Sources: hhttp://www.cnn.com/2011/10/03/world/europe/italy-knox- appeal/index.htmlttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Meredith_Kercher
Assigned Blog #4-The Amanda Knox Case:
On November 1, 2007 Meredith Kercher, a 21 year old British exchange student from Coulsdon South London, was murdered in her flat (British word for apartment)in Perugia,
Italy. That next day, November 2, 2007 in the afternoon her body was found by
her flat mates. She had three flat mates, two Italian woman and one American
student, Amanda Knox; Knox is believed to be a part of the murder of Kercher.
But, she isn’t the only one being questioned.
The police believe that the cause of the death was suffocation and loss of blood due to
the repetitive stabbing with a knife. She was also sexually assaulted and had a
total of 47 wounds (some of which, they believed, might have been caused due to
self-defense) and 3 of these wounds were marks on her neck that were understood
to be finger marks from being suffocated. Along with the violent acts, 2 cell
phones, 2 credit cards, and 300 euros in cash were stolen from her room.
There were three people convicted of the murder. Convict number ones name is Rudy Guede.
Rudy was convicted on October 28, 2008 and was sentenced 30 years in prison
which was reduced to 16 years. His DNA was found on the bloody handprint on
Kercher’s pillow and also admitted to raping her and being in the flat when the
murder took place. As for the other people that committed the crime he said he could
not make out the face but stated that Knox was there.
The second sentenced man was a guy named Raffaele Sollecito, an Italian man who had a
thing with Amanda Knox. His DNA was found on a piece of clothing of Kercher’s.
And last but not least the third convict was Amanda Knox, an American student that was
roommates with Meredith Kercher. Knox’s DNA was found on the handle of a
kitchen knife; the blood on the other hand was tested and said to be the blood
of Meredith, but these aren’t solid facts. Knox denies this and states that she
had been cooking earlier that day for Sollecito. She, along with Sollecito, weres convicted of
the crime in December of 2009, then appealed it. But, recently here on October
3, 2011, the Italian court reversed the appeal and they were on trial again!
Virtually 4 years later, when the Italian court brought Knox back, the Italian jury cleared
Knox’s named and found her not guilty! Now, I’m not so sure about what I think
about this. Even after all the research I’ve done on this topic I just can’t
seem to make up my mind. I do think she was there, or maybe knew about it,
and/or didn’t try to stop because maybe she had drank that night and didn’t
know what she was doing. But, on the other hand, I don’t think she murdered
Meredith. I mean, how could you live 4 plus years knowing you killed someone,
living without any punishment, and still be mentally semi-stable? Some people
may disagree with that and say that she could have been mentally stable AND
killed her but I feel like she would of cracked at one point or another. But,
that’s just my opinion.
Comments
Excellent job Taylor! Maybe work on a better title though!