Most likely, the person who made the above claim simply wasn’t aware of the fingerprint evidence (or, possibly, the difference between fingerprint evidence and DNA evidence).
I had, in fact, forgotten about the fingerprint evidence, but I stand by my claim that Knox and Sollecito would probably have been convicted prior to DNA testing, given that even with DNA testing they were only released on appeal, and with DNA testing we have a much higher burden of expectation of evidence to meet. To say that they probably would have been convicted does not and was not intended to mean that they should have been convicted given the state of evidence that would have been available in that case.
I had, in fact, forgotten about the fingerprint evidence, but I stand by my claim that Knox and Sollecito would probably have been convicted prior to DNA testing, given that even with DNA testing they were only released on appeal, and with DNA testing we have a much higher burden of expectation of evidence to meet. To say that they probably would have been convicted does not and was not intended to mean that they should have been convicted given the state of evidence that would have been available in that case.