You seem to be privy to a lot of information that I’m not, were you at the trial, or otherwise have better knowledge that the sourced information on the internet? Or is it from reading the 100-page Judge’s report of the Guede case? I haven’t heard before many of the things you’ve mentioned in your previous post. Also, some of the things seem to contradict what I’ve quoted above, a lot coming from the translation of Judge’s summary. For example:
″ I believe the Judge blocked at least one officer from testifying that he smelled bleach”
The specific details of Kokamani’s testimony.
Information like ” At various points, the prosecution said it was Knox’s, then Guede’s, then Sollecito’s”.
The papers on friendsofamandaknox don’t give any sources. How do we know the information is good? I’m sure we could level the same criticism to truejustice.org, but many of the details they have linked to outside sources.
That the mixed DNA can easily be explained away, and DNA can be easily contaminated (there are various expert witnesses at the Guede trial who state otherwise)
That the bra clasp contained DNA of 3 other people.
“it doesn’t appear there is any glass on top of the clothes”, this contradicts what I’ve read from the Judge’s report. You then go on to explain how glass could have got on top of the clothes (filomena allowed back in to the room), so I’m not sure which you are stating?
Regarding the Daily Mail story—as other posters have mentioned, the Daily Mail certainly isn’t a reliable news source, unfortunately. And in general, even a well respected media source alone probably isn’t good enough as a source, given how misreported the case has been (like the bleach receipt, the 14-hour interrogation, etc)
So again, I’m still not sure the truejustice.org summary of the Judge’s document on the Guede case should be considered reliable, do you doubt some of the points? I’m using this to base a lot of my reasoning.
If it is an accurate summary, then it represents the decision of a large panel of law experts, that disagree with many of your arguments. So it seems either you are suggested (a) this translation Judge’s summary is inaccurate, or (b) you disagree with the decision of the Judge and panel on many key points. If it’s (a), I would certainly like to read a better translation. If (b), why do you think you are better qualified to make decisions on forensic evidence than a panel of legal experts?
I think in the end I will have to wait 90 days for the summary of the case to be made publicly available to make my own decision on the likelihood of guilt. There are still great disparages between the “pro” and “con” sites about what happened in the court room, and exactly what evidence was and was not presented in court. You seem to disagree with the Judge’s decisions in the G case a lot (that the break-in was not faked; that the DNA evidence is unreliable; that the eyewitness testimony should not be admitted as evidence). What we do know is that the Judge, along with a large panel of legal experts, did in fact accept this evidence. Is it not reasonable (and rational) for me to accept the decisions of experts in the field?
I’m with Nick—there are very few primary sources available in English, and none of the stuff people are linking to, even the articles in mainstream media, seems like a completely reliable source to me—especially on all these he said/she said issues of what evidence was actually adduced in court and if so whether it was effectively refuted.
You seem to be privy to a lot of information that I’m not, were you at the trial, or otherwise have better knowledge that the sourced information on the internet? Or is it from reading the 100-page Judge’s report of the Guede case? I haven’t heard before many of the things you’ve mentioned in your previous post. Also, some of the things seem to contradict what I’ve quoted above, a lot coming from the translation of Judge’s summary. For example:
″ I believe the Judge blocked at least one officer from testifying that he smelled bleach”
The specific details of Kokamani’s testimony.
Information like ” At various points, the prosecution said it was Knox’s, then Guede’s, then Sollecito’s”.
The papers on friendsofamandaknox don’t give any sources. How do we know the information is good? I’m sure we could level the same criticism to truejustice.org, but many of the details they have linked to outside sources.
That the mixed DNA can easily be explained away, and DNA can be easily contaminated (there are various expert witnesses at the Guede trial who state otherwise)
That the bra clasp contained DNA of 3 other people.
“it doesn’t appear there is any glass on top of the clothes”, this contradicts what I’ve read from the Judge’s report. You then go on to explain how glass could have got on top of the clothes (filomena allowed back in to the room), so I’m not sure which you are stating?
Regarding the Daily Mail story—as other posters have mentioned, the Daily Mail certainly isn’t a reliable news source, unfortunately. And in general, even a well respected media source alone probably isn’t good enough as a source, given how misreported the case has been (like the bleach receipt, the 14-hour interrogation, etc)
So again, I’m still not sure the truejustice.org summary of the Judge’s document on the Guede case should be considered reliable, do you doubt some of the points? I’m using this to base a lot of my reasoning.
If it is an accurate summary, then it represents the decision of a large panel of law experts, that disagree with many of your arguments. So it seems either you are suggested (a) this translation Judge’s summary is inaccurate, or (b) you disagree with the decision of the Judge and panel on many key points. If it’s (a), I would certainly like to read a better translation. If (b), why do you think you are better qualified to make decisions on forensic evidence than a panel of legal experts?
I think in the end I will have to wait 90 days for the summary of the case to be made publicly available to make my own decision on the likelihood of guilt. There are still great disparages between the “pro” and “con” sites about what happened in the court room, and exactly what evidence was and was not presented in court. You seem to disagree with the Judge’s decisions in the G case a lot (that the break-in was not faked; that the DNA evidence is unreliable; that the eyewitness testimony should not be admitted as evidence). What we do know is that the Judge, along with a large panel of legal experts, did in fact accept this evidence. Is it not reasonable (and rational) for me to accept the decisions of experts in the field?
I’m with Nick—there are very few primary sources available in English, and none of the stuff people are linking to, even the articles in mainstream media, seems like a completely reliable source to me—especially on all these he said/she said issues of what evidence was actually adduced in court and if so whether it was effectively refuted.