dont know if shes guilty of murder but I think shes guilty of something pertaining to the murder with just how she was acting afterwards.

RobynK · October 2011

RachaelA:

I think she probably walked in on her dead roommate and freaked out and didn't know what to do. I think they interrogated the crap out of her and she was scared and broke down. I don't think she is guilty at all.

This. Interrogation in a foreign language right after your roomie is murdered? Sounds like HELL.

A Pregnant Pause · October 2011

RachaelA:

I think she probably walked in on her dead roommate and freaked out and didn't know what to do. I think they interrogated the crap out of her and she was scared and broke down. I don't think she is guilty at all.

This. She was young, barely fluent in the language and being interrogated in a strange environment following an incredibly traumatic situation. She was foolish, but not a murderer.

lisamonkee11 · October 2011

RachaelA:

I think she probably walked in on her dead roommate and freaked out and didn't know what to do. I think they interrogated the crap out of her and she was scared and broke down. I don't think she is guilty at all.

This is pretty much how I feel. The same verdict would have been reached if this trial took place in the states. The evidence against both her & her boyfriend at the time was very very thin. While I don't think she acted in a manner that became her immediately following her arrest, I'm sure most of us would not act normally in that kind of situation under that kind of pressure. Anyway - I'm glad it's over & that she'll be coming home, but I am not looking forward to the endless crap we'll have to hear about it when she gets here.

christiney06 · October 2011

RachaelA:
I think she probably walked in on her dead roommate and freaked out and didn't know what to do. I think they interrogated the crap out of her and she was scared and broke down. I don't think she is guilty at all.

agreed. the Italian police seem like a bunch of scumbags. did anyone watch the 20/20 on this the other night? they had one of the prison guards dress up as a Dr. and tell Amanda that she had HIV so that she would give them the names of everyone she'd every slept with. they then leaked that to the media so they could label her a slut. that is just wrong no matter what the situation!!

her being unlikable/ not compassionate isn't a reason to feel she did it. they had only known each other a month and didn't like each other. hence why she wasn't too torn up about her murder.

BettyBookworm · October 2011

christiney06:
RachaelA:
I think she probably walked in on her dead roommate and freaked out and didn't know what to do. I think they interrogated the crap out of her and she was scared and broke down. I don't think she is guilty at all.
agreed. the Italian police seem like a bunch of scumbags. did anyone watch the 20/20 on this the other night? they had one of the prison guards dress up as a Dr. and tell Amanda that she had HIV so that she would give them the names of everyone she'd every slept with. they then leaked that to the media so they could label her a slut. that is just wrong no matter what the situation!!
her being unlikable/ not compassionate isn't a reason to feel she did it. they had only known each other a month and didn't like each other. hence why she wasn't too torn up about her murder.

That is just jacked up shyt. Man, that is so wrong on so many levels. If that is the case, and not just made up (its the media) then I feel really bad for the way they treated her over there. That is awful. I am glad she gets to go home.

If she is innocent then its all good. She gets to go home. If she is guilty then a higher power is going to have to deal with her when the time comes. I'm just wondering how she is going to make a living etc. when she gets back to the states? I know she can probably make money off of a book deal or what not, but what about if she wants to go back to regular life?

You know, finish college & get a job. I wonder how she will do it?

MrsNash37212 · October 2011

RachaelA:

I think she probably walked in on her dead roommate and freaked out and didn't know what to do. I think they interrogated the crap out of her and she was scared and broke down. I don't think she is guilty at all.

