June 11, 2009
Amanda Knox Has "Nothing To Hide"
Father Tells The Early Show His Daughter, Accused Of Murder In Italy, Nervous, But Confident
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Play CBS Video Video Exclusive: Knox's Statement In audio tape obtained by 48 Hours, the U.S. college student describes to an Italian judge what happened the night she was brought in for questioning in the murder of her British roommate.
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Video Murder In Italy The mother of American student Amanda Knox visited the Perugia jail where she and her Italian boyfriend are being held on suspicion of murder. Authorities say she could be detained for up to a year.
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Amanda Knox has been jailed since November 2007 and is charged with murder and sexual assault. If convicted, she could face life imprisonment, Italy's stiffest punishment. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
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48 Hours Amanda Knox's Statement Exclusive: Hear what the murder suspect tells an Italian judge about her 14-hour police interrogation.
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Photo Essay Murder In Italy American Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend stand trial for murder of British student.
Knox went to Italy to study abroad for one year. Whether she ever makes it home could rest on her testimony in court.
"She has nothing to hide," Knox's father, Curt, told CBS' The Early Show Thursday.
Knox, a Seattle native and former University of Washington student, has insisted she was not home during the slaying of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, back in November 2007 in Perugia, after initially giving conflicting statements.
Curt Knox, who spoke to The Early Show shortly after visiting Amanda in prison, described his daughter as nervous, but confident about her testimony. Knox added his daughter would speak Italian during the trial. "She doesn't want anything misinterpreted," he said.
Prosecutors allege Kercher died during what began as a sex game and are seeking conviction on murder charges of Knox, and Knox's former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, an Italian. The two deny wrongdoing.
After a 14-hour interrogation, Knox signed a letter implicating herself in the crime. She described that experience in an audio tape obtained exclusively by CBS News.
"They threatened that I was going to go in prison for 30 years because I was hiding something," Knox is heard saying on the tape.
Curt Knox, however, said he has "100 percent faith in the judicial system" and that the court will find his daughter innocent.
Last week, the court heard emotional testimony from the victim's family. Fighting back tears, her mother, Arline Kercher, said the family will "never get over" the brutal murder.
Knox looked on as the victim's relatives took the stand, and one of her lawyers, Luciano Ghirga, said afterward she was "very moved" as she listened to the Kerchers' testimony. Knox's lawyers chose not to cross-examine any of them.
Kercher was found in a pool of blood in the apartment she shared with Knox. Prosecutors said Sollecito was holding her by the shoulders from behind while Knox touched her with the point of a knife.
The two, jailed since November 2007, are charged with murder and sexual assault. If convicted, they could face life imprisonment, Italy's stiffest punishment.
Sollecito, 25, has said he was at his own apartment in Perugia, working at his computer. He said he does not remember if Knox spent the whole night with him or just part of it. As he left the courtroom after the Kerchers' testimony, he said, turning toward the cameras, "I expect justice, just like them."
The victim's father, John Kercher, said she complained about Knox's bathroom habits. She also expressed surprise that Knox had hooked up with a boyfriend shortly after her arrival, he said.
Kercher was also described as a physically strong person, who exercised and studied karate.
"She could have put out quite a fight," John Kercher said, responding to a prosecutor's question of his daughter would have defended herself if she could have.
The Kercher family has joined the criminal trial as civil plaintiffs.
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1. Another man- Rudy Guede, was convicted of Kircher's murder after his DNA and fingerprints were found on Kircher's corpse. Guede has refused to testify at Knox's trial.
2. The only piece of physical evidence against Amanda Knox was her fingerprints on a kitchen knife found in her boyfriend's kitchen (no surprise there) which the prosecution claims had Kircher's DNA on it. However, several experts have examined the evidence and concluded that the DNA sample was sufficiently fragmented that- like a partial fingerprint- it could be used to match up large numbers of people. Unlike most DNA evidence, it does not positively identify Kircher.
3. Prosecutor Giuliani Magnini is currently facing charges from a Flourentine judge for having used coercive interrogations to intimidate multiple innocent people.
Posted by goodusa
I'm sure the Italians will be delighted to speak to an eye witness like yourself
[Posted by timothyjo at 7:52 AM : Jun 11, 2009 ]
where is 'cbs' defending her? be specific ... what paragraph and sentence.
it's all a conspiracy ... the only problem is it's only in your head.
