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DanTex

(20,709 posts)
17. Ok, well I'm sort of a "guilter". Here's my opinion.
Sat Mar 28, 2015, 10:35 AM
Mar 2015

I think, based on nothing more than a day or two of googling, that she "probably" was involved. I don't have a lot of confidence in my opinion, but if I had to guess, the chances are over 50%.

I respect the court's opinion, they know more about it than me. There were a lot of problems with the evidence, and at least in my mind there is reasonable doubt -- "probably guilty" is not enough basis to imprison someone. If the decision had gone the other way, I would have respected that too, but that didn't happen.

I do think that ironically she benefited from the Italian incompetence that people were saying that she was a victim of. In the US, the mistakes during collection and examination of evidence wouldn't have been made, and I think the whole investigation would have been more thorough. Of course, maybe this means that she would have been cleared immediately, but I think that a better investigative team could have proven her guilt.

Anyway, in the end I think justice was served. She didn't get off scot-free, she served 4 years, but she didn't get a really lengthy life-destroying sentence. So I think in the end the bizarre Italian justice system worked out pretty well, even if it was just by coincidence.

I'm not skyping with my older SIL JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #1
At last Warpy Mar 2015 #2
When the realize that Amanda and Rafaelle TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2015 #5
Yeah, I'm waiting on the other threads for guilters to show up riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #3
I get curious about motivations on things like this.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #4
Agreed. I can't understand DUers who fell for this, esp ostensible legal beagles riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #6
I think the motivations were more basic than that Fumesucker Mar 2015 #8
Oh gauntlet thrown so I had to look it up. "Sadismo!" riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #12
When one's arguments are, without exception, in defense of state power morningfog Mar 2015 #11
Yes and when that's the case 100% of the time it becomes obvious nt riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #13
wouldn't be the first time around here. hobbit709 Mar 2015 #7
Here's my condensed version TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2015 #9
Nice precis, you're a lot more familiar with the ins and the outs of it than I am.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #10
I used to... TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2015 #14
Considering that an Italian court convicted geologists of manslaughter for not accurately predicting tblue37 Mar 2015 #16
Ok, well I'm sort of a "guilter". Here's my opinion. DanTex Mar 2015 #17
I guess I'm glad you aren't a judge if you're going to base your opinion on so little riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #18
Well, obviously if I were a judge I would have a lot more knowledge about the case. DanTex Mar 2015 #20
Sorry, I fixed the link. Nt riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #21
If that one is a lawyer, I'm the King of Prussia. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2015 #19
I know right? riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #22
am kick! nt riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #15
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