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Yet Further Additions To My “Justice On Trial”

Click for current edition Overview The main evidence phase of Meredith’s case took eight months. That was from early November 2007 to the end of June 2008 at which point the investigators reported to the supervising magistrate and defense that it was more-or-less complete. Printed out, the documents in our…

James Raper 07/05/23 3 07/25/23
2011 Hellman Appeal Verdict Annulled Misrepresentations Fog Reality Still

Hellman Misrepresentations Explained Here’s an interesting vignette on Hellmann’s modus operandi in his Motivation. In the quote below he pins Guede with sole responsibility and provides Knox and Sollecito with an alibi. Here’s what Hellmann wrote - “In that chat, furthermore, [ed : Hellmann is referring to the 2nd Skype…

James Raper 08/25/21 17 09/21/21
Raffaele Sollecito, Once Again Being His Usual Muddled Self…

Terrifying. Terrifying! Corriere has published on the Internet Raffaele’s Sollecito’s latest outburst by social media video against the real media in Italy. Here is what Corriere wrote - “Raffaele Sollecito publishes on his social channels an outburst entitled “[Guede] found guilty in complicity with others is an invention of the…

James Raper 07/18/21 13 08/01/21
Powerful Evidence Of Sollecito’s Presence: HIS Footprint Is Proved

Prosecutor Dr Manuela Comodi introduced this very tough evidence Long post. Click here to go straight to Comments. 1. Series And Post Overviews Previously in our hard-physical-evidence series we put Sollecito rock-solidly at the scene of the crime through his DNA in Meredith’s bedroom. This post also puts him at…

James Raper 10/17/19 12 10/31/19
Powerful Evidence Of Knox’s Presence Locked Inside Meredith’s Room

Red star, where lamp found; blue star, lamp’s normal position Long post. Click here to go straight to Comments. 1. The Lamp Tellingly Not Mentioned In Knox’s Book During the case it was frequently suggested that there was no actual evidence of Knox’s presence in “the murder room”, i.e in…

James Raper 10/02/19 23 10/08/19
Knox’s Lamp: The Very Incriminating Evidence Found INSIDE Meredith’s Locked Room

[Long post. Click here to go straight to Comments] 1. The Elephant In The Room Of Which No-one Speaks Throughout the case it has frequently been claimed that there was no actual evidence of Knox’s presence in the “murder room” or the “scene of the crime” defined (wrongly) as Meredith’s…

James Raper 09/24/18 18 10/07/18
Despite Disinformation From Apologists And Even Supreme Court, Law & Science Support Damning DNA

Chief DNA expert Dr Stefanoni with prosecutor for DNA Dr Comodi 1. Post Overview There was a substantial body of evidence that many observers found convincing enough even without the DNA results from the Knife and Bra clasp. But at trial much of the other evidence was largely ignored by…

James Raper 01/07/18 33 01/16/18
Multiple Attackers and the Compatibility of the Double DNA Knife (Exhibit 36)

Our YouTube whiz DelPergola’s video of November 2010 Ed note: This evidence area is enormously compelling - but also emotionally difficult. It is why initially we did not publish our translation of the Micheli Report. And why a quarter of the trial was behind closed doors with the media excluded.…

James Raper 04/27/17 17 05/15/17
The Suspicious Behaviour And Evidence Contradicting the Mutual Alibis Of RS And AK

Material from some of my previous posts on TJMK was incorporated into my Justice on Trial . From Chapter 11, this is the first of several posts setting out further material. Suspicious behaviour is not proof of guilt but it is an addition to the mix and, if there is…

James Raper 04/21/17 9 04/28/17
Sollecito Thinks He Can Win Again At The Supreme Court? Think Twice, Eyes Much Sharper Now

1. Sollecito’s Tough Road Ahead He who comes to court for compensation must come with clean hands. Dr Maresca’s comment quoted below is relevant and fully justified. It is not to be overlooked that in addition to the lies and suspicious behaviour we have a “definitive” (joke) judgement that also…

James Raper 02/14/17 17 02/21/17
Dott Marasca e Dott Bruno: Perche’ le vostre “motivazioni” sono un’offesa alla giustizia Italiana #1

Il processo di Amanda Knox e Raffaele Sollecito #1 A marzo 2015 la Corte Suprema ha annullato le condanne di Amanda Knox e Raffaele sollecito circa il loro coinvolgimento nell’omicidio. Verso la fine di September la V Sez, ha redatto un verbale attesissimo. Venne subito resa disponibile una traduzione in…

James Raper 03/30/16 0
A Critique In Five Parts Of The Fifth Chambers Motivation Report By Judges Marasca And Bruno #1

Image is of busy Rome at night The Fifth Chambers Motivation Report I will be critiquing the final 34 pages of the Motivation Report, the decisions and verdict parts. This is the 54 page report released by the Fifth Chambers of the Italian Supreme Court late in September. For a…

James Raper 11/05/15 15 11/09/15
A Critique In Five Parts Of The Fifth Chambers Motivation Report By Judges Marasca And Bruno #2

