I have always had a penchant for real world crimes. Especially when it comes to ones involving the injustice of the criminal system. And so, when I came across this documentary, and my memory of it involving such injustice as I recollected, I thought it would make an interesting watch in order to find out where the justice system has failed Amanda Knox.
However, as I followed the documentary, as it attempted to prove how shoddy and blinkered the whole investigation against Knox and Solliceto had been, some things started to provoke unanswered questions.
How did she manage to return on the morning after the murder and take a shower without noticing the break in. Even Sollecito pointed this out when he recounted his arrival at the house that morning.
Why did they cave in so readily to pressure from the police at interview, so it seems. Having been in similar situations and of a similar age at the time this makes no sense. The one thing you keep in your mind, no matter what the perceived threat, is that it will all be over soon as long as you don't crack. And I was no tough guy. Far from it. Because you know that the consequences will be a whole lot worse if you do. And yet these 2 starting singing like canaries at the first semblance of a threat. Why? Were they really that week willed or did they feel the interrogation was getting too close for comfort so they had to come up with something.
As a result, i am still unsure of their innocence, if that's what the documentary makers were hoping to achieve. Instead it has provoked more curiosity than closure. And, from what I have now discovered, there are 2 sides to every story.
My own conclusion from this is that the whole truth will never be known. Guede, who I am convinced was definitely involved, has too much to lose by speaking about this and so his lips will likely always remain closed. And without him there will be no new revelations.
However, as I followed the documentary, as it attempted to prove how shoddy and blinkered the whole investigation against Knox and Solliceto had been, some things started to provoke unanswered questions.
How did she manage to return on the morning after the murder and take a shower without noticing the break in. Even Sollecito pointed this out when he recounted his arrival at the house that morning.
Why did they cave in so readily to pressure from the police at interview, so it seems. Having been in similar situations and of a similar age at the time this makes no sense. The one thing you keep in your mind, no matter what the perceived threat, is that it will all be over soon as long as you don't crack. And I was no tough guy. Far from it. Because you know that the consequences will be a whole lot worse if you do. And yet these 2 starting singing like canaries at the first semblance of a threat. Why? Were they really that week willed or did they feel the interrogation was getting too close for comfort so they had to come up with something.
As a result, i am still unsure of their innocence, if that's what the documentary makers were hoping to achieve. Instead it has provoked more curiosity than closure. And, from what I have now discovered, there are 2 sides to every story.
My own conclusion from this is that the whole truth will never be known. Guede, who I am convinced was definitely involved, has too much to lose by speaking about this and so his lips will likely always remain closed. And without him there will be no new revelations.