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Does This Video Clear Amanda Knox Of Meredith Kercher’s Murder?

by | 30th, July 2011

AMANDA Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are at the appeal against her conviction for murdering Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy.

Independent forensic experts Stefano Conti, left, and Carla Vecchiotti claim that some of the DNA evidence used to convict the American student of killing her British roommate was unreliable and possibly contaminated.

The experts, who were appointed by the court to review the evidence and the procedures used to obtain it, maintain that the original investigation was marked by some glaring errors. They have mentioned more than 50, including the wearing of dirty gloves in collecting evidence.

The Seattle PI reports:

All of Italy paid attention this week when two court-appointed, independent experts called the DNA traces “unreliable.” Now, nothing ties the former lovers to the crime scene, where police found ample evidence of drifter Rudy Guede, convicted in a separate trial.

ABC senses professional vanity:

Prosecutor Manuela Comodi, who flanked Giuliano Mignini in the first trial, then began a protracted, systematic attempt to dismiss accusations of sloppy forensic work, and dismantle the experts’ conclusions.

First she asked each to list their qualifications and published works. They both reeled off a long list of titles and publications, while Comodi waved a lacy fan at her face and smiled. After they were done, she asked them to list their on-site forensic experience but the judge interjected, saying that even if they had lots of experience they could still make mistakes. “Exactly,” she said, smugly.

The Sun reprots:

One cop wore grubby gloves and officers put the clasp into a paper bag rather than a plastic one, which the experts said added a “significant” contamination risk. The clasp had been kept in such poor condition it had gone rusty, making further testing impossible.

A video is shown in court:

Footage of the original crime scene investigation was projected onto a large screen in the vaulted, frescoed courtroom in a medieval palazzo in Perugia’s historic centre.

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Edda Mellas, center, mother of U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox and her husband Chris Mellas, left, talk to lawyer Luciano Ghirga after an hearing in Perugia's court, Italy, Monday, July 4, 2011. The parents of Amanda Knox are standing trial for alleging that Italian police abused their daughter. The charge stems from an interview they gave Britain's Sunday Times years ago in which the father alleged that police had physically and verbally abused his daughter during questioning after Meredith Kercher's 2007 slaying but before Knox was arrested. Police have denied harming Knox. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici).

 



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