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Million Dollar Campaign And American Media Come Under Intense Ridicule By An Influential Italian	Vittorio Zucconi is the US editor of the major daily La Republicca and lives in Washington. He has more influence over Italian perceptions of America than any other. This is translated from the Italian. A few hours from the verdict, America is in a trance over Baby Amanda - she…	Tiziano	10/03/11	16	05/21/13
La Stampa Headline Reads: “This Is The Way That Amanda Subjugated America”	There’s an excellent review in Italian of “Baby Face” by Glauco Maggi in Italay’s most influential paper, La Stampa. This is the translation. The Accusation of an American Journalist: the Family Is Spreading Misinformation. The dense wall of the believers in her innocence, which sprung up in the USA in…	Tiziano	04/14/10	4	04/15/10
The Sad Case Of Sonia Marra #7: New Evidence Check And Decision Soon On Umberto Back In Custody	[click for larger image] Sonya’s is the other recent case of a woman student in Perugia who ended up in harm’s way. In Italy this case gets as much attention as Meredith’s case, in part because Sonya is also very appealing, and in part because here to there seems to…	Tiziano	04/02/10	0
Rudy Guede Now Counter-Claims From Prison That Knox And Sollecito Were Real Instigators	Please click here to read Rudy Guede’s hand-written letter from Viterbo Prison (above) in Italian. Below is our translation of the letter as posted by TGCom. Rudy Guede was obviously provoked into putting his version of events out by the claim of Alessi (see video at bottom of this post)…	Tiziano	03/12/10	12	02/13/14
The Sad Case Of Sonia Marra #6: The Sole Suspect Goes Missing For Several Days	We have posted several times previously on the case of Sonia Marra, a missing and possibly murdered Perugia student. Her boyfriend Umberto Bindella (above after being found) is the sole suspect. On March 12th the Review Court will decide on the appeal by Prosecuting Magistrate Giuseppe Petrazzini against Umberto Bindella’s…	Tiziano	03/01/10	2	03/12/10
The Sad Case Of Sonia Marra #5: Prosecuter Indicates Case Against Sonia’s Lover Is Strong	Sonia Marra and Meredith Kercher may be the only two women students to meet a brutal and senseless end over a very long period in Perugia. This case - one of a search for true justice for Sonia - remains a demonstration of the same carefulness of the Perugia judiciary,…	Tiziano	02/17/10	1	02/18/10
The Sad Case Of Sonia Marra #3: The High Standard The Italian Media Have Maintained Throughout	As with the many hundreds of Italian reports we’ve read on Meredith’s case, the reporting on Sonia Marra’s case has been objective, compassionate, and full of detail. The tendency to demonize suspects and defendants that seems not uncommon in the UK and US tabloids and on the US TV crime…	Tiziano	02/12/10	0
True Justice Is Rendered For Patrick Lumumba (Sort Of)	Above & below: Patrick’s bar which Knox managed to drive out of business. 1. Explanation of calunnia Knox was prosecuted by the Republic of Italy, not by Lumumba, on a calunnia charge and her prison sentence was extended when she was found guilty of that. The charge of calunnia (art.…	Tiziano	02/05/10	15	02/09/10
Rudy Guede Appeal: Not Yet The Hoped-For Last-Minute Story Change	As my fellow poster Commisario Montalbano explains under the post directly below, Rudy Guede might get several years off, for some equity relative to the Knox-Sollecito sentences. But other than that, his appeal grounds still don’t consist of coming clean and giving us all, Meredith’s family and friends especially, the…	Tiziano	12/21/09	6	12/21/09
The Summations: La Nazione On Arguments Of Knox Lawyer Della Vedova	Final report on Mr Della Vedova yesterday while we wait for the first reporting on Mr Ghirga today. This is from the report of Il Tempo translated. By Marino Collacciani Knox comes into court. Beautiful, very beautiful, with a magnetic gaze. And what if she were Eva Kant instead of…	Tiziano	12/02/09	0
The Summations: Sollecito’s Defense As His Home Town Media Outlet Described It	Giovinazzo Live is a media outlet in Raffael Sollecito’s home town just to the north of Bari in the south-east of Italy. Below here is a translation of their report on Ms Bongiorno’s remarks yesterday. Ms Bongiorno, Raffael Sollecito, his father, and his sister are seen in the images above…	Tiziano	12/01/09	0
