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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 12:50 PM
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Amanda Knox's crime? Killing a potato.
Edited on Wed Jun-29-11 12:51 PM by pnwmom
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE75S50720110629?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

Independent forensic experts appointed by an appeal court at the request of the pair's defence said in a report lodged on Wednesday that DNA evidence used in the trial was unreliable and numerous errors had been made by police scientists.

Significantly, they said no evidence supported the original police conclusion that Kercher's blood was found on a knife which they identified as the murder weapon and which had been handled by Knox.

The experts, Carla Vecchiotti and Stefano Conti, confirmed police conclusions that Knox's DNA was found on the handle of the knife but said material on the blade was from starch.

The experts also said there was no DNA evidence on a clip from Kercher's bra which police said was traceable to Sollecito, 27. The report was obtained by journalists at the court.
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 12:55 PM
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1. I don't get all these people that say they are SO SURE
that Amanda Knox is guilty. She may be, I don't know, but I've seen nothing from the available evidence that proves it beyond a reasonable doubt. There's more than enough questions to raise doubt in my mind.
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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-11 01:09 PM
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2. Exactly -- there's a huge amount of doubt.
No reliable witnesses to her being at the cottage on the night of the murder, no physical evidence connecting her to the room where the murder took place (no DNA, fingerprints, shoe-prints, or hair in a room that yielded more than 100 items connected to the burglar, Rudy Guede), and no motive -- all adds up to doubt big enough to fly a 747 through.
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