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On January 30, 2014, the appeals court in Florence, Italy, reinstated the guilty verdicts for Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007. Knox filed an appeal in April with the Italian Supreme court against the Florence ruling. Here is an English language summary of her appeal. Part One Issues of constitutional illegitimacy  An issue of …

The Night of Justice Defense Lawyers Confident that Supreme Court Will Cancel the Ruling After their Appeal  Florence, January 31, 2014 We had not a reasonable doubt that the mind of the judge was already made up and so, probably, did Amanda’s lawyers. They tried again yesterday morning, in the few minutes left, to change that idea. They don’t know …

PROSECUTOR DOESN’T COPE: “STOP SOLLECITO BEFORE HE LEAVES” The compliments, the diplomacy, the courtesy toward the accusers… It has all been useless. The fair-play policy ended up in the worst possible way. This evening the discussion looked like one of those duels in which the exhausted sabreurs forgot all their art, drawing dirty blows, and pushing and kicking, too. The …

Peril in Florence Florence, 14 January 2014 Writers, readers, scientists, lawyers, judges, experts… the whole world by now understands that against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito there’s nothing, and loves to supports the end of a miscarriage of justice. But what about that part of the world that is important, the judges who will have to say guilty or innocent? …

Defense with Luca Maori to close on January 20th, Verdict on the 30th Florence, January 9, 2014 “I was arrested because they thought there was my shoe print under Meredith’s body,” Giulia Bongiorno said, making a parody, in her theatrical interpretation, of a weeping Raffaele. “No, no, no,” Bongiorno added. “Sollecito is wrong. He was arrested because he was the …

Florence trial: tomorrow January 9 closing arguments for Sollecito’s lawyers Giulia Bongiorno and Luca Maori. January 16 rebuttals. Verdict expected for January 20. Why do people accuse the accused, and don’t even want to hear it when there are reasons of innocence? There is already The State, the strongest power on earth, to do it! A whole prosecution office, a …