The last two hearings have very publicly exposed several of the key myths which have been aggressively propagated over the Internet and through other media for many months.
Let?s first speak about the double knife DNA. It has now become pretty obvious that:
* It doesn?t match half of Italy as falsely claimed
* It doesn?t have a 20% chance of being Meredith?s as falsely claimed
* Stefanoni never declared herself that the DNA ?was unreliable? as falsely claimed
* The DNA has not been amplified ?500 times? as falsely claimed
Patrizia Stefanoni has not stated that Meredith?s DNA was extracted 500 times from the knife sample, as some people with what seemed a google-level knowledge of molecular biology were claiming to muddy the waters.
The DNA was actually extracted 50 times from Meredith?s specimens and was used to compare it to other biological traces, including the one found on the knife. And it provided the forensic team with good samples to be compared to the traces found on the knife.
Two genetic profiles are identical and therefore belong to the same individual if a) they are in the same position, and b) they have identical shape and dimension. In this case, each peak produced in the original samples exactly corresponds to the peaks yielded by the knife sample, position, shape and dimension? Say so long to the ?matching half of Italy? myth!
Furthermore, Stefanoni excluded any possibility of contamination in the lab, stating that it had never once occurred in her lab for at least the last seven years, and every precaution was taken in order to exclude possibility of contamination so that different traces are not mixed.
Contamination during the collection phase was also excluded: the forensic team that found the knife was a different one from those who searched the cottage, so how could Meredith?s DNA possibly have been ?transferred to the knife??
Furthermore, the knife was put in a shoe box after it was bagged, and it stayed there until it reached the lab. And once again? DNA doesn?t fly, it doesn?t creep, and it sure doesn't penetrate a plastic bag!
1. Another man- Rudy Guede, was convicted of Kircher's murder after his DNA and fingerprints were found on Kircher's corpse. Guede has refused to testify at Knox's trial.
2. The only piece of physical evidence against Amanda Knox was her fingerprints on a kitchen knife found in her boyfriend's kitchen (no surprise there) which the prosecution claims had Kircher's DNA on it. However, several experts have examined the evidence and concluded that the DNA sample was sufficiently fragmented that- like a partial fingerprint- it could be used to match up large numbers of people. Unlike most DNA evidence, it does not positively identify Kircher.
3. Prosecutor Giuliani Magnini is currently facing charges from a Flourentine judge for having used coercive interrogations to intimidate multiple innocent people.
Posted by timothyjo
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Because they are liberals and want to play up to the feminists. Shameful!
1. Another man- Rudy Guede, was convicted of Kircher's murder after his DNA and fingerprints were found on Kircher's corpse. Guede has refused to testify at Knox's trial.
2. The only piece of physical evidence against Amanda Knox was her fingerprints on a kitchen knife found in her boyfriend's kitchen (no surprise there) which the prosecution claims had Kircher's DNA on it. However, several experts have examined the evidence and concluded that the DNA sample was sufficiently fragmented that- like a partial fingerprint- it could be used to match up large numbers of people. Unlike most DNA evidence, it does not positively identify Kircher.
3. Prosecutor Giuliani Magnini is currently facing charges from a Flourentine judge for having used coercive interrogations to intimidate multiple innocent people.
1. Another man- Rudy Guede, was convicted of Kircher's murder after his DNA and fingerprints were found on Kircher's corpse. Guede has refused to testify at Knox's trial.
2. The only piece of physical evidence against Amanda Knox was her fingerprints on a kitchen knife found in her boyfriend's kitchen (no surprise there) which the prosecution claims had Kircher's DNA on it. However, several experts have examined the evidence and concluded that the DNA sample was sufficiently fragmented that- like a partial fingerprint- it could be used to match up large numbers of people. Unlike most DNA evidence, it does not positively identify Kircher.
3. Prosecutor Giuliani Magnini is currently facing charges from a Flourentine judge for having used coercive interrogations to intimidate multiple innocent people.
Amanda Knox shouldn't be charged with anything ,I don't think they have a case and even if they did she's to pretty to lock up!
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Too pretty to lock up. Yeppers that is one method of determining guilt or innocence.
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