If, as was suggested earlier, this case had anything to do with muslims, I completely missed it. If it did, I'd really like to see what. For some reason, even though her family hired a publicist, the case didn't have the 'wow' power that the Casey Anthony case or that the Iran hiker case had. It had all the elements and then some, so I'm not sure why we weren't drawn in like we were in those other cases. I tend to like eveidence. But in this case, there has really been very little displayed publically. But that was the case with the Iran hikers as well. Still, we were drawn in. Even though I like evidence, I still have room in my career for some pretty strong and accurate gut feelings and they have saved my life more than once... So... my gut instinct in this one told me from the start that Amanda Knox is guilty. And..... overall, she is not a sympathetic character. I'm not sure why she was let off the way she was unless Italy wants something from the US.
Their system is different from ours. Here there would not be two juries involved. In the US, a verdict by a jury is very powerful. A second jury would not be asked to rule on the case again, and the appeal process here does not involve issues of guilt or innocence. The appeal process in the US involves only procedural issues. I have to wonder why a jury verdict in Italy is worth so little. How is it that one jury can overrule another? I would never have expected an appeal to play out this way. Perhaps that is why I really believe there is some politicial motivation at the base of it all.
I will probably order and read this book:
Anatomy of a Secret Life: The Psychology of Living a Lie
by Gail Saltz (Hardcover)