This. The Italian prosecutor seemed like a major AW nutjob. He's used the "satanic ritual" accusation in several previous cases (obsessed much?) and just took the sex-crazed drug-fueled mumbo jumbo way too far. It's a court of law, not a soap opera. He was also sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegal actions in another case. The fact remains that Guede's DNA was found in and on the body and his bloody handprint was on Meredith's pillow. He did it, end of story. Did Knox act like a total flake when she was interrogated? Apparently, yes. But I've never had a study abroad roommate murdered in my apartment either, so who knows how I would react if I found myself in that situation?

ellewoodsSC · October 2011

I think she deserves to go free. Who knows what really happened that night, but I don't believe that she killed her roommate. The Italian police, media and justice system spent more time trying to vilify Knox and create some elaborate image of a sex-fueled rage monster than providing any sort of credible evidence that she committed the crime. After hearing about the court circus in Italy, I'd like to say I'm grateful for the US legal system, but then there's Casey Anthony.

leahraewku · October 2011

The prosecutor in this case is a complete scumbag. Look up "The Monster of Florence" if you'd like a little more insight into his prosecutorial style. He's a complete jackass who fabricates ridiculous stories and destroys lives in the process. This isn't the first case he's completely botched. I think what was done to this girl is absolutely disgusting and, while I feel incredibly sorry for the family of Meredith Kercher, I'm glad she's going free. It's painfully obvious that Rudy Guede is the guilty party and I don't understand how that fact keeps getting glossed over.

BettyBookworm · October 2011

RachaelA:
BettyBookworm:
christiney06:
RachaelA:
I think she probably walked in on her dead roommate and freaked out and didn't know what to do. I think they interrogated the crap out of her and she was scared and broke down. I don't think she is guilty at all.
agreed. the Italian police seem like a bunch of scumbags. did anyone watch the 20/20 on this the other night? they had one of the prison guards dress up as a Dr. and tell Amanda that she had HIV so that she would give them the names of everyone she'd every slept with. they then leaked that to the media so they could label her a slut. that is just wrong no matter what the situation!!
her being unlikable/ not compassionate isn't a reason to feel she did it. they had only known each other a month and didn't like each other. hence why she wasn't too torn up about her murder.
That is just jacked up shyt. Man, that is so wrong on so many levels. If that is the case, and not just made up (its the media) then I feel really bad for the way they treated her over there. That is awful. I am glad she gets to go home.
If she is innocent then its all good. She gets to go home. If she is guilty then a higher power is going to have to deal with her when the time comes. I'm just wondering how she is going to make a living etc. when she gets back to the states? I know she can probably make money off of a book deal or what not, but what about if she wants to go back to regular life?
You know, finish college & get a job. I wonder how she will do it?
I think she's a lot less known then someone like Casey Anthony for example. DH didn't even know anything about the case until I told him about it today. I bet the majority of her age group wouldn't be able to pick her out of a crowd (I'd recognize her name, but not her face).

I guess that is a blessing in disguise for her then. I do wish her well, but I hope its not like that Joran Van Der Sloot dude (Natalie Holloway). You know, he is never nabbed for the murder & allowed to walk. Two years or so later he kills someone else and is finally paying the piper.

I think that Foxy Knoxy should keep her head down and nose clean. I still think she was involved somehow. Maybe some consensual sex play that went bad or something (really bad if it involves slitting someone's throat), but she was proven to be a pathological liar multiple times throughout the trial. She is also playing the "I have sympathy/empathy" card now when she is defending herself, but throughout the trial she has demonstrated less than empathetic tenancies...to the point of being void of emotion etc. I kind of tend to believe she is a sociopath of some sort. Something in the milk ain't clean, so to speak. I just can't put my finger on it.

I really feel for the victim's family. They felt that they truly had the culprit confined, went through the entire circus only to have nothing left except a headstone. Know what I mean? They will never know who to blame for their loved one's death & I find that especially tragic. People are focusing on Knox and how wronged she was (and I don't doubt that she was treated unfairly) but in the end this Kercher woman is still dead. I just find it very sad all the way around. Sad

rvillebride27 · October 2011

I feel very sorry for the family of Meredith Kercher. Everyone seems to have forgotten about her in all this mess. Now her family has to live with the fact that no one will pay for the terrible death of their daughter, I couldn't imagine what that feels like. I don't know if Knox was guilty or a part of the actual murder but the whole thing seemed very shady to me. I think she knows more than she will ever let on.

sjBear123 · October 2011

MrsNash37212:
RachaelA:

I think she probably walked in on her dead roommate and freaked out and didn't know what to do. I think they interrogated the crap out of her and she was scared and broke down. I don't think she is guilty at all.

