Good for her. Her family mortgage their homes, raided their retirement funds and basically took out every penny they could to pay for her defense. This money will go a long way to repairing their finances.
None of you have even been following the case. I've followed it very closely since I first found out about it (I was in college--same age as her) and there is NO way they have enough evidence to convict. She's innocent. Point to a SINGLE piece of evidence that proves she was there and killed her.
A women was killed, whether Amanda was involved is still questionable. I do not believe she should get rewarded for the woman's death. The woman's parents ought to sue her for the lost grandkids adn time with their daughter. OHHHH say around 7 figures.
Johnny --- so true. The entire horror story has been played out around the globe to its final end within the legal system. Rehashing it in a book for those who want to linger around that horrible murder for whatever reason I suppose is their own reasoning and freedom of expression exists for good reason. I've seen enough. Discretion, and privacy would be my goal if I were in her shoes, yet I'm not. If she wants a book deal and the limelight over the terrible occurrance that simply sheds a new light on her which doesn't really have to do with the murder or trial at all. It has to do with wanting to linger in the public's eyes and minds for whatever reasoning.
Oh give it a break. The chemist and biochemist at the university I work at laugh over the "evidence" produced by the Italian police. The consider their forensic lab to be entirely compromised and the evidence they said they had to be so badly collected, handle and analyzed that it is just a joke. Let's take dna evidence from your sink and hallway... and guess what, your DNA will be there. It's the quantity that matters and when you have to recalibrate your instruments so high to even get a positive, that says that there wasn't enough to be usable.
I feel quite badly for Meredith Kercher's family. I think it would be equally interesting to hear how they have been affected by a bolluxed up investigation, piss poor forensics and a crazy prosecutor. When prosecutors fail to do a good job, they victimize the family again. And I know all about prosecution and defense from being one of those people who do the prosecution and defense. Meredith was murdered by a man that the prosecutor cut a deal with and who will now be free to do more harm in less than a decade. I'm freaking pissed off about how the Italians blew this case. However, two wrongs do not make a right. Ms. Knox has every right to try to help make her family financially whole.
It amazes me how many armchair attorneys we have on this post who insist that Amanda is guilty.....how in heck do you know this for a fact? The forensics were botched badly, the crime scene was compromised, the evidence did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that either she or her boyfriend were involved, etc. It's easy to say that someone is guilty when you don't know all the facts or are so stupid that you cannot to see the facts for what they are. The fact that Amanda was released was totally due to the fact that she was most likely innocent, and if she IS innocent, she went through hell for several years and deserves anything she gets. Until the Italian police can come up with CONCRETE evidence to prove otherwise, Amanda is innocent. It's the same as with Casey's trial....lack of concrete evidence linking her, or anyone, to the crime was lacking. That's the reason we have justice in America.....and it's a good think the Italian courts overruled the prosecution for putting on such a pitiful case.
first of all you people that "KNOW" she's guilty should have presented your evidence during the trial....and the fact the you did not is in it's self a crime. "with holding evidence"
sense you with held your evidence when you had your chance to present it at trial it's time to shut up ......or is it that you don't actually ""KNOW"""you stupid dumb a$$!!!!!
I'm sick of people comparing Amanda Knox to Casey Anthony and i am disgusted by how easily you morons convict people based on their race,ethnicity, or national origin. The only crime Amanda Knox commited was being American. It is a hard and fast FACT she DIDN'T kill Meredith Kercher and the Judge didn't just find there wasn't enough evidence to convict in the case but that there was ZERO evidence in the case. The ONLY blood on Kercher was hers and Rudy Guide's, the ONLY DNA in the room where she was found was hers and Guide's, the Judge found that the case was WHOLELY mishandled by a prosecutor and a police force that went on a political crusade against a soft target like a young attractive girl instead of a scumbag Ivorian with a known criminal history who originally admitted sole responsibility til they offered to cut his sentence in half. Casey Anthony got off because the Prosecutor was too stupid to go for lesser charges of negligent homicide which Casey as much as admitted. Don't blame the system because the prosecutor only charged her with pre-meditated murder or a crime of passion and not also with being a selfish b***h who would let her two year old swim while she was inside on Facebook. They would have easily gotten a conviction on neglegent homicide and abuse of a corpse had she been charged with them. Learn the law and some common snese before you start spouting off about how much of a piece of garbage a person is.
There is a guy in Jail right now, who is the person responsible.
He has even testified that Amanda and her boyfreind were not involved in any way. He was trying to date the victim for a long time, and she refused his advances.
A third person, Ivory Coast native Rudy Guede. He is serving life for her murder right now. 30 years. He has confessed to the Murder, and that both Amanda and her boyfriend were NOT involved.
God Bless the poor girl for the literal torture she's been through.
As far as that lame excuse for a prosecutor is concerned... hell could not possibly be hot enough, and eternity could not be long enough... And while he's there, I hope that somehow he can come to grips with his own investigation of prosecutorial misconduct... that didn't seem to get much airplay.
I hope she makes all the money she possibly can over this - she and her family have been through hell, and thanks be unto whatever god you pray to, lived to tell the tale.
from what i can tell about the case......and has been reported.......the italians are no better at collecting evidence than they are at driving cruise ships........
Sollecito and Knox were responsible for the Nov. 1, 2007, stabbing death of Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old British student who shared an apartment with Knox in Perugia. No one mentioned the BS the Kercher family been through or closure for the death of their daughter.
@Jimmy the bleak, Prove it, apparently you have evidence of some sort. There wasn't any evidence tying them to the crime other than they lived together.
You people are something else! You've allowed the media coverage to convict Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. Yes, everyone feels for the victim. However, the Italian Courts have already proved the third Ivory Coast Man convicted, actually was there and did the crime.
Here are two undeniable facts that prove Amanda Knox innocence... Regardless of how guilty you want her to be.
a) At both the original conviction trial and the appeal trial;AT NO TIME, could the Prosecution actually substantiate Amanda Knox and her boyfriend were actually home at the time of the murder. All that could be corroborated by the Prosecution was their returning later that night.
b) The victim was covered in blood an laying in a pool of blood; however, no substantial blood of any kind was found on Amanda or her boyfriend. The only thing the Prosecution did claim was a couple old dried blood found in the bathtub (anyone heard of shaving one's legs); and some minute blood found on a bra of Amanda's in Amanda's bedroom. Investigators openly admitted everything in the Apartment was mishandled; as the apartment was searched. Additionally, evidence was bagged together and left at the apartment for several weeks prior to police taking in for testing. This Cross Contamination had been verified by neutral international forensic investigators, reexamining the prosecutions "so called" evidence.
These are the two key pieces of the prosecutions case that were full of holes and justifiably overturned the original conviction by the Italian Courts. Granted, all Countries Courts aren't as thorough as most 1st and 2nd World Nations; however, it doesn't take a expert to see the Italian Prosecution gained its original conviction on "Media Sensationalism"; rather the real evidence of the case against Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. In most countries, under these circumstances; the original case would have been thrown out of court, based on severe lack of credible evidence by the prosecution.
What I find truly shameful, is the Italian Prosecution Team. Their non existent case was exposed during the Appeals Trial and now are embarrassed. Hence the continued "Witch Hunt" against Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. What is truly reprehensible is how this continued attack is fueling the emotions of the victims family. They cannot allow their child, sister, etc., to rest in peace; because, the Italian Prosecution can't admit their mistake and accept the true conviction of the Ivory Coast Man. The Italian Prosecution won't rest until innocent or guilty, Amanda Knox and Raffaello are dragged back into the Prosecution "Media Spotlight." I think judicial censor needs to be done against these prosecutors for wasting the courts time.
Two wrongs don't make a right, people! Wanting Amanda Knox to be guilty, will not bring back the victim.. Sometimes a person is truly innocent.. American or not!
You people are something else! You've allowed the media coverage to convict Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. Yes, everyone feels for the victim. However, the Italian Courts have already proved the third Ivory Coast Man convicted, actually was there and did the crime.
Here are two undeniable facts that prove Amanda Knox innocence... Regardless of how guilty you want her to be.
a) At both the original conviction trial and the appeal trial;AT NO TIME, could the Prosecution actually substantiate Amanda Knox and her boyfriend were actually home at the time of the murder. All that could be corroborated by the Prosecution was their returning later that night.
b) The victim was covered in blood an laying in a pool of blood; however, no substantial blood of any kind was found on Amanda or her boyfriend. The only thing the Prosecution did claim was a couple old dried blood found in the bathtub (anyone heard of shaving one's legs); and some small droplets of smeared blood found on a bra of Amanda's in Amanda's bedroom dresser drawer. Investigators openly admitted everything in the Apartment was mishandled; as the apartment was ransacked and searched by investigators and police, at the murder scene. There was no attempt by police on site, to keep the blood from the body off everything, while going through the apartment. Of course, there was cross contamination going on.. It doesn't take a village idiot to see that! Additionally, evidence was bagged together and left at the apartment for several weeks prior to police taking in for testing. This Cross Contamination had been verified by neutral international forensic investigators, reexamining the prosecutions "so called" evidence.
