“I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers.  I’ll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it.  The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.” – Isaac Asimov In a murder inquiry that is carried out …

By the morning of Tuesday November 6th 2007, the Perugian police led by public prosecutor Giuliano Mignini had made three arrests.  Seattle student Amanda Knox, her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and her employer, Patrick Lumumba were in custody.  Lumumba owned a bar, ‘Le Chic’ where Knox worked part time.  The police immediately claimed that they had solved the mystery of …

Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs. – P. T. Barnum Tracy Borman has written a book called, ‘Witches – A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction’.  She tells of two sisters, Margaret and Phillipa Flower, who were hanged for witchcraft in Lincoln in 1619.  They had been interrogated and had made …

“Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt” – Francois La Rochefoucauld The real forgotten man of the Meredith Kercher murder case is Rudy Guede – the lone killer who has been allowed to get away with a reduced sentence and is likely to be out on parole within a year.  There is no doubt that he was …

How and why the Italian Supreme Court got it wrong “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.” – J K Rowling Trial of the century On September 30th the eyes of the world will be on Florence for round four of the trial of the century following the March 25th decision by …

“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.” – Lewis Carroll 2008 Stefanoni: Here are the DNA results. I believe that they show that Meredith’s DNA was on the blade of the knife that was taken from Raffaele’s apartment and Amanda’s …