It is odd that after 4 days of taping all their phone calls and also the interviews during that time that they completely forgot to record the big one the night of the 5th & 6th. The one where Mignini was orchestrating the proceedings, and Giobbi was in the next room (presumably working his pseudo-science Behavioral Analysis Interview demeanor magic interpretation of the whole thing. 36 police were in the room along with Mignini...they all signed as witnesses… the typewritten Italian police legalese “spontaneous confession” doc.(why so many? to keep her company?) Mignini running out of time (he knew from the telephone calls that Amanda’s mother was coming and that she might possibly get Amanda to the US embassy or out of the country. they had no grounds to hold her… they needed a confession and they knew they could get one and they did. The police had the investigator’s hunch leading them to believe that they had a guilty person to break down… even though there was no physical evidence. And that was the problem they had the theory before any evidence and seem to have been stringing the interviews along while they waited for the strong evidence they were convinced was there… and yet no DNA, no fingerprints… nothing… but they were so sure… Giobbi the mindreading expert from Rome and Mignini the famous Prosecutor and the policewoman duo were so convinced and they set the tone and the rest of the police believed them… nobody was trying to railroad innocent people Miginini and the rest took off running based on a gut feeling and pseudo science. (and add to that an African hair sample and a misinterpreted text message from an African)
The police do tend to cut corners when they are convinced a person is guilty… that is when they can justify putting the screws on and they if they were really sure about someone they could make you or I or anyone seem “unreliable”, a person who changes their story… a liar…
It is odd that after 4 days of taping all their phone calls and also the interviews during that time that they completely forgot to record the big one the night of the 5th & 6th. The one where Mignini was orchestrating the proceedings, and Giobbi was in the next room (presumably working his pseudo-science Behavioral Analysis Interview demeanor magic interpretation of the whole thing. 36 police were in the room along with Mignini...they all signed as witnesses… the typewritten Italian police legalese “spontaneous confession” doc.(why so many? to keep her company?) Mignini running out of time (he knew from the telephone calls that Amanda’s mother was coming and that she might possibly get Amanda to the US embassy or out of the country. they had no grounds to hold her… they needed a confession and they knew they could get one and they did. The police had the investigator’s hunch leading them to believe that they had a guilty person to break down… even though there was no physical evidence. And that was the problem they had the theory before any evidence and seem to have been stringing the interviews along while they waited for the strong evidence they were convinced was there… and yet no DNA, no fingerprints… nothing… but they were so sure… Giobbi the mindreading expert from Rome and Mignini the famous Prosecutor and the policewoman duo were so convinced and they set the tone and the rest of the police believed them… nobody was trying to railroad innocent people Miginini and the rest took off running based on a gut feeling and pseudo science. (and add to that an African hair sample and a misinterpreted text message from an African)
The police do tend to cut corners when they are convinced a person is guilty… that is when they can justify putting the screws on and they if they were really sure about someone they could make you or I or anyone seem “unreliable”, a person who changes their story… a liar…