These are the two key pieces of the prosecutions case that were full of holes and justifiably overturned the original conviction by the Italian Courts. Granted, all Countries Courts aren't as thorough as most 1st and 2nd World Nations; however, it doesn't take a expert to see the Italian Prosecution gained its original conviction on "Media Sensationalism"; rather the real evidence of the case against Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. In most countries, under these circumstances; the original case would have been thrown out of court, based on severe lack of credible evidence by the prosecution.
What I find truly shameful, is the Italian Prosecution Team. Their non existent case was exposed during the Appeals Trial and now are embarrassed. Hence the continued "Witch Hunt" against Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. What is truly reprehensible is how this continued attack is fueling the emotions of the victims family. They cannot allow their child, sister, etc., to rest in peace; because, the Italian Prosecution can't admit their mistake and accept the true conviction of the Ivory Coast Man. The Italian Prosecution won't rest until innocent or guilty, Amanda Knox and Raffaello are dragged back into the Prosecution "Media Spotlight." I think judicial censor needs to be done against these prosecutors for wasting the courts time.
Two wrongs don't make a right, people! Wanting Amanda Knox to be guilty, will not bring back the victim.. Sometimes a person is truly innocent.. American or not!
Ronzwyf....you running for government office you have enough double talk and BS in that writing, plainly tell you have no idea. Just too bad the Italian team dropped the ball, and did not make it stick the first time. The Kerncher family are the losers here, they lost a daughter and the Italian justice system failed to put all the killers away the first time. The brunette bimbo will make a mistake in writing her so called book and give herself away if nothing else.
You must be running for the most ignorant person of the year. You better hope a prosecutor like Amand's does not put you on death row some day, for something you did not do.
Agreed differnet, now the stupid prosecution wants to try her again. On what evidence? If I were her I would never set foot in that country again, not even in Europe. Not sure why they had to choose they stupid cover picture.
We have extradition treaties that we have to uphold. So, she'll have to go back if they can get teh case to court. But it's unlikely that the court will try again.
R.Saenz, read something about forensics and then study the forensics on the case. Even if she was guilty, no one will ever know because the police screwed the collection.
Thr prosecuter was coming up on charges ofabusing the power of his office AND intimidation. But yeah ok he didn't abuse anything in the Knox trial right? I'm sorry, let's just say that me and these people who are CONVINCED she's guilty live in the same house/apartment flat whatever and your DNA ends up on the handle of a kitchen knife we both share I end up stabbed to death and my DNA is on the blade. That means your guilty of murder right? Do you see the complete absurdity of your evidense? I know my room mate's and I all cook and we've all cut our selves with those knives. Oh and let's not foeget it was a SINGLE skin cell. not even enough to retest. hmmm that's convenient. get a grip.
As far as the book deal? If it wasn't for the fact that Meredith's family are smoking the same thing the prosecution is I'd say give them some of the moey. However they are on that train too. If Amanda wants to tell her side so be it. If the Italian media can crucify her then se has every right to tell her side. I am so glad that I never want to go to Italy. They obviously have high regards for US residents.
Italian villagers especially the guys do not like an upstart loose British girl student talking down to and patronizing them especially when she is not even white. They killed her just as Americans in the Deep South would have done in the past and got away with it.
This was not an isolated incident committed by Rudy Guedde only. I'm sure the WHOLE truth will come out. I believe Amanda did it, but because she is a blue eyed white girl, with fresh face looks, she's automatically believed. I think she is as evil as they come! Why in the world would she lie about her boss being the killer?! It's because she knew Rudy was the real accomplice, but to throw the authorities off, she had to implicate somebody...somebody black of course, because she knows she was in on the sick game.
I thought I was the only one thinking this was a possibility. I would refuse to read anything this girl writes! Guilty or not she did lie. Nothing in the book would seem truthful.
If you would take the time to read WHY she was found not just "NOT GUILTY" but "INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES" your ignorance would not show so much.
In Italian Law you have the following rulings:
1. Not guilty due to insufficient evidence. (Not guilty) 2. Not guilty due to the fact that the person did not commit the crime. (Innocent)
The first option is a passive statement, but the second is a positive declaration of innocence, not simply lack of guilt. It says not that the prosecutors failed to meet their burden, but that the evidence proves that person charged did not commit the crime. It is not simply release, it is full exoneration. That is the verdict Amanda and Raffaele received: Not guilty because the evidence proved that they did not commit the crime.
To greenforallneeded - You do realize that after they arrested Amanda Knox, that they found the real killer? That the real killer had absolutely no link to Knox or her boyfriend, but received a deal to cut down his sentence if he agreed to testify against them. So the guy made up this out there story about how Knox approached him (a stranger), to join them in some sort of orgy. There was no DNA evidence linking her to the crime, no physical evidence linking her to the crime, just the real killer's made up story so he could get less time for the deed. And why did the cops believe him? Because they had made such a big deal that Knox was guilty, they'd look like a$$es if they backtracked.
This is so typical of the dumb-ass American, always thinking they are like the smile of Buddha... thinking they know all. Americans always judge people by their standards and not the standard of that country. This little tart literally got away with murder now is going to profit by it? Mrs. O.J. should be ashamed of herself. If she was really not guilty she would be donating this money to the victims. But knowing her there is another opportunity to buy more dope for her, as she is an addict and that’s what lead up to her and her friend’s sexual assault murder spree.
All the bleeding heart Americans always talk about Mrs. O.J. but not the victim. As a country we should be ashamed of our selves. Like O.J. this little tart will get her ass in more trouble down the road. Watch and see.
Some of us do believe (including the Italian government) that she was somehow involved in the murder of her room mate. You can buy her book - I plan to pass or push the delete button on anything about her. Mosin is right - just give her time and you will see Amanda in more trouble.
Mosin, you are a complete idiot. If Knox is not guilty, she should get any money from the book for all the time she spent unjustly in prison, as well as for the money her family had to spend on legal fees. If she didn't kill the roomate, why should she donate money to the roomate's family? What an asinine little troll you are. Oh, but that's ok because you know she is a "little tart", and an "addict". It would seem you have no problem using your own standards of judgement.
@Mosin She did not kill anyone. There is ZERO evidence to support the accusations, which in and of themselves were prepostrous. I mean, "a sex game gone wrong"?! What does that even mean??
This case never would've even made it to trial in the U.S. Our justice system is notorious for putting innocent people behind bars, but it's a utopia compared to that draconian medieval crap that Knox was subjected to in Italy.
Good thing most of your opinions are exactly that opinions and mostly useless, baseless, exaggerations of what other media and/or government outlets have told you of the facts, the old facts at that. The fact is that the evidence collect against the girl was terrible at best. Most of it was gathered by incompetent police, who seemed to have it out for the American or at least used information that contradicted itself. She paid her dues and so did her family financially and emotionally. I say write the book all the people who say they will not read it, wouldn't read a book anyways. (That's my useless opinion)
The fact that she spent 4 years in an Italian prison and the was cleared on her appeals, should be enough for most of us to make the conclusion that there is a story there and that Justice was served. You can't blame it on an American court system.
@Mosin
For all the out of "country" bloggers who want to claim that "we Americans" don't get it. I don't think YOU get it, just because a person feels another was guilty, doesn't make it so and even more in this case. She was convicted then cleared, what part of that don't you get. Seems basic to me, yet I guess my dumb "American" thinking is getting in the way of the facts. Fact is your mad that an American was convicted then released after going through all the proper outlets. Your mad because you cant let the case go, your stuck in the past, get over it. Why don't you get a pint at your pub mate and drink yourself into a stooper. Obviously you don't have faith in any legal system.
Mosin's attitude is a perfect example of why Knox was convicted. The jurors decided that white Americans are never held accountable in other countries, so they chose to make an example out of her with no regard for the fact that she was innocent.
Mosin does not care if she did it or not. To him, she's guilty either way because she's a "spoiled American girl." That's all he can see, hence why he is so blinded to the mounds of evidence that are right in front of him.