Image is of busy Rome at night The Fifth Chambers Motivation Report I continue critiquing the final 34 pages of the Motivation Report, the decisions and verdict parts. My first post can be read here. A full translation of the Report can be read here. Time of Death “Another judicial…

James Raper 11/04/15 21 11/18/15
A Critique In Five Parts Of The Fifth Chambers Motivation Report By Judges Marasca And Bruno #3

Image is of busy Rome at night The Fifth Chambers Motivation Report I continue critiquing the final 34 pages of the Motivation Report, the decisions and verdict parts. My first post can be read here and the second read here. A full translation of the Report can be read here.…

James Raper 11/03/15 13 11/13/15
A Critique In Five Parts Of The Fifth Chambers Motivation Report By Judges Marasca And Bruno #4

Image is of busy Rome at night The Fifth Chambers Motivation Report I continue critiquing the final 34 pages of the Motivation Report, the decisions and verdict parts. The three previous posts can be read here and here and here. A full translation of the Marasca-Bruno Report can be read…

James Raper 11/02/15 18 10/15/19
A Critique In Five Parts Of The Fifth Chambers Motivation Report By Judges Marasca And Bruno #5

Image is of busy Rome at night The Fifth Chambers Motivation Report I conclude my critique of the final 34 pages of the Motivation Report, the decisions and verdict parts. The four previous posts can be read here and here and here and here. A full translation of the Marasca-Bruno…

James Raper 11/01/15 24 11/25/15
Problems With Fred Davies #2: His Claims On Knives, Wounds And Stains Also Highly Mislead

Several of the numerous scientific witnesses; some evidence was behind closed doors Overview Of This Post Remember that Amanda Knox, a felon for life, served three years for framing Patrick for murder. In my previous post I dismissed the claim which the British barrister FG (Fred) Davies pervasively made in…

James Raper 08/11/15 12 08/20/15
Problems With Fred Davies #1: Did Guede’s Separate Trial REALLY Impact Negatively On RS And AK?

1. Summary Of The Complaints I want to write about the separate trials of Guede on the one hand and Knox and Sollecito on the other. This feature has often been criticized by the apologists for Knox and Sollecito, and I was surprised to learn just recently that their gripe…

James Raper 07/30/15 25 08/08/15
Why The Count Of Discredited Prosecution Witnesses Even Now Remains Down Around Zero

As with all images on TJMK this image above will expand if clicked on Just sifting through the latest drivel on Injustice in Perugia today and I came across this statement from one of their main posters. “It was physically impossible for Capezalli to have heard any sounds from Meredith’s…

James Raper 07/26/15 24 07/29/15
The Victim As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Past Abuser: Insights From Dr Sam Vaknin

1. Overview Of This Post My past posts here have been from the perspective of a lawyer, commenting on aggregations of evidence and how justice systems perform. If there are to be any gains at all from this sad affair, both wider understanding of policework and law and also wider…

James Raper 12/10/14 11 12/12/14
Knox & Sollecito Actions In The Week Prior To Arrest: An Incriminating Behavior Pattern For Sure

[Video above: Sollecito slams Knox’s weird behavior, while not explaining numerous examples of his own ] 1. Today’s Context To This Post A very strong case for guilt has been made at trial and endorsed at the first-level appeal. This series hammers home the growing hundreds of incriminating stark differences…

James Raper 04/27/14 21 04/29/14
Knox’s Multiple Accounts Of Her “Interrogations”: Incriminating Pattern For Sure

1. Today’s Context To This Post In a day or two Judge Nencini’s sentencing report will be released. Are we all clear on precisely why the Nencini appeal court in Florence had to meet? It did not meet at the request of the prosecution. They had nothing to appeal, subsequent…

James Raper 04/26/14 11 04/29/14
Note For Strasbourg Court & State Department: Knox Herself Proves She Lies About Her Interrogation

In our previous post Kermit nicely shows how, under the European Court of Human Rights’ own guidelines, Amanda Knox’s “appeal” won’t put her out of reach of the fair and painstaking Italians. If any of the busy, hard-pressed ECHR investigators do choose to press beyond the ECHR guidelines, they will…

James Raper 11/30/13 87 12/16/13
The Meredith Case Wiki: A Highly Objective Summation Of The Case From Original Docs And Transcripts

Some of our readers may not have noticed the new link to The Meredith Case Wiki to be found in the left hand column of this front page. I had not noticed it myself until recently. This is an important link to a new website that is now a vital…

James Raper 10/22/13 45 10/26/13
Questions For Knox: Why So Many False Claims In Accounts Of Your Visit To The House?

