The media is really racking them up, aren't they?
...But his (click title to entry - thank you) American detractors have claimed his investigation was a "railroad job from hell", starting from the moment he questioned Knox for hours without a lawyer, coaxing her into naming an innocent man, Patrick Lumumba, as the likely murderer, to his suggestion that Knox and Sollecito's slaying of Kercher was inspired by the occult.
The criticisms will have come as no surprise to a man who has strongly believed for years that opponents were secretly plotting his downfall....
(CBS/AP)
Last Updated 4:28 p.m. ET
PERUGIA, Italy - American student Amanda Knox, who was convicted by an Italian court for the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher, was acquitted today by an appeals court.
Her murder conviction in the 2007 slaying of her roommate Meredith Kercher was thrown out by the jury, and she was ordered immediately released from prison after nearly four years of detention.Knox collapsed in tears after the verdict was read out Monday.
The murder conviction against her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito was also thrown out.
The judge upheld Knox's conviction on a charge of slander for accusing bar owner Diya "Patrick" Lumumba of carrying out the killing. He set the sentence at three years - meaning for time served - and a fine of 22,000 euros (about $29,000). Knox has been in prison since Nov. 6, 2007.
Sobbing, Knox was escorted out of the courtroom.
Does the legal profession seriously have a place on weekly programming competing for ratings while we are seeing innocent people facing death sentences? Hasn't the public been traumatized enough. There is a reason for newspapers.
Within the past few months we have witnessed two high profile cases and three victims charged with murders they did not commit. TWO were women.
Both women suffered 'trial by reputation' while in the Knox case her boyfriend was held accountable with her as if illicit sex between them damned them to death.
I've had enough of the self-righteous.
Within the past few months we have witnessed two high profile cases and three victims charged with murders they did not commit. TWO were women.
Both women suffered 'trial by reputation' while in the Knox case her boyfriend was held accountable with her as if illicit sex between them damned them to death.
I've had enough of the self-righteous.
