Wednesday, April 02,

UW Student Amanda Knox and Two Accomplices Ruled to Remain in Jail by Rome Court for Perugia Sex Killing

The ANNOTICO Report

 

Finally, a Court in Rome ruled that Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend and another man who have been jailed since the fatal stabbing in November in the city of Perugia, will remain in jail while police continue to investigate the death of her roommate.

Defense attorneys were hoping to prove that the Prosecution did not have sufficient evidence to have clear and convincing evidence to prevail at trial with a jury, and therefore would entitle the defendants to be released with or without bail, subject to later arrest.. The Court could have also considered the very probability of the "flight" of the Defendants, rendering continued interviews impossible, and the resulting onerous extradition procedures.  Confiscating Passports has not proved effective.

If leads dry up, often Police spend a great deal of time "negotiating" with multiple defendants to offer inducements to the least "culpable" defendant with lessor sentences, if they testify against their more liable co defendants. The passage of time also wears down the Defendants resolve to continue to deny. The Prosecution takes the chance of possible leads that grow cold, with other students preparing to complete their studies within 2 months and return home.   

UW Student Ordered to Remain Jailed in Italy for Death Probe

Seattle Times

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

A court in Rome has decided that University of Washington student Amanda Knox will remain in jail while police continue to investigate the death of her roommate.

Today's ruling continues custody for the Seattle woman, her Italian boyfriend and another man who have been jailed since the stabbing in November in the city of Perugia, Italy

All deny involvement in the death of the roommate, British student Meredith Kercher.

Police say she was stabbed in the neck during a sexual assault in the apartment she shared with Knox.

 

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