To him and the original jury that wrongfully convicted her, this wasn't about whether or not she committed this crime. It never was about that. It was about "sticking it" to the "arrogant" United States and scoring one for the local team. That's why they're now so pissed that the conviction was overturned; these hatemongering, resentful, bitter bigots have lost their trophy.
Even so-called impartial journalists refer to Amanda as "privileged." They can't stop themselves from hating her because she's white and has a hard-working family.
As for her book, I will buy several copies. I admire her and her family for bearing up under such mental torture.
Yeah privileged, spoiled I'm not sure what other terms were used. I live in Seattle and have followed the case from day 1. Amanda said she wanted to help the police catch who did it a lo and behold they arrest her. Sound a lot like The Davinci Codedoesn't it. guilty until proven innocent. Her family is not well-to-do. They took out a mortgage on their house to pay foe feeble defense attorneys that had never even been involved in a murder trial. The courts appointed a prosecutor that was being brought up in abuse of office charges, but ignored that. How slanted could it be? The Italian media crucified her so there would never be a fair trial anywhere in Italy. I'm sorry but the overwhelming evidence proved her innocence.
Are you kidding me differnet? That girl is guilty and she knows it! Just like Casey Anthony was guilty and aquitted for the crime committed. Unbelievable!!
I think everyone is entitled to their own opinions and mine is that she is guilty. But who in their right mind goes shopping with their boyfriend for lingerie while their friend/roommate just got murdered! Really? Then she flat out lies and says she was in the house when she was murdred and that it was Knox's boss the bar owner (can't remember his name) that did it. Why would you do that? You are right there is no physical evidence against her or that she in fact murdered her. The writing is on the wall.
What happened to innocent until proven guilty? seems the Italian government could not prove their case. So how do you know she is guilty? I don't think I will read or buy the book but I think she should be able to make some money off her experience and help recover some if not all the costs associated with this ordeal.
@KiddingWhatever There's only one problem: The "facts" you're using to say she's guilty are not true. In fact, most of these details were fabricated by the various tabloids. The prosecution theory that it was "a sex game gone wrong" didn't make any sense to begin with. No physical evidence. No evidence period. Just a ridiculous theory and anecdotes of Knox not following the proper "script" after the tragedy occurred.
Furthermore, another man has already been convicted of the very same crime, though in his case it was a botched burglary attempt. Unlike the Knox case, this one actually had plenty of evidence and a theory that actually made sense.
Knox was convicted because she's a "promiscuous," white American girl who smiles occasionally. That's why the conviction was overturned. In the U.S., the case never would've even made it to trial. In fact, the judge would've probably referred the prosecutor to a disciplinary board for filing such a frivolous case to begin with.
Amanda Knox is a sweet, intelligent college student who was the victim of anti-American sentiment in an ultra-conservative Italian village with a draconian "justice" system that harkens back to medieval times. She did not kill anyone. She was the victim of a massive injustice.
You have the right to your opinion, however ignorant and wrong it may be. Likewise, I have the right to my opinion that you're an intellectually lazy idiot. =)
Kiddingme: Considering she was acquitted of murder that is a FACT not an OPINION. Your opinion goes out the window in a court of law. Therefore drawing from the FACT that she was acquitted of the crime, leads me to the CONCLUSION (not opinion) that she did not commit the crime. It's people like you with your weak-minded foolishness that are turning this country into a police state.
Yes I agree she is guilty, She and the boyfriend bought cholorax and and other cleaning material Somebody testified , now what did they do with it?? Maybe they went cleaning houses around the Town !!!. They could not find good enough DNA . That was all that save her, !!! Was there any other DNA or part of any other DNA belonging to somebody else besides the people involved ? Sorry she is guilty as well as the boyfriend !! Hope she answer all the questions in the book but I am not buying it I'll wait till the media talk about it They always do !!!
Kidding--Please edit your thought to say "I believe that she is guilty" . You can not put the guilty as a matter of fact statement as you were not there. I believe that the media buries the truth under substantially fabricated lies to increase sales.
I hope to God you never hold anyones fate in your hands. What kind of malignancy dwells in your soul that allows you to accuse someone of the most vile of acts without a shred of evidence. I hope no child of yours ever faces a similar situation wherein her own parent would condemn her because of a "belief".
What kind of dope do you use again oh yes LSD, so dream on you fool. I'm sure you sat by the ( short wave ) radio with baited-breath waiting to judge something you could not possibly know from the total lack of evidence that was offered by the corrupt prosecution team. KiddingMe are you as dumb as you sound, or just a camp follower.
This girl is as guilty as Casey Anthony and both crimes were grizzly.Both of them are deadly and heartless and thinking only of themselves and their next sex partner.I don't know who the biggest liar was between the two.Casey will be making the talkshow circuit soon as she gets a financial advance for body guards.Talk about justice being blind.
She deserves a book deal after what she went through. I wish her the best and I will read her book. I lived in Italy for 3 years a long time ago and always loved that country. But what happened to her is horrible and I doubt if I would give Italy my tourist dollars again. It was exploitation on the part of the prosecuter and he is the one who should now go to prison. Of course, he won't. Amanda, write the book with no regrets.
KiddingME-5251839: Obviously you're just spouting off at the mouth not knowing anything--that's why you repeated the same thing twice. Learn the facts and stop being so ignorant and stupid. I know it will be hard for you, but you need to try.
I don't know much about the case but what I followed, I do believe she was guilty. I'm thinking that there's 2 punks in my office I really dislike... so if I dramatize it and run their butts over with a MAC truck - I could write a book about it in 4 years and pay for all my children's college, a new home, retirement and lipo. Hmmm.... lots to think about! :)
Hmmm....you don't know much about the case, but you think she is guilty. You're about as clueless as the rest of the "guilty" crowd on here. Who cares whether she got away with anything or not?
Sub-dude,great name for you,matches your Sub-ignorant racist mentality.Your oppinion is far different than mine,nothing beautiful about this lying,schemeing oversexed murderess.
I don't think these nayyy sayers give a rats butt whether she's guilty or not, they are just guilty of greediness and jealousness. Hey Amanda give me a call after the signing. hehe. 1-800-need money
She or her family should not profit from this travesty. The Hollywood and media hounds come out in groves and throw money at her to write a tell all book. A young woman lost her life. Where is there justice for her and her family?
First we have OJ, then Casey Anthony, now Amanda Knox. Not saying she is totally guilty here but not the innocent gullible woman we all think she portrays herself
She isn't profiting from the murdered victim. Amanda is also a victim; she spend many years in a foreign prison for something she didn't do and was most likely abused and raped.
She was coerced and interogated. I don't know for sure, but I can just feel it. And if she is guilty, which I doubt, the Italian police really screwed up by not providing enough evidence. They also did not look into any other possibilities, once they had their sights on her, it was a done deal. If she is innocent, she absolutely deserves to have her story heard. I believe in innocent until proven guilty, there wasn't any evidence that she did anything, onlly speculation.
Her family borrowed over $1,000,000 for her defense she was proved innocent by a system with everything to gain by a conviction. If you read any portion of the prosecutors case or the review of the forensics the case should have never been brought to court. The prosecutor has already been censored for his mishandling of The Monster of Florence Case wherein he fabricated evidence and became the star of another media circus. His behavior towards Knox and Sollecito was bizzare and he got wild suppositions entered as evidence. These two college kids met about ten days before the murders neither had ever had so much as a traffic ticket and we are to believe they morphed into sexual sadists and murderers in a freaking week. Give me a break. I guess Emile Zola should have left Dreyfus to rot and Dreyfus been gagged as to his experiences.
Not being convicted by a jury does not mean that the defendant was found innocent. That's why it's guilty and not guilty. Make sense? I think what we can all agree on is that the police investigation was botched entirely. The evidence that was a smoking gun in the original trial was later discarded because of possible contamination. Because there wasn't enough of the sample left, it couldn't be tested again. In a word, the most important piece of evidence which would have attested to Knox's guilt, or lack thereof, couldn't be examined due to the botched investigation. Knox was declared not guilty because what wasn't botched wasn't enough to convince a jury of her guilt, not because he was necessarily innocent.
The Hollywood and media hounds come out in groves...
groves
n. 1. A small wood or stand of trees lacking dense undergrowth. 2. A group of trees planted and cultivated for the production of fruit or nuts: an orange grove.
So what you're saying is they come out into trees?
The correct word is "droves"
"A large mass of people moving or acting as a body."
