BY GABRIEL PRINCEWILL
Even if she was present at the scene, it will need to be demonstrable that she acted as an accessory to the murder in the way of joint enterprise. In the absence of independent witnesses it has proved impossible to definitively prove that Amanda Knox killed the bright Leeds student, however compelling the circumstantial evidence may seem. Many sociology and other experts have theorized that the killing might have stemmed from a sex game gone wrong, likely one in which the murdered girl might have reneged on the agreement of the group and perhaps wrongfully forced to honor the deal of the game until tempers flared and got out of hand. What seems clear in this ostensibly theatrical ‘who done it’ atrocious s killing is that all present in the house were probably angry with the Leeds student about something and were intent in protecting the true culprit.
However, for Amanda to try and accuse an innocent man of murder is so highly suspicious that it is difficult to fathom any other reason she would do that but to save herself from the consequences of her crime. Alternatively, she may have shifted the blame to protect her boyfriend- stranger things have happened in life! That’s why it is probably right that she was acquitted because the courts would rather risk letting a guilty person go free than condemn an innocent person to life imprisonment. The previous courts that convicted her may have acted on sentiment and logical persuasion in convicting her. One thing for sure is that she was evil and conniving. By her own standards she deserves to be in jail if she was prepared to see an innocent man’s life ruined in jail . However, the law requires a higher standard of proof than mere extrapolation from circumstantial evidence without concrete facts of guilt. That maybe why she is free today. Our thoughts have to be with the family of the murdered girl who will still be in search of closure.
Amanda Knox was in the United States when the decision was announced in Rome and issued a statement, saying she was “relieved and grateful.” “The knowledge of my innocence has given me strength in the darkest times of this ordeal,” the statement said. “And throughout this ordeal, I have received invaluable support from family, friends and strangers. To them, I say: Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your kindness has sustained me. I only wish that I could thank each and every one of you in person. Those words would be heart felt if she is indeed innocent, though her further condolences to the dead girl that ”Kercher was my friend she deserved so much more in life” are futile words that even a guilty party could utter to appear genuine. She was your friend was she? Such a friend she was that you were prepared to allow the true killer walk free. Please! Someone who can be fake once can be fake again, but one thing for sure is that if Amanda was truly innocent of murder then she has paid the full price for her role in deceit to pervert the course of justice. If she is guilty she will get her commupance some other way for us all to see. What goes around comes around.