Amanda Knox Convicted By Italian Court; Sentenced to 26 Years In Prison

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34271238/ns/world_news-europe/

Thoughts?

A murderer was sentenced to prison.

Well she got something out of studying at least, she learned that you get punished for killling people..

26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.xTheExploited

26 years is a third of the average life span. That's far from "a joke". :|

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.trust_nobody

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.chessmaster1989

26 years is a third of the average life span. That's far from "a joke". :|

Your point? She murdered someone...She deserves life.

26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.xTheExploited

Well, the life sentence in Italy is 30 years. So 4 years isn't that much longer.

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This case had so many flaws. The reason people say she is innocent isn't so much that she's American, it's because the prosecutionhad virtually no evidence. No DNA other than a knife that was aurgued wasn't the weapon because the injuries didn't match it, no fingerprints, nothing. Just the fact she changed her story when she was 19 years old and being beaten by a cop and the fact that the other man,Rudy Guede, said all three of them did it doesn't mean SHE did it.

Prosecution also said that at first it was just a drunk party gone wrong, then a story that she just didn't like her roommate, then that was just out of jealousy. No one, on either side, could get their story straight.

It's sad it happened it Italy, because if your accused of something..your most likely going to be found guilty, so you really have to fight to prove you're innocent. There legal system can be really messed up.

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.-Pro-Link-

26 years is a third of the average life span. That's far from "a joke". :|

Your point? She murdered someone...She deserves life.

Like I said, life in Italy is 30 years. That's it. It's not like the U.S. Also, there is no death penalty.

I'm not convinced that she's guilty, and let us remember that the prosecutor in any free society always bears the burden of proof.

oh and"We live at a time where violence is purposeless," Is this a joke? c'mon really, is this a joke?

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.JohnBean42

Well, the life sentence in Italy is 30 years. So 4 years isn't that much longer.

.........

This case had so many flaws. The reason people say she is innocent isn't so much that she's American, it's because the prosecutionhad virtually no evidence. No DNA other than a knife that was aurgued wasn't the weapon because the injuries didn't match it, no fingerprints, nothing. Just the fact she changed her story when she was 19 years old and being beaten by a cop and the fact that the other man,Rudy Guede, said all three of them did it doesn't mean SHE did it.

Prosecution also said that at first it was just a drunk party gone wrong, then a story that she just didn't like her roommate, then that was just out of jealousy. No one, on either side, could get their story straight.

It's sad it happened it Italy, because if your accused of something..your most likely going to be found guilty, so you really have to fight to prove you're innocent. There legal system can be really messed up.

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.JohnBean42

Well, the life sentence in Italy is 30 years. So 4 years isn't that much longer.

.........

This case had so many flaws. The reason people say she is innocent isn't so much that she's American, it's because the prosecutionhad virtually no evidence. No DNA other than a knife that was aurgued wasn't the weapon because the injuries didn't match it, no fingerprints, nothing. Just the fact she changed her story when she was 19 years old and being beaten by a cop and the fact that the other man,Rudy Guede, said all three of them did it doesn't mean SHE did it.

Prosecution also said that at first it was just a drunk party gone wrong, then a story that she just didn't like her roommate, then that was just out of jealousy. No one, on either side, could get their story straight.

It's sad it happened it Italy, because if your accused of something..your most likely going to be found guilty, so you really have to fight to prove you're innocent. There legal system can be really messed up.

[QUOTE="JohnBean42"]

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.Toriko42

Well, the life sentence in Italy is 30 years. So 4 years isn't that much longer.

.........

This case had so many flaws. The reason people say she is innocent isn't so much that she's American, it's because the prosecutionhad virtually no evidence. No DNA other than a knife that was aurgued wasn't the weapon because the injuries didn't match it, no fingerprints, nothing. Just the fact she changed her story when she was 19 years old and being beaten by a cop and the fact that the other man,Rudy Guede, said all three of them did it doesn't mean SHE did it.

Prosecution also said that at first it was just a drunk party gone wrong, then a story that she just didn't like her roommate, then that was just out of jealousy. No one, on either side, could get their story straight.

It's sad it happened it Italy, because if your accused of something..your most likely going to be found guilty, so you really have to fight to prove you're innocent. There legal system can be really messed up.

I don't know. I'm not American, so I don't know exactly how it would work (I'm Canadian) but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't tamper with the crime scene and beat her for hours just to get what they want to hear out of her. Maybe they would.

I think they did it because they believed she was guilty from the get-go, they just needed to here her say it, and she was hated in Perugia because she didn't do their drugs and was dating someone not from there and cops knew about all that, since it's a small town.

[QUOTE="JohnBean42"]

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.Jocubus

Well, the life sentence in Italy is 30 years. So 4 years isn't that much longer.