I cannot believe that a book publishing company would even REMOTELY consider publishing a book for this piece of garbage. She is guilty of murdering an innocent person, and I know she will be brought back to Italy to answer once and for all for that crime. Her release is BS, and the prosecutor has filed an appeal to bring her down for good. I can't wait to see justice finally served as it should have been in the first place, for my heart goes out to Meredith Kercher's family for having to endure all of this and the loss of their loved one at the hands of this sick psycho. She shouldn't be able to profit AT ALL from the death of another, whether it was here in the US or elsewhere. Shame on this publishing company for trying to make money off of someone else's tragedy and in essence rewarding someone for taking the life of another. This publishing company is only putting more money into the hands of a psycho to defend herself when they try to put her back in prison in Italy where she belongs.
Let's all hope the same happens to you T-Bone, so that we can listen to you say how you were railroaded and it isn't fair. You seem to be forgetting that the primary evidence against her was DNA that was mis-handled by the police and found inadmissible. If you followed the trial and appeals, much of the news media showed a great deal of skepticism about the evidence and the case the police and prosecutor put together.
TB & Shallow hal, I can see u 2 must be from italy. Where justice is served on a paper plate. I believe she was not only found not guilty, but, exonerated from the charges! Hopefully this will end the saga of just one more case for you guy's too judge.
Let's be realistic. We are not familiar with all the fine details of the case, nor are most if not all of us familiar with the judicial system in other countries... including our own!
How in the world do we know that this "little tart" is guilty? I have to say that regardless of whether she admitted to the crime or not, there is a saying in the US that says "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" not the other way around. Clearly the prosecution did not prove that she was guilty... so get off your high horse of thinking that she got away with murder until you can time travel and stand in that house as the crime occured!
Brookelin...I agree with you 100% what proof do we have to make her a criminal ,once the court found her with insuficient evidence .....Imagine those of you, passing judgement how would you react in a foreign country in that situation ...?
Even here in our USA we have so many inocent locked up people ......Or maybe you were on the jury stand and convicted them,with your poor judgement....
What is amazing in all this is that the prosecutor began this witch hunt all along because he thought Amanda looked evil. What a buffoon this man was, after Guede fled the country,(Amanda and Sollecito did not), which would prove his guilt in the death, he still thought amanda looked evil and went after her with a passion. This is a case right out of the spanish inquisition. The prosecutor should be in prison for imprisoning and destroying four years of these young people's lives.
I find it very interesting that so many of the bloggers on this post KNOW that she is guilty? How do you know? Were you there? We are such a society of guilty until proven innocent and then when we find out the truth we feel bad.
Some guilt is obvious like what happened in Utah recently. But I don't think any of us have a clue what happened in Italy- we only know what the press has said and there really has not been any proof whatsoever.
Maybe she was young and her reaction came off badly or maybe she did it. But I really can't believe that so many bloggers here are so sure of it. I hope you are never in the position where people have decided you are guilty when you are not although I certainly think that you probably deserve to have that experience.
Also remember that there is a history (or so I have read) of prejudice against Americans there and they have been falsely accused before. Everything they had was circumstantial. She lived there. She was the roommate. That's all they knew.
If she did do it, karma will take care of her. If she didn't do it then she more than deserves this book deal for what she has been through.
Rex2012----Such as what? What proof did they have? I appreciate your reply but it only says you read the transcript. What earth shattering evidence did they have other than she and her boyfriend were still cuddly perhaps when they should have looked solemn? Are you talking about the fingerprints they found in her own apartment? I hope her fingerprints were there since she lived there.
Unfortunately, nobody really knows if she did it or not. But one thing I do know is that she will not make any money with this book. Her family gave everything they had to support her when she needed it. Even if she is guilty, I don't believe her parents are, and I hope they get their money back. I do believe in Karma, if she did it, she will pay one day. If not, then I thank God that she is home.
What inbred strain of logic leads you to say this is American as if this could never happen somewhere else? The same logic that lets you whimsically declare a "probable" guilty verdict? I hope you're never drawn for jury duty.
i think it's sad that people consider making millions off someone who was murdered. like the first comment said hopfully the money goes to her parents to pay for those trips, the lawyers. and thats it.
She really isn't making millions off of someone who was murdered. She is making money out of the fact that she was accused and imprisoned for 4 years of her young life for a crime she was acquitted of.
then when she makes the book, don't mention her friend. or why don't she sue the italian government. she needs to remember there is a family that lost a daughter. people tend to forget the families of the victims. and myself i wouldn't want to read a book about my daughters murder written by the girl that was jailed for it and released. i wouldn't be very happy about it. if it's her story and only her story, not mentioning the friend, ok fine. i still won't buy it.
More pseudo-intellectual drivel to be so anti-American. Please, if you live in the USA, emigrate. Otherwise, shut your yap and/or stay in your own country.
Most of these comments are pure speculation anyway, with the occasional sprinklings of "American-bashings".
I can't believe all the people that think she's guilty! This is Amanda Knox, not Casey Anthony. Anyone who's studied the Knox case can see a corrupt prosecutor with his own motives for wanting to convict a foreigner. And yes, in this particular case, the prosecutor is the predator. He created a conviction based strictly on conjecture; there is NO hard evidence. NONE. And when even the Italian court system overturns the ruling, you have to doubt the accuracy of the original conviction.
Example of the corruption: Amanda was told by the prison system that she tested positive for AIDS (a lie) in order to get her to divulge the names of guys she'd had sex with, so they could be "warned." Instead, the information she provided was used in the Italian media to sway pre-trial public opinion about Amanda's character.
Example: The "murder weapon" knife, presented as having blood evidence in the first trial, was actually shown to be "contaminated" with crumbs of rye bread, not human blood.
I for one will be fascinated to read this book, which will undoubtedly be a real expose on the Italian "justice" system.
Good for her. Her family mortgage their homes, raided their retirement funds and basically took out every penny they could to pay for her defense. This money will go a long way to repairing their finances.
I can't believe you would back a piece of trash like that for trying to profit on murdering someone else's family member. You're as sick as she is.
Another piece of garbage no one should pay to read about.
I agree with you Johnny!!
Shes a little hole, next she will make a porno with Ron Jeremy.
None of you have even been following the case. I've followed it very closely since I first found out about it (I was in college--same age as her) and there is NO way they have enough evidence to convict. She's innocent. Point to a SINGLE piece of evidence that proves she was there and killed her.
A women was killed, whether Amanda was involved is still questionable. I do not believe she should get rewarded for the woman's death. The woman's parents ought to sue her for the lost grandkids adn time with their daughter. OHHHH say around 7 figures.
Tired of hearing about her my opinion has been finalized.
Like she's going to change its direction with her good looks ya right.
Johnny --- so true. The entire horror story has been played out around the globe to its final end within the legal system. Rehashing it in a book for those who want to linger around that horrible murder for whatever reason I suppose is their own reasoning and freedom of expression exists for good reason. I've seen enough. Discretion, and privacy would be my goal if I were in her shoes, yet I'm not. If she wants a book deal and the limelight over the terrible occurrance that simply sheds a new light on her which doesn't really have to do with the murder or trial at all. It has to do with wanting to linger in the public's eyes and minds for whatever reasoning.
Oh give it a break. The chemist and biochemist at the university I work at laugh over the "evidence" produced by the Italian police. The consider their forensic lab to be entirely compromised and the evidence they said they had to be so badly collected, handle and analyzed that it is just a joke. Let's take dna evidence from your sink and hallway... and guess what, your DNA will be there. It's the quantity that matters and when you have to recalibrate your instruments so high to even get a positive, that says that there wasn't enough to be usable.
What about the murdered girl??? You are commenting on Amanda's family's finances??? You are a #1 moron!!!
I feel quite badly for Meredith Kercher's family. I think it would be equally interesting to hear how they have been affected by a bolluxed up investigation, piss poor forensics and a crazy prosecutor. When prosecutors fail to do a good job, they victimize the family again. And I know all about prosecution and defense from being one of those people who do the prosecution and defense. Meredith was murdered by a man that the prosecutor cut a deal with and who will now be free to do more harm in less than a decade. I'm freaking pissed off about how the Italians blew this case. However, two wrongs do not make a right. Ms. Knox has every right to try to help make her family financially whole.
