Amanda Knox Case: All Saints Day In Italy

Millions of people venture out of the United States to study abroad each year, but not all have a pleasurable experience. This was just the case for the 22 year old, Amanda Marie Knox… Perugia, Italy, 2007, Amanda Knox found herself in a judicial system knot. Even though computer documentations, fallacious accusations, and the fourth estate cause many to have doubts over the Amanda Knox case, the paucity of evidence, witnesses, and the legal workings within the case prove Ms. Knox did not commit the gruesome slashing of her friend and roommate Meredith Kercher.

It was November 1st, 2007, All Saints Day in Italy. Amanda had recently been at her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito's, flat but had decided to return to her place of residence at

Adding to the list of reasons most signs pointed against Ms.Knox during the trial, was the location of the case, Perugia, Italy. In the American judicial system, an unanimous number of the jury makes the decision in a murder trial, while in Italy it only takes a majority of members within the jury to decide the verdict of the case. In Italy, the judge of the case often knows all of the evidence before the defense and defendant. The judge has likely made up his or her mind on how to processed with the case before the commencement of the trial (Hunziker 1). Furthermore, the person set to be in control of the case, Giuliano Mignini, already had a background in illegal activity in the Italian judicial system. In his career, he was deemeed as an “obsessed weirdo” because of his believes of the monster of Florence cereal killer case to be a mesonic conspiracy, his case eventually came to no conclusion. He was also later convicted and suspend for 16 months for the illegal tapping of high officials phones within the case (Edwards 1). From this information it can deduced that Amanda Knox was never given an equitable trial while being prosecuted in the Italian judicial

Knox did not stand a chance in court because of the illegal workings within the case, the false evidence shown to the accusers, and the fourth estate portraying Ms. Knox as an iniquitous human being. Ms. Knox was wrongly convicted of the murder of roommate and companion. The Knox Trail, which finally ended with Ms. Knox being proven innocent, will forever be the case that people will have to agree to disagree over, but with the information included above it can be said, Amanda Knox is