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Amanda Knox Case
Stephanie M. Clapper
Group A Team A
CJE-2676-1
Everest University
June 14, 2014
Amanda Dean
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Amanda Knox Case
Among the Italian Supreme Court’s causes for turning over Amanda Knox’s acquittal
was their conviction that her declaration to the police force, in which she positioned herself at the
murder sight and named the tavern owner Patrick Lumumba as the person involved in the killing,
was influential evidence of her guilt (Campbell, 2010). The Supreme Court had, in previous
events, establish that the questioning which was not record and for which Amanda Knox’s
lawyers had not been present dishonored Knox’s civil rights. They fling it out as evidence in the
original criminal trial, although appreciations to the peculiarities of Italian jurisprudence, it was
permitted to be used as evidence and at the same time running civil proceeding. That Amanda
did ultimately name Lumumba, a blameless man, to powers that be is of course fairly true. She
named Patrick Lumumba to turn aside guilt from her and keep away from punishment
concerning Meredith Kercher’s death. Amanda Knox’s guards point out that it was the police
force, not Amanda, who persisted that Patrick Lumumba was the murderer, and that Amanda
named him simply after a long questioning that included physical pressure and food and sleep
denial (Conroy & Martz, 2005).
Amanda Knox narrates a story concerning the proceedings prior the detection of the body
that clashes with evidence. Amanda acted in an abnormal way. Convinced features of the story
are inveterate to be lies. This was a trouble for Knox and Sollecito. In order to believe that they
are not guilty, a number of unlikely events occurred the following morning after the murder, and
that Amanda’s reply to several strange proceedings was lastly and abnormal, that they were lying
regarding a number of the actions of that dawn for basis unconnected to the kill. However, there
were several evidences that showed that Amanda was guilt (Grenville, 2011). One, there were
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call to the emergency number that were made after the arrival of postal police. At the police
station, Amanda behaved strangely the night the body was found. She was behaving in a way
that nearly all people would discover unsuitable given the conditions. Her roommate's corpse had
presently been discovered, and everybody was at the station and disturbed. Knox appeared
totally unaware to the seriousness of the phenomenon. She was described as hugging and kissing
Raffaele, and sometimes laughing (MacKay, 2012). This behavior was in bleak contrast to
Knox's response when she was taken to be fingerprinted. As Amanda was escorted to be taken
her fingerprints, she turned out to be nervous and started hitting herself on the head.
Amanda could be suspected because she knew details of the crime she should not have
known. At the station Amanda frequently hanged about with Sollecito, but not interacting with
Meredith's friends. Her conduct was so strange that people present optional to the police that
they ought to consider her a suspect. One thing in particular that got the police's concentration
was that Meredith was killed next to her closet, but for a while her body was enthused to the
center of the room (Peeke & Aalst, 2012). Before discovering this, Amanda already had said that
it was a closet that killed Meredith. There was as well DNA evidence. There was a Double DNA
Knife. A knife was discovered from Raffaele's residence that had the victim's DNA on the
cutting edge, and Knox's DNA on the handle. This was a clear evidence for Amanda’s guilt.
Amanda’s DNA was found with the victim's blood in five places, in the bathroom, in visible
dilute blood traces and in footprints exposed with Luminol. A shoe print made in blood was seen
on the cushion found beneath Meredith's body. Also, a police expert gave evidence that the print
of a woman's shoe of the same size as Amanda Knox's.
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References
Campbell, W. J. (2010). Getting it wrong: Ten of the greatest misreported stories in American
journalism. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Conroy, J., & Martz, R. (2005). Heavy metal: A tank company's battle to Baghdad. Dulles, VA:
Potomac Books.
Grenville, K. (2011). The secret river. Sydney: Read How You Want/Accessible.
MacKay, C. (2012). Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. Lanham:
Start Publishing LLC.
Peeke, P., & Aalst, M. . (2012). The hunger fix: The three-stage solution to free yourself from
your food addictions for life. Emmaus, Pa: Rodale Books.