It amazes me how many armchair attorneys we have on this post who insist that Amanda is guilty.....how in heck do you know this for a fact? The forensics were botched badly, the crime scene was compromised, the evidence did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that either she or her boyfriend were involved, etc. It's easy to say that someone is guilty when you don't know all the facts or are so stupid that you cannot to see the facts for what they are. The fact that Amanda was released was totally due to the fact that she was most likely innocent, and if she IS innocent, she went through hell for several years and deserves anything she gets. Until the Italian police can come up with CONCRETE evidence to prove otherwise, Amanda is innocent. It's the same as with Casey's trial....lack of concrete evidence linking her, or anyone, to the crime was lacking. That's the reason we have justice in America.....and it's a good think the Italian courts overruled the prosecution for putting on such a pitiful case.
first of all you people that "KNOW" she's guilty should have presented your evidence during the trial....and the fact the you did not is in it's self a crime. "with holding evidence"
sense you with held your evidence when you had your chance to present it at trial it's time to shut up ......or is it that you don't actually ""KNOW"""you stupid dumb a$$!!!!!
I'm sick of people comparing Amanda Knox to Casey Anthony and i am disgusted by how easily you morons convict people based on their race,ethnicity, or national origin. The only crime Amanda Knox commited was being American. It is a hard and fast FACT she DIDN'T kill Meredith Kercher and the Judge didn't just find there wasn't enough evidence to convict in the case but that there was ZERO evidence in the case. The ONLY blood on Kercher was hers and Rudy Guide's, the ONLY DNA in the room where she was found was hers and Guide's, the Judge found that the case was WHOLELY mishandled by a prosecutor and a police force that went on a political crusade against a soft target like a young attractive girl instead of a scumbag Ivorian with a known criminal history who originally admitted sole responsibility til they offered to cut his sentence in half. Casey Anthony got off because the Prosecutor was too stupid to go for lesser charges of negligent homicide which Casey as much as admitted. Don't blame the system because the prosecutor only charged her with pre-meditated murder or a crime of passion and not also with being a selfish b***h who would let her two year old swim while she was inside on Facebook. They would have easily gotten a conviction on neglegent homicide and abuse of a corpse had she been charged with them. Learn the law and some common snese before you start spouting off about how much of a piece of garbage a person is.
I agree with differnet and explanation by Didi. All u other misfits are uninformed.
There is a guy in Jail right now, who is the person responsible.
He has even testified that Amanda and her boyfreind were not involved in any way. He was trying to date the victim for a long time, and she refused his advances.
A third person, Ivory Coast native Rudy Guede. He is serving life for her murder right now. 30 years. He has confessed to the Murder, and that both Amanda and her boyfriend were NOT involved.
Learn the facts before shooting off your mouth.
There appears to be a lot of Nancy Grace viewers on this thread. Either that, or Grace has a lot of different accounts set up...
God Bless the poor girl for the literal torture she's been through.
As far as that lame excuse for a prosecutor is concerned... hell could not possibly be hot enough, and eternity could not be long enough... And while he's there, I hope that somehow he can come to grips with his own investigation of prosecutorial misconduct... that didn't seem to get much airplay.
I hope she makes all the money she possibly can over this - she and her family have been through hell, and thanks be unto whatever god you pray to, lived to tell the tale.
from what i can tell about the case......and has been reported.......the italians are no better at collecting evidence than they are at driving cruise ships........
Sollecito and Knox were responsible for the Nov. 1, 2007, stabbing death of Meredith Kercher, a 21-year-old British student who shared an apartment with Knox in Perugia. No one mentioned the BS the Kercher family been through or closure for the death of their daughter.
@Jimmy the bleak, Prove it, apparently you have evidence of some sort. There wasn't any evidence tying them to the crime other than they lived together.
So what's she going to name it? "If I did it" ?
You people are something else! You've allowed the media coverage to convict Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. Yes, everyone feels for the victim. However, the Italian Courts have already proved the third Ivory Coast Man convicted, actually was there and did the crime.
Here are two undeniable facts that prove Amanda Knox innocence... Regardless of how guilty you want her to be.
a) At both the original conviction trial and the appeal trial;AT NO TIME, could the Prosecution actually substantiate Amanda Knox and her boyfriend were actually home at the time of the murder. All that could be corroborated by the Prosecution was their returning later that night.
b) The victim was covered in blood an laying in a pool of blood; however, no substantial blood of any kind was found on Amanda or her boyfriend. The only thing the Prosecution did claim was a couple old dried blood found in the bathtub (anyone heard of shaving one's legs); and some minute blood found on a bra of Amanda's in Amanda's bedroom. Investigators openly admitted everything in the Apartment was mishandled; as the apartment was searched. Additionally, evidence was bagged together and left at the apartment for several weeks prior to police taking in for testing. This Cross Contamination had been verified by neutral international forensic investigators, reexamining the prosecutions "so called" evidence.
These are the two key pieces of the prosecutions case that were full of holes and justifiably overturned the original conviction by the Italian Courts. Granted, all Countries Courts aren't as thorough as most 1st and 2nd World Nations; however, it doesn't take a expert to see the Italian Prosecution gained its original conviction on "Media Sensationalism"; rather the real evidence of the case against Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. In most countries, under these circumstances; the original case would have been thrown out of court, based on severe lack of credible evidence by the prosecution.
What I find truly shameful, is the Italian Prosecution Team. Their non existent case was exposed during the Appeals Trial and now are embarrassed. Hence the continued "Witch Hunt" against Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. What is truly reprehensible is how this continued attack is fueling the emotions of the victims family. They cannot allow their child, sister, etc., to rest in peace; because, the Italian Prosecution can't admit their mistake and accept the true conviction of the Ivory Coast Man. The Italian Prosecution won't rest until innocent or guilty, Amanda Knox and Raffaello are dragged back into the Prosecution "Media Spotlight." I think judicial censor needs to be done against these prosecutors for wasting the courts time.
Two wrongs don't make a right, people! Wanting Amanda Knox to be guilty, will not bring back the victim.. Sometimes a person is truly innocent.. American or not!
You people are something else! You've allowed the media coverage to convict Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. Yes, everyone feels for the victim. However, the Italian Courts have already proved the third Ivory Coast Man convicted, actually was there and did the crime.
Here are two undeniable facts that prove Amanda Knox innocence... Regardless of how guilty you want her to be.
a) At both the original conviction trial and the appeal trial;AT NO TIME, could the Prosecution actually substantiate Amanda Knox and her boyfriend were actually home at the time of the murder. All that could be corroborated by the Prosecution was their returning later that night.
b) The victim was covered in blood an laying in a pool of blood; however, no substantial blood of any kind was found on Amanda or her boyfriend. The only thing the Prosecution did claim was a couple old dried blood found in the bathtub (anyone heard of shaving one's legs); and some small droplets of smeared blood found on a bra of Amanda's in Amanda's bedroom dresser drawer. Investigators openly admitted everything in the Apartment was mishandled; as the apartment was ransacked and searched by investigators and police, at the murder scene. There was no attempt by police on site, to keep the blood from the body off everything, while going through the apartment. Of course, there was cross contamination going on.. It doesn't take a village idiot to see that! Additionally, evidence was bagged together and left at the apartment for several weeks prior to police taking in for testing. This Cross Contamination had been verified by neutral international forensic investigators, reexamining the prosecutions "so called" evidence.
These are the two key pieces of the prosecutions case that were full of holes and justifiably overturned the original conviction by the Italian Courts. Granted, all Countries Courts aren't as thorough as most 1st and 2nd World Nations; however, it doesn't take a expert to see the Italian Prosecution gained its original conviction on "Media Sensationalism"; rather the real evidence of the case against Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. In most countries, under these circumstances; the original case would have been thrown out of court, based on severe lack of credible evidence by the prosecution.
What I find truly shameful, is the Italian Prosecution Team. Their non existent case was exposed during the Appeals Trial and now are embarrassed. Hence the continued "Witch Hunt" against Amanda Knox and her boyfriend. What is truly reprehensible is how this continued attack is fueling the emotions of the victims family. They cannot allow their child, sister, etc., to rest in peace; because, the Italian Prosecution can't admit their mistake and accept the true conviction of the Ivory Coast Man. The Italian Prosecution won't rest until innocent or guilty, Amanda Knox and Raffaello are dragged back into the Prosecution "Media Spotlight." I think judicial censor needs to be done against these prosecutors for wasting the courts time.
Two wrongs don't make a right, people! Wanting Amanda Knox to be guilty, will not bring back the victim.. Sometimes a person is truly innocent.. American or not!
Ronzwyf....you running for government office you have enough double talk and BS in that writing, plainly tell you have no idea. Just too bad the Italian team dropped the ball, and did not make it stick the first time. The Kerncher family are the losers here, they lost a daughter and the Italian justice system failed to put all the killers away the first time.
