How Amanda Knox's Trial Was the Dawn of the Fake News Era

[MaryMagdaline]

2. I originally believed she was guilty. Once the DNA proved a third person was the killer

I changed my mind and realized I had been duped.

For the second time in my life I realized how false confessions are obtained. I never believed in false confessions before this case. I saw a documentary on the prosecutor, and a male journalist who had been arrested by the prosecutor in another case, said the prosecutor nearly broke him down and nearly caused him to confess to something he didn’t do. He was a strong person who felt the Italian prosecutor capable of causing anyone, including Amanda Knox, to break.

That story, and the Central Park Five, have caused me to lose faith in prosecutors. I just don’t know when I’ve been duped.

In each case, without DNA, I would still believe these prosecutors. I’m horrified that there must be thousands of wrongfully convicted people.

Kudos to the Italians for finally getting it right. It was a national embarrassment, but they owned up to it.

I’ll never forgive Alan Dershowitz for saying she should be extradited back to Italy, as if actual innocence is to be ignored.

Like Amanda Knox, I was blindsided by Italian anti-Americanism. Would never go to Italy 🇮🇹 if I were Amanda. Many people still hate her.