The verdict is in. After four years in prison for the death of her roommate Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are free. And I, for one, am thrilled. Having read two books on the subject, I could never accept for a minute that this couple had anything to do with Meredith's death. Today's verdict seemed like the only just conclusion to this shameful case. I find it very depressing that the Kercher family were eager for the court to uphold the original verdict. I feel sorry for their loss, but unsympathetic at how vengeful this family is with so little evidence. Amanda, to my mind, was a victim of a nearly psychotic prosecutor who creates scenarios then tries to make the facts fit the fantasy. (When an American author came to Italy to write about the serial killer known as the Monster of Florence, this nutcase prosecutor accused him of being the Monster of Florence because he knew so many facts about the case, which he had, of course, gleaned in his research.) We will never really knew what happened in Perugia but the idea that Amanda and Raffaele murdered her when she wouldn't participate in an orgy with them and drug dealer and petty thief Rudy Hermann Guede is absurd. Guede is now serving a 16-year prison term, a mild sentence for someone who I feel certain committed the murder and allowed two innocent young people to serve time so he could get a lighter sentence. Amazingly the crowd outside the courthouse chanted "Shame" at the release of Amanda and Raffaele. I can't imagine why. Yes, I can. Amanda's sister said in a speech shortly after the verdict thanked all the people around the world who "took the time to research the case". I can only assume those who cried "Shame" never made that effort.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Justice.
The verdict is in. After four years in prison for the death of her roommate Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are free. And I, for one, am thrilled. Having read two books on the subject, I could never accept for a minute that this couple had anything to do with Meredith's death. Today's verdict seemed like the only just conclusion to this shameful case. I find it very depressing that the Kercher family were eager for the court to uphold the original verdict. I feel sorry for their loss, but unsympathetic at how vengeful this family is with so little evidence. Amanda, to my mind, was a victim of a nearly psychotic prosecutor who creates scenarios then tries to make the facts fit the fantasy. (When an American author came to Italy to write about the serial killer known as the Monster of Florence, this nutcase prosecutor accused him of being the Monster of Florence because he knew so many facts about the case, which he had, of course, gleaned in his research.) We will never really knew what happened in Perugia but the idea that Amanda and Raffaele murdered her when she wouldn't participate in an orgy with them and drug dealer and petty thief Rudy Hermann Guede is absurd. Guede is now serving a 16-year prison term, a mild sentence for someone who I feel certain committed the murder and allowed two innocent young people to serve time so he could get a lighter sentence. Amazingly the crowd outside the courthouse chanted "Shame" at the release of Amanda and Raffaele. I can't imagine why. Yes, I can. Amanda's sister said in a speech shortly after the verdict thanked all the people around the world who "took the time to research the case". I can only assume those who cried "Shame" never made that effort.
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