The brunette bimbo will make a mistake in writing her so called book and give herself away if nothing else.
hal-1016688
You must be running for the most ignorant person of the year. You better hope a prosecutor like Amand's does not put you on death row some day, for something you did not do.
Agreed differnet, now the stupid prosecution wants to try her again. On what evidence? If I were her I would never set foot in that country again, not even in Europe. Not sure why they had to choose they stupid cover picture.
We have extradition treaties that we have to uphold. So, she'll have to go back if they can get teh case to court. But it's unlikely that the court will try again.
She's guilty and that pic shows her as an idiot. She's another OJ.
R.Saenz, read something about forensics and then study the forensics on the case. Even if she was guilty, no one will ever know because the police screwed the collection.
Thr prosecuter was coming up on charges ofabusing the power of his office AND intimidation. But yeah ok he didn't abuse anything in the Knox trial right? I'm sorry, let's just say that me and these people who are CONVINCED she's guilty live in the same house/apartment flat whatever and your DNA ends up on the handle of a kitchen knife we both share I end up stabbed to death and my DNA is on the blade. That means your guilty of murder right? Do you see the complete absurdity of your evidense? I know my room mate's and I all cook and we've all cut our selves with those knives. Oh and let's not foeget it was a SINGLE skin cell. not even enough to retest. hmmm that's convenient. get a grip.
As far as the book deal? If it wasn't for the fact that Meredith's family are smoking the same thing the prosecution is I'd say give them some of the moey. However they are on that train too. If Amanda wants to tell her side so be it. If the Italian media can crucify her then se has every right to tell her side. I am so glad that I never want to go to Italy. They obviously have high regards for US residents.
Italian villagers especially the guys do not like an upstart loose British girl student talking down to and patronizing them especially when she is not even white. They killed her just as Americans in the Deep South would have done in the past and got away with it.
She murdered her roommate and gets a seven deal! Wow, justice served. Not sure that the victim's family would agree.
Sadly I have to agree with greenforallneeded. This young lady and her ex boyfriend are guilty.
Agree 100%.
stfu
This was not an isolated incident committed by Rudy Guedde only. I'm sure the WHOLE truth will come out. I believe Amanda did it, but because she is a blue eyed white girl, with fresh face looks, she's automatically believed. I think she is as evil as they come! Why in the world would she lie about her boss being the killer?! It's because she knew Rudy was the real accomplice, but to throw the authorities off, she had to implicate somebody...somebody black of course, because she knows she was in on the sick game.
How do you know she murdered anyone? Haha, you fail. Miserably.
greenforallneeded, you are a sheep. your post is.... blah,blah,blah,blah...........................blah.... you are not informed regarding this case!!
..."said the Kettle to the Pot."
I thought I was the only one thinking this was a possibility. I would refuse to read anything this girl writes! Guilty or not she did lie. Nothing in the book would seem truthful.
greenforallneeded
If you would take the time to read WHY she was found not just "NOT GUILTY" but "INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES" your ignorance would not show so much.
In Italian Law you have the following rulings:
1. Not guilty due to insufficient evidence. (Not guilty)
2. Not guilty due to the fact that the person did not commit the crime. (Innocent)
The first option is a passive statement, but the second is a positive declaration of innocence, not simply lack of guilt. It says not that the prosecutors failed to meet their burden, but that the evidence proves that person charged did not commit the crime. It is not simply release, it is full exoneration. That is the verdict Amanda and Raffaele received: Not guilty because the evidence proved that they did not commit the crime.
To greenforallneeded - You do realize that after they arrested Amanda Knox, that they found the real killer? That the real killer had absolutely no link to Knox or her boyfriend, but received a deal to cut down his sentence if he agreed to testify against them. So the guy made up this out there story about how Knox approached him (a stranger), to join them in some sort of orgy. There was no DNA evidence linking her to the crime, no physical evidence linking her to the crime, just the real killer's made up story so he could get less time for the deed. And why did the cops believe him? Because they had made such a big deal that Knox was guilty, they'd look like a$$es if they backtracked.
Amanda was and is innocent.
This is so typical of the dumb-ass American, always thinking they are like the smile of Buddha... thinking they know all. Americans always judge people by their standards and not the standard of that country. This little tart literally got away with murder now is going to profit by it? Mrs. O.J. should be ashamed of herself. If she was really not guilty she would be donating this money to the victims. But knowing her there is another opportunity to buy more dope for her, as she is an addict and that’s what lead up to her and her friend’s sexual assault murder spree.
All the bleeding heart Americans always talk about Mrs. O.J. but not the victim. As a country we should be ashamed of our selves. Like O.J. this little tart will get her ass in more trouble down the road. Watch and see.
stfu
Some of us do believe (including the Italian government) that she was somehow involved in the murder of her room mate. You can buy her book - I plan to pass or push the delete button on anything about her. Mosin is right - just give her time and you will see Amanda in more trouble.
Is your intellect any more extensive than your vocabulary?
Yeah what he said STFU
My goodness, you are one angry maggot!!!!!!! Do you hate everyone???
Mosin, you are a complete idiot. If Knox is not guilty, she should get any money from the book for all the time she spent unjustly in prison, as well as for the money her family had to spend on legal fees. If she didn't kill the roomate, why should she donate money to the roomate's family? What an asinine little troll you are. Oh, but that's ok because you know she is a "little tart", and an "addict". It would seem you have no problem using your own standards of judgement.
@Mosin She did not kill anyone. There is ZERO evidence to support the accusations, which in and of themselves were prepostrous. I mean, "a sex game gone wrong"?! What does that even mean??
This case never would've even made it to trial in the U.S. Our justice system is notorious for putting innocent people behind bars, but it's a utopia compared to that draconian medieval crap that Knox was subjected to in Italy.
STFU
Good thing most of your opinions are exactly that opinions and mostly useless, baseless, exaggerations of what other media and/or government outlets have told you of the facts, the old facts at that. The fact is that the evidence collect against the girl was terrible at best. Most of it was gathered by incompetent police, who seemed to have it out for the American or at least used information that contradicted itself. She paid her dues and so did her family financially and emotionally. I say write the book all the people who say they will not read it, wouldn't read a book anyways. (That's my useless opinion)
The fact that she spent 4 years in an Italian prison and the was cleared on her appeals, should be enough for most of us to make the conclusion that there is a story there and that Justice was served. You can't blame it on an American court system.
@Mosin
For all the out of "country" bloggers who want to claim that "we Americans" don't get it. I don't think YOU get it, just because a person feels another was guilty, doesn't make it so and even more in this case. She was convicted then cleared, what part of that don't you get. Seems basic to me, yet I guess my dumb "American" thinking is getting in the way of the facts. Fact is your mad that an American was convicted then released after going through all the proper outlets. Your mad because you cant let the case go, your stuck in the past, get over it. Why don't you get a pint at your pub mate and drink yourself into a stooper. Obviously you don't have faith in any legal system.
Mosin: I am ashamed of our country because we allow idiots like you to live here.
Mosin's attitude is a perfect example of why Knox was convicted. The jurors decided that white Americans are never held accountable in other countries, so they chose to make an example out of her with no regard for the fact that she was innocent.
Mosin does not care if she did it or not. To him, she's guilty either way because she's a "spoiled American girl." That's all he can see, hence why he is so blinded to the mounds of evidence that are right in front of him.
To him and the original jury that wrongfully convicted her, this wasn't about whether or not she committed this crime. It never was about that. It was about "sticking it" to the "arrogant" United States and scoring one for the local team. That's why they're now so pissed that the conviction was overturned; these hatemongering, resentful, bitter bigots have lost their trophy.
To Righty-O: Excellent post.
Even so-called impartial journalists refer to Amanda as "privileged." They can't stop themselves from hating her because she's white and has a hard-working family.
As for her book, I will buy several copies. I admire her and her family for bearing up under such mental torture.
Are you telling me there is yet another version? maybe this time we will get some better answers.
Yeah privileged, spoiled I'm not sure what other terms were used. I live in Seattle and have followed the case from day 1. Amanda said she wanted to help the police catch who did it a lo and behold they arrest her. Sound a lot like The Davinci Codedoesn't it. guilty until proven innocent. Her family is not well-to-do. They took out a mortgage on their house to pay foe feeble defense attorneys that had never even been involved in a murder trial. The courts appointed a prosecutor that was being brought up in abuse of office charges, but ignored that. How slanted could it be? The Italian media crucified her so there would never be a fair trial anywhere in Italy. I'm sorry but the overwhelming evidence proved her innocence.
@ mosin
you are a complete idiot.
She gets away with murder and makes millions,I bet she is smarter than you.
