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American Girl, Italian Nightmare

April 11, 2009 7:28 AM

A 16-month investigation by "48 Hours Mystery" raises questions about the case against an American girl on trial for murder in Italy. Peter Van Sant reports.

American Girl, Italian Nightmare
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by kem27 February 14, 2013 7:28 PM EST
Wow! reading these prejudice comments makes me wonder...
All these Italians getting mad at the USA and it's peoples because of a so called guilty white girl... who if they looked past the "Country" issues and the Italians vs. Americans...would see that she is innocent...Makes me sad no sick really...
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by dswinson March 29, 2012 4:03 PM EDT
The story about Amanda and her boyfriend makes me sick. How on earth could a judge allow having a lawyer in his court like this idiot. Everytime the camera is on this sicko lawyer he smiles, he is loving the attention. I am with everyone else, stay away from that country.
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by LKing0138 October 8, 2011 12:19 PM EDT
To all the comments about Amanda being guilty...this is to you. It doesn't matter what kind of person she is, or if her and Meredith were getting along or not. What matters in proving if she is innocent or not is PHYSICAL EVIDENCE!!! She can be the biggest liar, the meanest person who treated Meredith like complete crap the whole time she knew her but unless there is PHYSICAL EVIDENCE proving she was at that murder scene or a reliable witness then how can you say she is guilty. Remember ANYONE can be blamed for a murder, and I hope that if you were in this situation you would want people to have to have physical evidence to prove you were guilty. I have been following this story for a long time and in this case there is NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE that Amanda Knox was even at the murder scene or knew Rudy. So they had DNA of a knife that didn't even fit the impression the murder weapon left on the bed....not reliable evidence. They had DNA of her boyfriend on a bra clasp that had been handle in a very wrong manner....not reliable evidence. Rudys DNA was ALL OVER the murder scene and so was his finger prints. So answer me this... If Amanda and her boyfriend was there how did they only clean up there DNA and finger prints but leave Rudys behind? It say's that it was obvious that she FOUGHT for her life. Are you telling me that in this huge struggle for her life that not one hair or finger print or piece of DNA was left behind by Amanda (who as you say is the one who actually killed her) or by her boyfriend? BUT tons of finger prints and DNA is left behind by the real killer and the only killer Rudy. Please explain to me how this is possible. There is not one phone call, email, letter or any kind of contact EVER between Amanda and her boyfriend with Rudy. If they had planned some big sexual satanic murder wouldnt they have had some kind of contact? The FACTS are that Amanda and her boyfriend didn't act in a "normal" way to people when they were under investigation and when they found out Meredith died. No one can honestly know how they will react in a situation like this until they are in the situation them self, and just because someone doesn't act a certain way to a murder DOES NOT make them a murderer! The FACT is there is NO RELIABLE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE or RELIABLE WITNESSES proving Amanda is guilty. So until there is it is not right to blame her because people are sad and need to blame as many people as possible, or because they don't like her and how she acted. The FACT is that the real and ONLY killer is behind bars still and that is RUDY GUEDE! The FACT is ALL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PROVES THAT HE ACTED ALONE, and that he has had a past of violence. Just because someone post on there facebook about how many sex partners they have or that they like to read about serial killers does not make them a sex crazed killer....especially when there is NO past. Rudy has a violent past. His DNA and finger prints were all over the murder scene. There's were not. She is a young girl who like's to experiment like most young people going out into the world. REMEMBER she is FREE now because there was no evidence against her. It's very sad that this bright young lady had to endure 4 YEARS in prison just because people didn't like the way she "reacted" to the murder, and because the Italian Government didn't want to look bad. I pray for Merediths family and hope they find peace in the fact that there childs real killer is locked away and being punished. I also am thankful that the Italian Government righted the wrongs they committed to Amanda Knox by looking past made up stories, theories, personal dislike (like they did the first time and is the reason she was convicted), and focused on what is important like the physical evidence. I truly hope that until any real evidence is shown that Amanda Knox is guilty that people will believe in her innocence. Ask yourself this...would you want people to believe in you and your innocence until there is physical evidence or some other reliable evidence proving otherwise? Would you want to be convicted on peoples personal opinion of you and one mans made up story on what he "thinks" happened when there is NOTHING to back it. I think we all hope that the judicial system is a fare one that maintains the fact of "you are innocent until PROVEN guilty", because you will never know when it could be you relying on this one thing to save your life.
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by Scoobylou2 October 7, 2011 12:23 PM EDT
Thank God Amanda is free!! I hope all of the rotten people who directed their hatred & most of the blame to her feel absolutely dreadful, & are accused of things they're innocent of sometime soon.
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by avi_patil22 October 3, 2011 11:20 AM EDT
This documentary shows that how Amanda is good and how innocent she is.. why this is for ? just bcz she is from ur country ? Man this is funny... Why dont you think about the girl who died... didnt she have Parents ? siblings ? evidence clearly shows that amanda and her bf (who fantasize to be a serial killer) are guilty.... Manini might be bad but he is not a decision maker so dont blame him...... I wish both shud get death penalty... (I know Italy does not have death penalty but still then can make some exceptions..)
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by Shamar159547 August 27, 2011 1:25 PM EDT
To find out more about this case you need to see the NBC report on this. There is so much that CBS did not report on that does incriminate Amanda Knox. They didn't tell about the cellphones, and about the fact that the blanket was put on the body after the blood had dried enough to not transfer onto the blanket. Also they didn't mention that Amanda was angry with Meredith because Amanda was not getting along well at work, was going to lose her job to Meredith. There's more too, so they really make it very one-sided on this show without telling all of the facts. They make it seem like Italians are a bunch of idiots that want to stick it to the American girl. That isn't really the truth about this case.
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by flowerpower3 August 22, 2011 6:29 PM EDT
who the heck wants to go to Italy no thanks!! terrible judge he should be in jail himself what a LOOSER.
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by sheesh1234 August 2, 2011 2:39 PM EDT
why did she lie about her boss and her staying at her boyfriend's place on the night of the murder?

american justice system isn't perfect as so many americans would like to believe. just look at the case of casey anthony. it makes me puke that some innocent people get accused and the real criminals get away with crimes.
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by teppate June 22, 2011 4:37 PM EDT
I had not followed this case at all until recently, and it is amazing to me to see how powerful the media can be. First they dig up all the dirt they can and then build up an entire new profile on someone by either exaggerating or using the info out of context. Sure Amanda can be very promiscuos in a lot of our eyes and her lifestyle frowned upon in conservative little towns but I really believe she is innocent and now a victim. Living next to Italy I do know that the judicial system is corrupt there.

She was very naive in the beginning by having the everythings-gonna-be-alright-happy-go-lucky attitude but recently seems more demure. I really hope that both of the kids (Knox and Solecito) win their appeal.

I just pray I or anyone I know, don't ever become victims of the media circus of nowadays.
-A new friend of Amanda
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by petitepapa1 June 11, 2011 8:20 PM EDT
Amanda Knox is guilty. u can agree or disagree. This is italy not USA. Imagine a white girl from an upscale family dies and there is a black male or mexican male around. Just guess wat will happn. Manini is not guilty of any crime yet. "untill proven guilty" so he is still the prosecutor. sorry americans dis is italy not USA. wen in Rome do wat the romans do. ween in newyork do wat the yorkers do.
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