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Shortly after the Amanda Knox conviction for murder in Italy, I changed my opinion in light of emerging evidence.  I had at first accepted the prosecution's tale of murder and intrigue, but soon thereafter concluded that Knox was innocent and that her conviction a disgrace to justice.

Today in Italy, Knox's appeal moved her another step closer to freedom.  ABC reports:

The family of Amanda Knox said that testimony today by DNA experts at the appeal of her Italian murder conviction was "huge" and put the American exchange student "another day closer to freedom."

The Knox family was buoyed by the testimony of court appointed experts who said the prosecution's collection, handling and interpreting of DNA on two crucial pieces of evidence used to convict Knox of killing her roommate was blatantly flawed.

The two DNA experts disputed claims made by the prosecution during the original murder trial:

Conti and Vecchiotti testified today that they found no DNA or blood on the blade of a knife found in Sollecito's kitchen that prosecutors claimed was the murder weapon. Prosecutors had claimed during the trial that the knife had DNA from both Knox and Kercher on it.

Read more about it here.

My friend Larry Auster and I do not agree on every point.  He has concluded that Amanda Knox was most probably guilty, and her innocence is only a lie being pushed by the liberal media in America.  I, on the other hand, believe she is innocent of the crime for which she was convicted of murder.

Read Auster's opinion here.

The case was recently made more ambiguous by a stupid "Lifetime" movie on the crime that was fiction, told with the premise that Knox was guilty.  I had a ton of hits yesterday from people who had viewed the silly flick and were looking for information on Knox.

Almost all of the lies, distortions, myths and falsehoods about Amanda Knox and the crime for which she was framed are covered at Injustice In Perugia.

Prosecutors who frame innocents simply to augment their reputations or to express their biases are nothing new.  It happens, more often than most Americans want to believe.

The disgustingly puerile, vindictive and asinine government of Perugia, Italy has struck again.  First, they sentenced the Knox's daughter to 25 years in prison for murder, based on nothing but the fantasies of a corrupt prosecutor and a forced (and later proven to be false) confession by the daughter, Amanda Knox.

Knox's parents gave an interview to a British newspaper where they alleged (truthfully) that their daughter had been subjected to a long and abusive interrogation by the Perugia Keystone Kops, and slapped in the back of the head (to help her "remember").  Now the Perugian Banana Republic wants to put Knox's parents on trial for their interview with the Brit newspaper, on the charge of "libel."  Disgusting behavior by a local Italian government with a great (and well deserved) inferiority complex.

Planning a vacation in Italy?  Change your plans.  See Britain or France instead.  As an American, you will have a lesser chance of being arrested, framed, imprisoned or indicted.

Read it all here.

Also read about the facts of the frame-up here:  Injustice in Perugia.

Amanda Knox Appears in Court to Appeal Her Murder Conviction

Amanda Knox is back in court in Italy, appealing her dubious conviction of the murder of a roommate, one Meredith Kercher.  Three years ago, Knox was an American student studying in Italy.  She lived in a house with several other students.  One student, Meredith Kercher, was found dead in her room with her throat slit.

Knox and her boyfriend found Kercher's door locked, and when no one responded to their knocking, they called the police.  Strangely enough, Knox and her boyfriend were soon accused of the crime, even though there was no obvious motive.

Later, a drug dealer was convicted of the rape and murder of Kercher and sentenced to a long term.  However, a rogue Italian prosecutor insisted on prosecuting Knox and her boyfriend.  This same prosecutor was later convicted of illegal methods in another trial and has a reputation for personal ruthlessness.

Knox was subjected to hours of interrogation and under extreme pressure to admit a role in the slaying.  She finally did testify to a false scenario involving another party who allegedly murdered Kercher.  This testimony was later proven to be completely false, so why would she give false testimony unless it was to cover up her own guilt?

That question is easy to answer.  It is not difficult to obtain false testimony by putting a witness under duress.  I saw this demonstrated in a television program a few months ago.  A man from Brazil was suspected of killing a woman in a forested area; the American prosecutor was so sure the suspect did it, that he interrogated the suspect long and hard, insisting that the suspect confess.  The suspect finally did confess, telling the prosecutor what he wanted to hear.  It was later found that the man had been in Brazil at the time of the murder and could not possibly have participated in the crime.  His confession under duress was completely false.  Another prosecutor on the same show explained that it is not difficult to obtain false confessions using aggressive interrogation methods.

Confessions under duress are often false, and this is exactly what happened to Amanda Knox.  Both she and her boyfriend should be freed at once, and the rogue prosecutor given Knox's cell in her absence.

Related website:  Injustice in Perugia, a site detailing the wrongful conviction of Amanda Knox and Raffael Sollecito.

Related articles:
Amanda Knox Verdict:  Guilty of Murder
Amanda Knox / Meredith Kercher:  Rare Video of the Crime Scene
Doubts Grow as to Fairness of the Amanda Knox Conviction
Amanda Knox Conviction Questioned
Ann Coulter is Wrong on Amanda Knox: Claims Knox is Guilty on O'Reilly Factor
Amanda Knox Prosecutor, Giuliano Mignini, Convicted of "Abuse of Office"
A New Bombshell in the Amanda Knox Conviction:  She Didn't Do It