Twenty-seven year old Amanda Knox was found guilty of killing her British roommate in 2007 as a suspected sex game gone all wrong. Along with Ms. Knox, her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito was also convicted. They were all students in Perugia, Italy which is also where Amanda is serving time. Knox’s mother, Ms. Mellas, has been forced to move to Perugia in an attempt to revive her daughter’s case. Ms. Mellas doesn’t believe a word of the 427 page report which includes DNA and compromising statements from Ms. Knox. Another man named Rudy Guede was later found guilty in the case as well. His bloody palm print and other DNA samples directly connected him to the victim. Ms. Mellas believes it was really Guede who committed the crime. Earlier this summer, the family’s case appeared to be supported by an independent forensic report saying that key pieces of DNA evidence used to convict Ms. Knox and Mr. Sollecito were unreliable and possibly contaminated. An important witness also contradicted himself numerous times. A similar case was even dismissed after prosecutors jumped to conclusions but then stepped back when things started to not add up. Regardless of this information, Amanda is still serving time and currently has no foreseeable reason to be released.
The main message of this article is a central one that happens all around the world. Innocent and guilty people are convicted of serious crimes each day. In this case, Amanda Knox was convicted of a crime that some believe she is not guilty of, and that the evidence against her is unsubstantial. When something like this occurs it not only affects the person guilty, but it also impacts their family, friends, bystanders, etc. It even seems unfair when a similar case doesn’t result as Amanda’s did. For the time being Ms. Mellas will keep hope alive and continue to fight for her daughter’s freedom.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/world/europe/01italy.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=world
2 comments:
I did a paper my senior year in which i talked about the death penalty and why i thought it was wrong, I'm not trying to push off beliefs but one of the arguments that i gave was that a lot of people are convicted and served life in prison and later been found to be innocent. I think this a sad case. There are many reasons why people can be convicted including social pressure to solve the case placed on detectives. To sum things up i completely agree and believe that all officials should take their time in examining a case, especially when it includes murder.
This case seems like a difficult one to solve. It seems as though the police have evidence that is not adding up, but yet they still acted on it my arresting the accused girl. It also gets tricky when witnesses change their story around so you don't know to believe them anymore. Hopefully if the police look into the details more closely and try to put together the events i'm sure they will come to the correct conclusion as to what happened.
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