@mosin - Please emigrate to another country then. You think it's stylish or deep to bash all Americans over this one case?
Are you kidding me differnet? That girl is guilty and she knows it! Just like Casey Anthony was guilty and aquitted for the crime committed. Unbelievable!!
And you base this accusation on what...thin air. Absolutely no evidence to support a convictions
I think everyone is entitled to their own opinions and mine is that she is guilty. But who in their right mind goes shopping with their boyfriend for lingerie while their friend/roommate just got murdered! Really? Then she flat out lies and says she was in the house when she was murdred and that it was Knox's boss the bar owner (can't remember his name) that did it. Why would you do that? You are right there is no physical evidence against her or that she in fact murdered her. The writing is on the wall.
What happened to innocent until proven guilty? seems the Italian government could not prove their case. So how do you know she is guilty? I don't think I will read or buy the book but I think she should be able to make some money off her experience and help recover some if not all the costs associated with this ordeal.
@KiddingWhatever There's only one problem: The "facts" you're using to say she's guilty are not true. In fact, most of these details were fabricated by the various tabloids. The prosecution theory that it was "a sex game gone wrong" didn't make any sense to begin with. No physical evidence. No evidence period. Just a ridiculous theory and anecdotes of Knox not following the proper "script" after the tragedy occurred.
Furthermore, another man has already been convicted of the very same crime, though in his case it was a botched burglary attempt. Unlike the Knox case, this one actually had plenty of evidence and a theory that actually made sense.
Knox was convicted because she's a "promiscuous," white American girl who smiles occasionally. That's why the conviction was overturned. In the U.S., the case never would've even made it to trial. In fact, the judge would've probably referred the prosecutor to a disciplinary board for filing such a frivolous case to begin with.
Amanda Knox is a sweet, intelligent college student who was the victim of anti-American sentiment in an ultra-conservative Italian village with a draconian "justice" system that harkens back to medieval times. She did not kill anyone. She was the victim of a massive injustice.
You have the right to your opinion, however ignorant and wrong it may be. Likewise, I have the right to my opinion that you're an intellectually lazy idiot. =)
Kiddingme: Considering she was acquitted of murder that is a FACT not an OPINION. Your opinion goes out the window in a court of law. Therefore drawing from the FACT that she was acquitted of the crime, leads me to the CONCLUSION (not opinion) that she did not commit the crime. It's people like you with your weak-minded foolishness that are turning this country into a police state.
Yes I agree she is guilty, She and the boyfriend bought cholorax and and other cleaning material Somebody testified , now what did they do with it?? Maybe they went cleaning houses around the Town !!!. They could not find good enough DNA . That was all that save her, !!! Was there any other DNA or part of any other DNA belonging to somebody else besides the people involved ? Sorry she is guilty as well as the boyfriend !! Hope she answer all the questions in the book but I am not buying it I'll wait till the media talk about it They always do !!!
ya sure I bet you were there HA HA
@AHWhatever Then you're an idiot, too.
Have you ever heard of doing laundry? Last time I checked, a lot of people who aren't murderers buy Chlorox every day.
Besides, this anecdotal accusation was never proven; hell, it was never even corroborated! So chances are, it was just yet another made-up lie anyway.
Kidding--Please edit your thought to say "I believe that she is guilty" . You can not put the guilty as a matter of fact statement as you were not there. I believe that the media buries the truth under substantially fabricated lies to increase sales.
Kidding,
I hope to God you never hold anyones fate in your hands. What kind of malignancy dwells in your soul that allows you to accuse someone of the most vile of acts without a shred of evidence. I hope no child of yours ever faces a similar situation wherein her own parent would condemn her because of a "belief".
jkh
Kris, you are right on all points.
What kind of dope do you use again oh yes LSD, so dream on you fool. I'm sure you sat by the ( short wave ) radio with baited-breath waiting to judge something you could not possibly know from the total lack of evidence that was offered by the corrupt prosecution team. KiddingMe are you as dumb as you sound, or just a camp follower.
This girl is as guilty as Casey Anthony and both crimes were grizzly.Both of them are deadly and heartless and thinking only of themselves and their next sex partner.I don't know who the biggest liar was between the two.Casey will be making the talkshow circuit soon as she gets a financial advance for body guards.Talk about justice being blind.
Granny, it's grisly not grizzly. You even think bears are guilty!
grannybet
You should get get educated before posting garbage on here.
Casey Anthony was found "Not Guilty" due to lack of evidence.
Amanda Knox was found "Innocent" due to the fact the evidence proved she did not commit the crime.
She deserves a book deal after what she went through. I wish her the best and I will read her book. I lived in Italy for 3 years a long time ago and always loved that country. But what happened to her is horrible and I doubt if I would give Italy my tourist dollars again. It was exploitation on the part of the prosecuter and he is the one who should now go to prison. Of course, he won't. Amanda, write the book with no regrets.
God, you're just as sick as Amanda Knox for endorsing this type of trash.
I agree with JTB - what's the matter with you?!! You'd probably read a book by Casey Anothony too.
Thank you for saying exactly what I am thinking. I have seen every show on this case and she was totally railroaded.
Sheeple like JTB and Shannellr just don't like being blinded by inconvenient things like FACTS.
I want to have sex with her face.
You are disgusting and hope you are joking!!
TheAdrock13 is disgusting, not joking, and is a total pervert.
and Knox is any better.....
Hurry to publish, Amanda, because if they overturn the murder conviction once again, you won't be able to make money out of it.
she will be able to burn them and keep herself warm.....about all it will be good for
Are you kidding me differnet? That girl is guilty and she knows it!! Just like Casey Anthony is guilty for her crime but was aquitted!! Unbelievable!!
You just posted this.
I know I didn't mean to post twice.
KiddingME-5251839: Obviously you're just spouting off at the mouth not knowing anything--that's why you repeated the same thing twice. Learn the facts and stop being so ignorant and stupid. I know it will be hard for you, but you need to try.
I don't know much about the case but what I followed, I do believe she was guilty. I'm thinking that there's 2 punks in my office I really dislike... so if I dramatize it and run their butts over with a MAC truck - I could write a book about it in 4 years and pay for all my children's college, a new home, retirement and lipo. Hmmm.... lots to think about! :)
Hmmm....you don't know much about the case, but you think she is guilty. You're about as clueless as the rest of the "guilty" crowd on here. Who cares whether she got away with anything or not?
"Who cares whether she got away with anything or not?"
An interesting perspective. You do not care if in reality she is guilty and she got away with murder?
Shannellr....They must be very lucky to have you as of coworker......
If you get the lipo, they will probably suck out 90 percent of your brains as well.
Shannelr, you are a black woman who hates Amanda for being a beautiful white chick.
Sub-dude,great name for you,matches your Sub-ignorant racist mentality.Your oppinion is far different than mine,nothing beautiful about this lying,schemeing oversexed murderess.
We have many innocent people in jail because of jurors who think like you.
P. S. Name-calling does not make an argument. It's just a tantrum.
Do learn some spelling. Your post is a scream.
It's "different from," not "different than."
I don't think these nayyy sayers give a rats butt whether she's guilty or not, they are just guilty of greediness and jealousness. Hey Amanda give me a call after the signing. hehe. 1-800-need money
She or her family should not profit from this travesty. The Hollywood and media hounds come out in groves and throw money at her to write a tell all book. A young woman lost her life. Where is there justice for her and her family?
First we have OJ, then Casey Anthony, now Amanda Knox. Not saying she is totally guilty here but not the innocent gullible woman we all think she portrays herself
Who care about the victim? This falsely accused young woman and her family have every right to recoup their losses.
If she was in fact "falsely accused" Wally. She could have just got away with murder just like Casey Anthony.
She isn't profiting from the murdered victim. Amanda is also a victim; she spend many years in a foreign prison for something she didn't do and was most likely abused and raped.
How do you know she is not guilty? Her testimony was very inconsistent and did not make sense. That would be profiting from a murder. Yes? No?
She was coerced and interogated. I don't know for sure, but I can just feel it. And if she is guilty, which I doubt, the Italian police really screwed up by not providing enough evidence. They also did not look into any other possibilities, once they had their sights on her, it was a done deal. If she is innocent, she absolutely deserves to have her story heard. I believe in innocent until proven guilty, there wasn't any evidence that she did anything, onlly speculation.
