From the monthly archives: May 2011

Why It Isn’t Physically Possible For Amanda Knox to have Killed Meredith Kercher

By On May 31, 2011 · 7 Comments

Read more in Italian here.

Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito have been convicted of the murder of Meredith Kercher, Amanda’s flat mate, and are currently entering a period of appeal. Much has been made of her “changing her story” which I have previously addressed in my post on coerced and false confessions (see link [...]

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The Strauss-Kahn Case: Free Press, Fair Trial?

By On May 30, 2011 · 2 Comments

by Anne Bremner, originally posted at the NY Times web site here.

Anne Bremner is a Seattle trial lawyer, legal analyst and former sex-crimes prosecutor. She was a counsel for a group supporting Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of murder in Italy.

A prominent world figure is arrested for the brutal rape [...]

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Amanda Knox: Traveler’s Advisory

By On May 29, 2011 · 2 Comments

by Mark Waterbury and Anne Bremner, originally posted on the Women in Crime Ink Blog here.

NOTE: As this post goes to press, two important developments in the appeal of Amanda Knox’s wrongful conviction in Perugia, Italy, have taken place. A group of Italian legislators led by Rocco Girlanda has filed a

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We Were Right! Tot Mom Was Abused!

By On May 24, 2011 · 1 Comment

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I wrote before about how I thought that Tot Mom Casey Anthony was abused by her father George Anthony… and I think I was right! The idea that her child’s name Caylee came from a combination of her name and her brother’s name… who could have molested her… [...]

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Forensic DNA Expert Logs in on Amanda Knox Case

By On May 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A forensic DNA expert has logged in on the questionable DNA evidence in the Amanda Knox case and you can read more here.

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Contestazione della “Confessione” di Amanda Knox

By On May 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Read this in English here.

Ci sono tante prove che è possible creare falsi ricordi con la ripetizione e la forzatura di domande. C’e un classico esperimento di psicologia sui falsi ricordi dove vari soggeti vengono interrogati ripetitivamente riguardo un evento che sarebbe accaduto quando erano giovani: l’aver rovesciato del punch. Dopo interrogazioni [...]

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More Tabloid Trash Coming Out of the UK on the Amanda Knox Case

By On May 18, 2011 · 2 Comments

The British should be thoroughly disgusted with themselves for the behavior of their tabloid press who have hacked into thousands of private voice mail accounts over the past decade or so in order to get seamy stories on their politicians and celebrities. They are a public menace. In the Amanda Knox case reporters like [...]

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Missing Child Timothy Pitzen

By On May 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I am on the Nancy Grace show talking about missing child Timothy Pitzen view 1:00 minute into this segment.

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Whoa! Was Tot Mom Casey Anthony Abused?

By On May 13, 2011 · 1 Comment

After sitting on the set of Nancy Grace last week and watching Tot Mom aka Casey Anthony obsessively part her bangs, rearrange her pencils, and otherwise do a number on her desk, I started to get nauseated. And then I started to wonder. Was this chick sexually abused? And then when I read the [...]

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Does Italy Have Freedom of Speech? Google Blocks Perugia Blogger Critical of Amanda Knox Prosecutor Mignini

By On May 11, 2011 · 3 Comments

Today Google blocked the “Perugia Shock” blog of
Perugia blogger Frank Sfarzo in response to a charge of libel brought against him by Amanda Knox prosecutor Giuliano Mignini (you can read more background here and here and read about the fake “confession” here).

This is the same [...]

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