[Filomena’s shutters on approach above and below NOT half-open as they were when Knox arrived] Additional to this post and this post on the overwhelming strength of the evidence against Sollecito and Knox. Amanda Knox was of course lying from the start about her initial visit to the cottage to…

James Raper 09/05/13 74 09/10/13
How The Clean-Up And The Locked Door Contribute To The Very Strong Case For Guilt

On the 30th September the appeals of Amanda Knox and Raffele Sollecito against the convictions they received at the first instance trial will resume, this time in Florence. This follows the annulment by the Supreme Court of the acquittal verdicts rendered by the Appeal Court presided over by Judge Pratillo…

James Raper 07/24/13 35 02/20/14
Knox’s Interrogation: A Major Contradiction Between Knox’s Book And Her Trial Testimony

Amanda Knox now faces the prospect of not one but two trials where her claims in the book will become a real minefield to the defense and a major plus for the prosecutions. If she goes back for the trials she may or may not get up on the stand,…

James Raper 05/16/13 44 05/20/13
Law And Precedent Indicate Knox Extradition Likely To Be Granted

[[Above: a plane landing at Florence airport; most under arrest arrive via Rome airport] This is the latest in our many posts nailing the myths perpetrated by the pro-Knox campaign, We can already see that there is an attempt to generate a new myth in the media and on the…

James Raper 04/07/13 21 04/10/13
Reasonable Doubt In Italian Law: How Sollecito, Hellmann, And Zanetti Seriously Garbled It.

Above: Sollecito’s lawyers. Is he too thick to understand them? Or are they incompetent and giving him bad advice? Certainly as compared to the incredibly high legal standard of the Galati Appeal, it appears that the accused, their lawyers, and Hellmann & Zanetti are all seriously outclassed. Hellmann and Zanetti…

James Raper 01/25/13 28 02/12/13
Raffaele Sollecito’s DNA In Meredith’s Room Could Be Definitive Proof Of Guilt For New Appeal Jury

Have you followed our series on the hapless independent DNA consultants Conti and Vecchiotti? And our series on the hapless appeal judges Hellmann and Zanetti? And our series on their formidable nemesis, Umbria’s Chief Prosecutor, Dr Galati? Who may very well convince the Supreme Court to throw out all of…

James Raper 09/11/12 21 10/18/12
Considering The Sad And Sensitive But Also Crucial Subject Of Meredith’s Time Of Death

The following is a discourse on the time of death (TOD) arguments in the case. These have been summarised but not analysed in depth yet on TJMK. A discussion on the pathology is not really everyone’s cup of tea, but the issue was examined in some detail by Massei and…

James Raper 05/09/12 56 05/20/12
Does ANY Competent Lawyer Believe RS And AK Are 100% Innocent? If So See These Questions

[Above: Knox defense legal advisor Ted Simon increasingly seems to have some explaining to do] After 3 days and growing, unfortunately no sign that pro-innocence lawyers (if any) want to respond. Mr Simon? Mr Barnett? Ms Nancy Grace? (Well perhaps not you) The Italian, US and UK lawyers who guide…

James Raper 04/30/12 44 10/29/14
TJMK’s Review Of John Follain’s Very Meticulous Book On Meredith And Her Case “Death In Perugia”

[Platform behind the train at the main railway station is where Meredith first set foot in Perugia] “Death in Perugia” by John Follain is 433 pages long, about the same length as “Darkness Descending” There is a lengthy list of acknowledgements. The blurb on the cover reads “Uniquely based on…

James Raper 10/26/11 51 11/01/11
Open Letter To CNN Head Ken Jautz: Reports As Terrible As Drew Griffin’s Risks All CNN’s Credibility

Attention Of Mr Ken Jautz Executive Vice President Of Time Warner Inc For CNN CNN Headquarters Atlanta Georgia Dear Mr Jautz: Concerning Drew Griffin’s CNN report on Amanda Knox viewable or downloadable here with a transcript here. As a practicing lawyer with a deep knowledge of the case, I watched…

James Raper 05/17/11 23 05/25/11
Explaining The Massei Report: How Motive For The Crime Is Addressed By Judge Massei

The March 2010 Trial Sentencing Report The Massei Report in the main I thought was excellent. He was incisive with his logic, particularly, though not exclusively, with regard to the staging of the break in and how that necessarily meant that Amanda was present at the scene when the murder…

James Raper 04/12/11 54 04/22/11
The Seattle University Panel: Some Of The Ways In Which Steve Moore Got His Analysis Wrong

I have watched the clip of Steve Moore’s address at the University of Seattle seminar. 1. Scenario of the crime Steve Moore starts with the assertion that it is obvious what happened. Guede broke in via Filomena’s window and went to the loo. Meredith comes home and is attacked, raped…

James Raper 04/07/11 21 04/21/11
What We Might Expect From Rudy Guede’s Second And Final Appeal Starting In Rome On Thursday.

Rudy’s final appeal is going to start this Thursday. This is his last appeal, having already been convicted and having already had his sentence reduced to take in to account the same extenuating circumstances accorded to Amanda and Raffaele, and the reduction which is accorded as a result of his…

James Raper 12/14/10 7 12/16/10
Explaining The Massei Report: Motive In The Meredith Kercher Case And Its Addressing In The Report DRAFT

superceded by revised post 12 april 2011 I have read the Massei Report which in the main I thought was excellent. He was incisive with his logic, particularly, though not exclusively, with regard to the staging of the break in and how that necessarily meant that Amanda was present at…

James Raper 11/22/10 55 11/11/11