The Summations: Sollecito’s Lawyer Ms Bongiorno Makes It To Court To Sum Up	This report is translated from Corriere. It predates the report warned of just below on the claimed framing of Sollecito. Back after an ailment linked to an inflamed appendix, Bongiorno has completely recovered…. Sollecito’s lawyer is claiming the possibility of the contamination of the DNA traces…. Also that the prosecutorial…	Tiziano	11/30/09	0
More On Investigation Of Family For Possible Defaming Of Perugia Flying Squad	It is worth recalling that Amanda Knox herself may be investigated for so-far-unsubstantiated claims that the police forced her to point to Patrick Lumumba as the possible murderer. There were various witnesses to at least parts of the two interrogations of Amanda Knox on 6 November including a high-ranking police…	Tiziano	11/28/09	8	12/01/09
The Summations: Saturday Is Confirmed For The Start Of The Defence On Sollecito	Giiven the sorry state of his alibis we do look forward to this one. This below is translated from Perugia News. Mauro Sedda “¢ 25th November, 2009 16:33 Saturday has been confirmed for the beginning of the Defence addresses for Raffaele Solleecito, accused together with Amanda Knox and Rudy Hermann…	Tiziano	11/28/09	0
The Summations: Manuela Comodi Continues The Prosecution’s Very Hard Line	Wow! This summation is quite remorseless. Both prosecutors seem to have very deep feelings for Meredith, and much contempt for those who have tried so hard to deny her justice. And they both seem very, very sure of their case - always remember that the judges and jury have seen…	Tiziano	11/21/09	1	11/21/09
The Summations: First Report On Technical Summing-Up By Prosecutor Comodi	[Prosecutor Comodi this morning at left with defense lawyers Della Vedova and Maori] Corriere is reporting the start of the summation by Manuela Commodi of the technical aspects of the case. A translation: Meredith Trial, the PM speaks: “Irrefutable proof from the investigations” It was Assistant Prosecutor Manuela Comodi to…	Tiziano	11/21/09	0
The Summations: Late Edition La Stampa Reported More On Prosecutor Mignini	Please click above for the report in Italian. A partial translation: The PM: “Amanda nursed her hatred of Meredith for a long time” On the evening of November 1st, 2007 the moment had arrived for Knox “to avenge herself on that simpering girl” of a Meredith Kercher with whom she…	Tiziano	11/21/09	1	11/21/09
The Summations: More On How The Prosecution Launched Forth - And On Possible Motive	[Above: The two prosecutors today - click for larger image] The TGCOM news service quoted this statement on the theory of the motive. “Amanda Knox harbored hatred for Meredith… and so it was time for revenge rather than flirting….” According to the prosecutor Amanda wanted revenge on “that girl who…	Tiziano	11/20/09	1	11/20/09
The Summations: A Summary Of The Agenda For The Next Few Days	[Above: A shot of the courtroom taken this morning] A translation of the trial agenda from Giornale Online Di Perugia LAST LINES IN THE TRIAL OF AMANDA AND RAFFAELE. ON SATURDAY SENTENCING REQUESTS. Maurizio Troccoli November 19th, 2009 15.33 Just one day after the request for a confirmation of the…	Tiziano	11/20/09	0
Rudy Guede Appeal: Yes Guede Testimony Does Sound Far From The Full Truth	[click for larger image] 1) La Stampa runs essentially the same story as Nicki translated and posted jut below, but with this addition. In court this morning there was also the psychiatrist Alessandro Meluzzi, who together with the criminologist Vincenzo Mastronardi, provided expert testimony for the defence on the behaviour…	Tiziano	11/18/09	0
Libero Is Reporting, If Guilty Verdict, Life-In-Prison Sentences A Possibility	Please click above for Libero’s analysis posted tonight on their website. A translation: MEREDITH, A DECISIVE WEEK, FINAL VERDICTS EXPECTED. It is a decisive week for the final verdicts for the murder of Meredith. Indeed the appeal trial of Rudy Guede is listed for Wednesday, while on Friday the summing…	Tiziano	11/18/09	5	11/19/09