Amanda Knox: I did not kill, I did not rape
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Amanda Knox gave an emotional appeal to an Italian court today, insisting, “I did not kill, I did not rape” Meredith Kercher.
“I am paying with my life for things that I did not commit,” said a shaking and tearful Knox in fluent Italian. “I am not who they say I am. The perversion, the violence, the lack of respect for life—I did not do the things they are saying I did. I did not kill, I did not rape, I did not steal. I was not there.” She worked on the speech for three months, her father tells the BBC, and the Telegraph adds that she did not use any notes while speaking. A verdict is expected late today, Reuters reports.
Knox insisted that she had “good relationships” with all her flatmates, including Kercher, even though Knox was “untidy, careless.” “I shared my life, particularly with Meredith,” Knox said. Her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, who is also appealing his murder conviction, gave his own address, asserting his innocence and denying that he ever accused Knox of the murder.
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I feel the same way about this, Mike. The evidence doesn’t seem to reach the level of guilt, whatever the Italian standard is.
No doubt the Italian government is getting pressure from all over the world on this case, which doesn’t help when it comes to making a clear and informed decision.
Usually I can form an opinion as to culpability after studying the evidence but I can’t do that in this case. The DNA evidence exonerating Knox is powerful, but DNA has its problems and is hardly the silver bullet or the papal pardon.