.........

This case had so many flaws. The reason people say she is innocent isn't so much that she's American, it's because the prosecutionhad virtually no evidence. No DNA other than a knife that was aurgued wasn't the weapon because the injuries didn't match it, no fingerprints, nothing. Just the fact she changed her story when she was 19 years old and being beaten by a cop and the fact that the other man,Rudy Guede, said all three of them did it doesn't mean SHE did it.

Prosecution also said that at first it was just a drunk party gone wrong, then a story that she just didn't like her roommate, then that was just out of jealousy. No one, on either side, could get their story straight.

It's sad it happened it Italy, because if your accused of something..your most likely going to be found guilty, so you really have to fight to prove you're innocent. There legal system can be really messed up.

I saw that special too. Plus I've been listening to CNN and other news outlets on this all night. She did have suspicious behavior (cartwheels in the Police Department was stupid). But I've also heard she was being beat off camera by officers, since she was so week and couldn't defend herself.

Wouldn't you break down if you were being hit and interogated for 30 hours straight? I would give them what they wanna hear to get out of there. And ya, she was doing other illegal activity. I still question this though, there were holes and most of the trials, they just detailed her personal life, sexual life and relationships. The only key thing they had was a 22 minute tape how they think it happened.

We might never learn what happen. Right now were lead to believe that the three of them did it, and she was a mastermind.

[QUOTE="JohnBean42"]

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.Jocubus

Well, the life sentence in Italy is 30 years. So 4 years isn't that much longer.

.........

This case had so many flaws. The reason people say she is innocent isn't so much that she's American, it's because the prosecutionhad virtually no evidence. No DNA other than a knife that was aurgued wasn't the weapon because the injuries didn't match it, no fingerprints, nothing. Just the fact she changed her story when she was 19 years old and being beaten by a cop and the fact that the other man,Rudy Guede, said all three of them did it doesn't mean SHE did it.

Prosecution also said that at first it was just a drunk party gone wrong, then a story that she just didn't like her roommate, then that was just out of jealousy. No one, on either side, could get their story straight.

It's sad it happened it Italy, because if your accused of something..your most likely going to be found guilty, so you really have to fight to prove you're innocent. There legal system can be really messed up.

and again, suspicion=/=guilt. You need hard, empirical evidence of guilt to justify such a deprivation of liberty.

[QUOTE="Jocubus"][QUOTE="JohnBean42"]

Well, the life sentence in Italy is 30 years. So 4 years isn't that much longer.

.........

This case had so many flaws. The reason people say she is innocent isn't so much that she's American, it's because the prosecutionhad virtually no evidence. No DNA other than a knife that was aurgued wasn't the weapon because the injuries didn't match it, no fingerprints, nothing. Just the fact she changed her story when she was 19 years old and being beaten by a cop and the fact that the other man,Rudy Guede, said all three of them did it doesn't mean SHE did it.

Prosecution also said that at first it was just a drunk party gone wrong, then a story that she just didn't like her roommate, then that was just out of jealousy. No one, on either side, could get their story straight.

It's sad it happened it Italy, because if your accused of something..your most likely going to be found guilty, so you really have to fight to prove you're innocent. There legal system can be really messed up.

danwallacefan

and again, suspicion=/=guilt. You need hard, empirical evidence of guilt to justify such a deprivation of liberty.

26 years is more than enough

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.chessmaster1989

26 years is a third of the average life span. That's far from "a joke". :|

I don't think she did it. I think someone had an agenda to move on up the ladder.

even though the evidence proves that it had been tampered with. :|

yeah...

Well the problem is that she also constantly changed her story- as did her boyfriend, she tried to throw an innocent man under the bus (Patrick Lumumba), and (as you mentioned) she was doing cartwheels in the police station and found to be smiling and kissing her boyfriend right outside the crime scene shortly after it happened. That doesn't really convince me of her innocence. There may be a lack of physical evidence but there is certainly some doubt over her innocence. I agree with what has been previously said- the American media is portraying the Italian justice system as completely inept and Ms.Knox as being falsely accused just because an American student is involved.Jocubus

Fortunately, I don't have that power to do so.