Sports,
Her family borrowed over $1,000,000 for her defense she was proved innocent by a system with everything to gain by a conviction. If you read any portion of the prosecutors case or the review of the forensics the case should have never been brought to court. The prosecutor has already been censored for his mishandling of The Monster of Florence Case wherein he fabricated evidence and became the star of another media circus. His behavior towards Knox and Sollecito was bizzare and he got wild suppositions entered as evidence. These two college kids met about ten days before the murders neither had ever had so much as a traffic ticket and we are to believe they morphed into sexual sadists and murderers in a freaking week. Give me a break. I guess Emile Zola should have left Dreyfus to rot and Dreyfus been gagged as to his experiences.
jkh
Not being convicted by a jury does not mean that the defendant was found innocent. That's why it's guilty and not guilty. Make sense? I think what we can all agree on is that the police investigation was botched entirely. The evidence that was a smoking gun in the original trial was later discarded because of possible contamination. Because there wasn't enough of the sample left, it couldn't be tested again. In a word, the most important piece of evidence which would have attested to Knox's guilt, or lack thereof, couldn't be examined due to the botched investigation. Knox was declared not guilty because what wasn't botched wasn't enough to convince a jury of her guilt, not because he was necessarily innocent.
@SportsLover22
groves
n.
1. A small wood or stand of trees lacking dense undergrowth.
2. A group of trees planted and cultivated for the production of fruit or nuts: an orange grove.
So what you're saying is they come out into trees?
The correct word is "droves"
"A large mass of people moving or acting as a body."
It had to be a typo.
I'm still undecided as to whether she did the murder. People will write a book on any subject nowadays but who buys such trash?
I cannot believe that a book publishing company would even REMOTELY consider publishing a book for this piece of garbage. She is guilty of murdering an innocent person, and I know she will be brought back to Italy to answer once and for all for that crime. Her release is BS, and the prosecutor has filed an appeal to bring her down for good. I can't wait to see justice finally served as it should have been in the first place, for my heart goes out to Meredith Kercher's family for having to endure all of this and the loss of their loved one at the hands of this sick psycho. She shouldn't be able to profit AT ALL from the death of another, whether it was here in the US or elsewhere. Shame on this publishing company for trying to make money off of someone else's tragedy and in essence rewarding someone for taking the life of another. This publishing company is only putting more money into the hands of a psycho to defend herself when they try to put her back in prison in Italy where she belongs.
If the Italian court doesn't think she is guilty, why do you?
Let's all hope the same happens to you T-Bone, so that we can listen to you say how you were railroaded and it isn't fair. You seem to be forgetting that the primary evidence against her was DNA that was mis-handled by the police and found inadmissible. If you followed the trial and appeals, much of the news media showed a great deal of skepticism about the evidence and the case the police and prosecutor put together.
TBone has shown idiocy at it's finest. Congrats!
JohnnyT totally agree with you.
TB & Shallow hal, I can see u 2 must be from italy. Where justice is served on a paper plate. I believe she was not only found not guilty, but, exonerated from the charges! Hopefully this will end the saga of just one more case for you guy's too judge.
Let's be realistic. We are not familiar with all the fine details of the case, nor are most if not all of us familiar with the judicial system in other countries... including our own!
How in the world do we know that this "little tart" is guilty? I have to say that regardless of whether she admitted to the crime or not, there is a saying in the US that says "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" not the other way around. Clearly the prosecution did not prove that she was guilty... so get off your high horse of thinking that she got away with murder until you can time travel and stand in that house as the crime occured!
Brookelin...I agree with you 100% what proof do we have to make her a criminal ,once the court found her with insuficient evidence .....Imagine those of you, passing judgement how would you react in a foreign country in that situation ...?
Even here in our USA we have so many inocent locked up people ......Or maybe you were on the jury stand and convicted them,with your poor judgement....
It's a Hard Knox life for her. Pun most certainly intended!
What is amazing in all this is that the prosecutor began this witch hunt all along because he thought Amanda looked evil. What a buffoon this man was, after Guede fled the country,(Amanda and Sollecito did not), which would prove his guilt in the death, he still thought amanda looked evil and went after her with a passion. This is a case right out of the spanish inquisition. The prosecutor should be in prison for imprisoning and destroying four years of these young people's lives.
I find it very interesting that so many of the bloggers on this post KNOW that she is guilty? How do you know? Were you there? We are such a society of guilty until proven innocent and then when we find out the truth we feel bad.
Some guilt is obvious like what happened in Utah recently. But I don't think any of us have a clue what happened in Italy- we only know what the press has said and there really has not been any proof whatsoever.
Maybe she was young and her reaction came off badly or maybe she did it. But I really can't believe that so many bloggers here are so sure of it. I hope you are never in the position where people have decided you are guilty when you are not although I certainly think that you probably deserve to have that experience.
Also remember that there is a history (or so I have read) of prejudice against Americans there and they have been falsely accused before. Everything they had was circumstantial. She lived there. She was the roommate. That's all they knew.
If she did do it, karma will take care of her. If she didn't do it then she more than deserves this book deal for what she has been through.
I read the court transcript. There was a lot more to this than what the press put out there.
Rex2012----Such as what? What proof did they have? I appreciate your reply but it only says you read the transcript. What earth shattering evidence did they have other than she and her boyfriend were still cuddly perhaps when they should have looked solemn? Are you talking about the fingerprints they found in her own apartment? I hope her fingerprints were there since she lived there.
What was not discussed in the trial?
If the Italian court doesn't think she is guilty, why do you?
She is guilty, just got off. Karma will get her just like OJ.
She may be okay as long as none of the local department stores sell her kitchen knives.
If the Italian court doesn't think she is guilty, why do you?
Wally you posted the same comment so many times, it is worthless.
Tell you what think Know is looking for a place to move and hope it is right next door to you, hope do not have any teenage daughters at home
Unfortunately, nobody really knows if she did it or not. But one thing I do know is that she will not make any money with this book. Her family gave everything they had to support her when she needed it. Even if she is guilty, I don't believe her parents are, and I hope they get their money back. I do believe in Karma, if she did it, she will pay one day. If not, then I thank God that she is home.
so sad, so American that this probable MURDERDER will profit.
If the Italian court doesn't think she is guilty, why do you?
What inbred strain of logic leads you to say this is American as if this could never happen somewhere else? The same logic that lets you whimsically declare a "probable" guilty verdict? I hope you're never drawn for jury duty.
Paula, The American persona must really irritate you. I hope it continues to bother the Hades out of you as Amanda gets her life back together.
i think it's sad that people consider making millions off someone who was murdered. like the first comment said hopfully the money goes to her parents to pay for those trips, the lawyers. and thats it.
She really isn't making millions off of someone who was murdered. She is making money out of the fact that she was accused and imprisoned for 4 years of her young life for a crime she was acquitted of.
There's a difference.
then when she makes the book, don't mention her friend. or why don't she sue the italian government. she needs to remember there is a family that lost a daughter. people tend to forget the families of the victims. and myself i wouldn't want to read a book about my daughters murder written by the girl that was jailed for it and released. i wouldn't be very happy about it. if it's her story and only her story, not mentioning the friend, ok fine. i still won't buy it.
Not sure I have time to read this book. I am following Casey Anthony on twitter so that takes up a lot of my time.
And we know it will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Oh, yeah.
So sad and so "american" that this person, this very probable MURDERER will profit from her crime that took a human life. ugh.
If the Italian court doesn't think she is guilty, why do you? Ugh!
Wally, you sound like a broken record. Do you know the case details? You are so busy defending her it makes me wonder.
so "American?" Go flick yourself Paula
More pseudo-intellectual drivel to be so anti-American. Please, if you live in the USA, emigrate. Otherwise, shut your yap and/or stay in your own country.
Most of these comments are pure speculation anyway, with the occasional sprinklings of "American-bashings".
I can't believe all the people that think she's guilty! This is Amanda Knox, not Casey Anthony. Anyone who's studied the Knox case can see a corrupt prosecutor with his own motives for wanting to convict a foreigner. And yes, in this particular case, the prosecutor is the predator. He created a conviction based strictly on conjecture; there is NO hard evidence. NONE. And when even the Italian court system overturns the ruling, you have to doubt the accuracy of the original conviction.
Example of the corruption: Amanda was told by the prison system that she tested positive for AIDS (a lie) in order to get her to divulge the names of guys she'd had sex with, so they could be "warned." Instead, the information she provided was used in the Italian media to sway pre-trial public opinion about Amanda's character.
Example: The "murder weapon" knife, presented as having blood evidence in the first trial, was actually shown to be "contaminated" with crumbs of rye bread, not human blood.
I for one will be fascinated to read this book, which will undoubtedly be a real expose on the Italian "justice" system.