So ILE doesn't have a Meredith Kercher/FoxyKnoxy murder thread yet?

wow, she lost the appeal

woah WHAT

she totally didn't but one second ago the guardian liveblog said 'know has lost her appeal'

so yeah she is, they are, free

or 'fee' as the guardian put it, which i guess is at least less embarrassing in the face of having got it way wronger a second earlier

#TeamFoxyKnoxy

The Mail have been saying she lost too http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2044583/Amanda-Knox-verdict-GUILTY-appeal-murder-conviction-rejected.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

I suspect that won't stay up long

For clarification, this entry said Knox had lost the appeal, not the appeal on this specific charge. Apologies for this error.

what a confusing clarification

Premature posting by the mail there.

well, she lost the defamation appeal right?

there were two charges, apparently; she got the murder charge overturned but lost the defamation charge where she accused Patrick Lumumba of being the murderer

That Mail link reports her sobbing as it's announced and the enormity of 26 yrs sank in, etc - it's one thing getting it wrong, but blatantly making up the whole story. I'm naive to be shocked I guess.

Best part of the pre-written Mail article: 'Media scum: Journalists, photographers and camera crews flooded the court room during the appeal sessions earlier today ahead of the verdict'

It's like they'd been fantasising about it for ages...

lol mail article still up

hahahahahahaha they've posted the "she's free" article on the homepage but the prefab "she's GUILTY" article hasn't been deleted yet

Italian justice system has really failed to cover itself in glory here - not that I'm implying other countries are better, just fucked up differently.

I suppose the best the Italians can say is that at least they didn't execute her...

Nobody is covered in glory here - the prosecution, the judge, the defence, the police, Knox, the Knox family, the pro-Knox media, the anti-Knox media...

as i say, differently fucked up. the whole prosecution story is kinda unlikely when you think about it, and i assume it takes a certain kinda culture to swallow the "she's obv a ho so she must have done it" line

tbh I can see that line working in quite a few countries

eh newspapers hedge like this all the time, by having two stories ready. not an indictment in itself of anything other than the competency of web site staff.

i assume the exciting public grandstanding carried out by judge, defence, prosecution, cops, etc. was what influenced the UK gov to open our courtrooms to TV cameras, give us a chance to experience it first hand

eh newspapers hedge like this all the time, by having two stories ready. not an indictment in itself of anything other than the competency of web site staff.

please be reassured that all of my lols are squarely aimed at the web site staff

Now what? Book deal, millions of dollars for her story/reality show/porn parody until everyone's sick of her?

The first flight out of Italy before the prosecution get their appeal going, surely

yeah, and enough common sense to tone down the victory celebrations in light of the unsolved murder of her former flatmate, please god

re hedging, I get that - it's more the reporting of a bunch of stuff that never happening that's the thing. If the appeal had failed and she'd shrugged, or maybe frowned a little, the story would still have been about her as a sobbing wreck.

Well there's still a guy doing 16 years for the murder xp

I expect her to record a duet with DSK - that other recent innocent victim

Dancing With The Stars 2012, signature move involving a cartwheel across the dance floor?

eh newspapers hedge like this all the time, by having two stories ready. not an indictment in itself of anything other than the competency of web site staff.

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Prosecutors were delighted with the verdict and said that 'justice has been done' although they said on a 'human factor it was sad two young people would be spending years in jail'.

xp w/ IK

oh for some reason i thought Guede had done one

maybe cos him and the other two all having done it makes no sense

wait I thought this person helped killed someone

That Mail article is still live http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2044583/Amanda-Knox-verdict-GUILTY-appeal-murder-conviction-rejected.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

why did the forensics not get done properly first time? talk on the BBC just now of masks not being worn and evidence not being bagged, tagged the usual way? any uh.. forensic experts on ile (wouldn't surprise me!).

I think there is a Rolling Stone article above that discusses all the issues with the crime scene.

Now what? Book deal, millions of dollars for her story/reality show/porn parody until everyone's sick of her?

A reality show where she shares an apartment with Casey Anthony and they have wacky adventures together?

there were two charges, apparently; she got the murder charge overturned but lost the defamation charge where she accused Patrick Lumumba of being the murderer

ha ha, it's like a simpsons thing though; i hereby pronounce you GUILTY!

- of slander & thereby must pay $15 in damages. of murder?, oh, sure, innocent.

i kinda doubt amanda knox wants to be famous

well she shouldn't've not committed a crime then

damn dude

The Rolling Stone made it seem kind of ludicrous that she was tried at all, so much so that I recoiled a bit because it seemed almost like a release by the PR machine they talk about. But then you hear about the speeches comparing her to Goebbels or bloody Jessica Rabbit and it's just like nobody's trying to find an impartial truth here.

xp

was digging at the media and its speculators, not Knox who i'd guess wants to disappear, like max said

'human factor it was sad two young people would be spending years in jail'.

ha did not read that. lol mail?

I'd be interested to know what the Italian media response is to this. I've largely ignored the whole thing, but I get the impression the UK media have demonised Know while the American media have held her up as victim of a gross miscarriage of justice. Personally, I have no idea if she's guilty or innocent and whether her being released is a good or bad thing. I'd like to know what a 'neutral' country's perspective is.

Actually, I suppose Italy aren't exactly neutral as their legal system is kind of on trial here. Someone tell me what the French think.

the swiss surely

*Gallic shrug*