Well Amanda Knox claims that police physically beat her- but of course that is a convenient thing for people who confess to murder to say to get a confession thrown out.Jocubus

I guess ALL complaints of police brutality are therefore false since they are convenient for defendants after they've confessed :roll:

As far as I know, the police only questioned her without the presence of an attorneyJocubus

Which would never fly in America.

and made her stay awake for an extended period during interrogation.Jocubus

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]26 years is a joke. She should be put away for a hell of a lot longer.General_Yoto

26 years is a third of the average life span. That's far from "a joke". :|

[QUOTE="Jocubus"]

I guess ALL complaints of police brutality are therefore false since they are convenient for defendants after they've confessed :roll:

[QUOTE="Jocubus"]As far as I know, the police only questioned her without the presence of an attorneydanwallacefan

Which would never fly in America.

and made her stay awake for an extended period during interrogation.Jocubus

Maybe she shouldn't have killed her roommate. I don't understand why so many Americans presume she's innocent just because she's a young American woman. Italy isn't some third-world country; chances are that she's guilty.JML897

This. I wish she'd come out and admit she did it now that she has been sentenced. Reports say she was laughing, and doing cartwheels in the police station the night she was arrested, she must have been on drugs or something is what I think. She tried to force this British chick to have a three-way with her and her Italian boyfriend, and when she refused, they killed her in their drug-fueled erotic stupor.

[QUOTE="General_Yoto"][QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

26 years is a third of the average life span. That's far from "a joke". :|

danwallacefan

I don't know about you, but I would never confess to a crime I didn't commit (ESPECIALLY MURDER) because I was tired...Jocubus

Sleep deprivation makes you do some crazy stuff.

And please point out where I said "ALL complaints of police brutality are therefore false since they are convenient for defendants after they've confessed."Jocubus

That's the inevitable conclusion of your argument.

That was a nice exaggeration. All I said was an incentive existed to make such an accusation. Not to mention she was also accusing innocent people.Jocubus

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[QUOTE="danwallacefan"][QUOTE="General_Yoto"] Yah, and she took someones whole life away. General_Yoto

[QUOTE="JML897"]Maybe she shouldn't have killed her roommate. I don't understand why so many Americans presume she's innocent just because she's a young American woman. Italy isn't some third-world country; chances are that she's guilty.EMOEVOLUTION

Sure, but this wouldn't even be news if an American jury found her guilty.

[QUOTE="Jocubus"]

Sleep deprivation makes you do some crazy stuff.

[QUOTE="Jocubus"]And please point out where I said "ALL complaints of police brutality are therefore false since they are convenient for defendants after they've confessed."danwallacefan

That's the inevitable conclusion of your argument.

That was a nice exaggeration. All I said was an incentive existed to make such an accusation. Not to mention she was also accusing innocent people.Jocubus

We will never know who exactly killed Ms. Kercher or what exactly happened. Personally, I don't buy the "sex game" gone wrong theory at all. But there is no doubt that Ms. Knox was involved in the murder to some capacity. Perhaps the killing was unintentional, but it happened anyway. Ms. Knox has no alibi to prove that she was not there at the scene of the crime when it happened.

Plus, they were high on pot when this happened. When people are high on pot, crazy stuff happens.

Regardless, I am satisified with the verdict and I am appalled that so many Americans blame Italy's dysfunctional justice system for putting an "innocent" woman behind bars.

Rest in peace, Meredith Kercher.

&[QUOTE="General_Yoto"]

[QUOTE="danwallacefan"] Why should the justice system exist to do more than rehabilitate criminals?danwallacefan

shes pretty hot, what a waste....

but ya, i dont think she did it. no evidence=no case.....a lesson is learned, dont go to italy

While the evidence wasn't really concrete, there was nothing to make me believe that she was innocent.mo0ksi

shes pretty hot, what a waste....

but ya, i dont think she did it. no evidence=no case.....a lesson is learned, dont go to italy

Revolution316

She's a murderer plain and simple, she committed what is a crime in literally every country on the planet and for that she deserves punishment.

I don't believe extraditions should have to take place. I'm Canadian and I'd be more than happy if the Americans kept Kadr and tortured his ass a bit. I don't want terrorists coming back to be housed in my country (regardless of race or religion) because I know the courts here will put him back on the streets in months.

Good for the Italians, I hope they keep her there indefinetely.

[QUOTE="Revolution316"]

shes pretty hot, what a waste....

but ya, i dont think she did it. no evidence=no case.....a lesson is learned, dont go to italy

Toriko42

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]

[QUOTE="Revolution316"]

shes pretty hot, what a waste....

but ya, i dont think she did it. no evidence=no case.....a lesson is learned, dont go to italy

Revolution316

She's a murderer plain and simple, she committed what is a crime in literally every country on the planet and for that she deserves punishment.

I don't believe extraditions should have to take place. I'm Canadian and I'd be more than happy if the Americans kept Kadr and tortured his ass a bit. I don't want terrorists coming back to be housed in my country (regardless of race or religion) because I know the courts here will put him back on the streets in months.

Good for the Italians, I hope they keep her there indefinetely.

Bobzfamily

[QUOTE="Revolution316"]

[QUOTE="Toriko42"] No... The lesson learned is don't be a murderous moron in Italy

Toriko42

You know, that may as well be the saddest part of this case. So many ruined lives...

Sigh.