This. The Italian prosecutor seemed like a major AW nutjob. He's used the "satanic ritual" accusation in several previous cases (obsessed much?) and just took the sex-crazed drug-fueled mumbo jumbo way too far. It's a court of law, not a soap opera. He was also sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegal actions in another case.
*The fact remains that Guede's DNA was found in and on the body and his bloody handprint was on Meredith's pillow. He did it, end of story. *
Did Knox act like a total flake when she was interrogated? Apparently, yes. But I've never had a study abroad roommate murdered in my apartment either, so who knows how I would react if I found myself in that situation?

This. (I don't know why my computer won't let me bold or underline)

Did they get him too? It sounded to me like a rape/murder.

UGADawg8 · October 2011

christiney06:
RachaelA:

I think she probably walked in on her dead roommate and freaked out and didn't know what to do. I think they interrogated the crap out of her and she was scared and broke down. I don't think she is guilty at all.

agreed. the Italian police seem like a bunch of scumbags. did anyone watch the 20/20 on this the other night? they had one of the prison guards dress up as a Dr. and tell Amanda that she had HIV so that she would give them the names of everyone she'd every slept with. they then leaked that to the media so they could label her a slut. that is just wrong no matter what the situation!!

her being unlikable/ not compassionate isn't a reason to feel she did it. they had only known each other a month and didn't like each other. hence why she wasn't too torn up about her murder.

Maybe I'm different than others here but even if I wasn't crazy about my roommate that I barely knew, I'd still be a mess over the fact that someone about the same age as me was brutally murdered in the home we shared. Now, since I've never been in this situation I don't know how I'd act and maybe I'd come across as shady also. This all sucks for Meredith's family. The Knox family may have been through hell but at least they could still see their dauther, hear her voice, etc.

Runnergirl2242 · October 2011

MrsNash37212:
RachaelA:

I think she probably walked in on her dead roommate and freaked out and didn't know what to do. I think they interrogated the crap out of her and she was scared and broke down. I don't think she is guilty at all.

This. The Italian prosecutor seemed like a major AW nutjob. He's used the "satanic ritual" accusation in several previous cases (obsessed much?) and just took the sex-crazed drug-fueled mumbo jumbo way too far. It's a court of law, not a soap opera. He was also sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegal actions in another case. The fact remains that Guede's DNA was found in and on the body and his bloody handprint was on Meredith's pillow. He did it, end of story. Did Knox act like a total flake when she was interrogated? Apparently, yes. But I've never had a study abroad roommate murdered in my apartment either, so who knows how I would react if I found myself in that situation?

Agreed.

Chunstad · October 2011

BettyBookworm:

ah, so she was aquitted? I think it was pretty much inevitable.

I have been leaning towards guilty the entire time. I think the only reason she is getting off is that she is a cute american girl who's parents are loaded. Well, that and the Italian Justice system screwed the pooch on the case. It was so mishandled that she was bound to walk.

Do I think she killed her room-mate? I don't know. There was a lot of shady business going on in that house. There are only 3 people that know the truth. One of them is dead and the others swear they didn't do it. So there it is.

I disagree. I live in Seattle where she is from, and her mom is a school teacher. They aren't loaded. Her grandmother has her house totally mortgaged and her retirement is gone from helping her. Her family is totally in debt, and they have had several fundraisers for her defense and for her family to be able to fly back and forth. I don't know her, but this is all from our local king5 news.

bbo62808 · October 2011

Once the DNA was not reliable, there was no connection--the right decision was made to free her as they can't be 100% certain she did it.

Hopefully, she gets her life back together and moves on.

Of course it is a tragedy, a young girl was murdered and that family doesn't have closure--but blaming someone else because it is easy doesn't make it ok. Then there are 2 lives completely lost.

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