Another twist in the Amanda Knox case
It seems we will never know what really happened to Meredith Kercher.
After months of media and court reports detailing how Kercher had been sexually assaulted and probably killed while fending off that assault, a court-appointed expert testitified today that there was "not enough evidence to conclude" that Kercher had been sexually assaulted.
"When no traces of sperm are found, when there are no traces of physical violence," it is difficult to determine that there was sexual violence, Giancarlo Ronchi, the court-appointed expert said.
Yea, that sounds like perhaps a solid indication of no sexual assault. The questions now becomes: why did everyone so quickly accept the sexual assault theory when there was no evidence of such?
They also could not conclude whether or not she had been strangled, another damper to the murdered by a passionate lover theory.
When it comes to handling of the Amanda Knox case, the only thing we can depend on is that what we know as truth, probably isn't.
In Missouri, you can be out in less than a year on a five, so Amanda Knox has done a belt of time, looking good for something in the USA, is a cop following you about, in Italy they keep you in the clink.
That preventcautionary stuff was the risorgimento way of replacing, err..arbitrary detention, once again we have to be impressed by the Italian style, hanging on to the old as they embrace the new.