Amanda Knox
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And the thing that they found me guilty of was the way lesser crime on the list of all the crimes that were there, which was slander. They accused me of knowingly and willingly falsely accusing an innocent person of having committed this crime. Because during my interrogation, I was coerced into implicating myself and my boss, Patrick Lumumba, of murdering. of committing this crime.
And I immediately retracted it, all of that. But that was one of the things that they were holding me accountable for. And they, to this day, I am still convicted in Italy of knowingly and willingly accusing an innocent man. And for me to knowingly and willingly accuse this innocent man, I would have to have been at the house and known who really was the murderer.
And I immediately retracted it, all of that. But that was one of the things that they were holding me accountable for. And they, to this day, I am still convicted in Italy of knowingly and willingly accusing an innocent man. And for me to knowingly and willingly accuse this innocent man, I would have to have been at the house and known who really was the murderer.
And I immediately retracted it, all of that. But that was one of the things that they were holding me accountable for. And they, to this day, I am still convicted in Italy of knowingly and willingly accusing an innocent man. And for me to knowingly and willingly accuse this innocent man, I would have to have been at the house and known who really was the murderer.
At the moment that I falsely accused this innocent person, like I would have had to know that he was definitively innocent for this to be the case. And for that to be true, I would have to be physically present at the crime, even if I was not participating in it.
At the moment that I falsely accused this innocent person, like I would have had to know that he was definitively innocent for this to be the case. And for that to be true, I would have to be physically present at the crime, even if I was not participating in it.
At the moment that I falsely accused this innocent person, like I would have had to know that he was definitively innocent for this to be the case. And for that to be true, I would have to be physically present at the crime, even if I was not participating in it.
So the legal standing right now to this day is that I was there and that when I was interrogated, I knowingly and falsely accused an innocent person. I appealed this, by the way, to the European Court of Human Rights, and they ruled in my favor.
So the legal standing right now to this day is that I was there and that when I was interrogated, I knowingly and falsely accused an innocent person. I appealed this, by the way, to the European Court of Human Rights, and they ruled in my favor.
So the legal standing right now to this day is that I was there and that when I was interrogated, I knowingly and falsely accused an innocent person. I appealed this, by the way, to the European Court of Human Rights, and they ruled in my favor.
They said that because I had been denied the right to have an attorney and an interpreter when I was being interrogated, that none of that should ever have been – I should never have been convicted of that. And I took that back to Italy. I took that ruling back to Italy, and they overturned it. I was actually acquitted of that for a second, but then sent back for retrial recently, and
They said that because I had been denied the right to have an attorney and an interpreter when I was being interrogated, that none of that should ever have been – I should never have been convicted of that. And I took that back to Italy. I took that ruling back to Italy, and they overturned it. I was actually acquitted of that for a second, but then sent back for retrial recently, and
They said that because I had been denied the right to have an attorney and an interpreter when I was being interrogated, that none of that should ever have been – I should never have been convicted of that. And I took that back to Italy. I took that ruling back to Italy, and they overturned it. I was actually acquitted of that for a second, but then sent back for retrial recently, and
And recently, yeah, this is 18 years later, recently was put back on trial for that. This was last year. And I was found guilty again.
And recently, yeah, this is 18 years later, recently was put back on trial for that. This was last year. And I was found guilty again.
And recently, yeah, this is 18 years later, recently was put back on trial for that. This was last year. And I was found guilty again.
On the basis not even of the statements that the police like coerced me into signing, but on my retraction. So I hand wrote a retraction of those statements that the police coursed me into signing. And I was like, I'm so confused. I can't testify. Like, I don't know if Patrick did it or not. Like, I just don't know.
On the basis not even of the statements that the police like coerced me into signing, but on my retraction. So I hand wrote a retraction of those statements that the police coursed me into signing. And I was like, I'm so confused. I can't testify. Like, I don't know if Patrick did it or not. Like, I just don't know.
On the basis not even of the statements that the police like coerced me into signing, but on my retraction. So I hand wrote a retraction of those statements that the police coursed me into signing. And I was like, I'm so confused. I can't testify. Like, I don't know if Patrick did it or not. Like, I just don't know.
And they said, well, even a confused statement where you're not sure what the truth is, if you were physically present at the crime is is slander. And you falsely accused an innocent man that you knew to be innocent. And so. But they have no proof that you were there. Exactly. Exactly. So we're in this like cyclical thing where they just don't want to admit that they fucked up.