Apparently, Amada Knox was doing cartwheels and the splits before she was due for her final appeal (witnessed by several people).....strange behaviour.
I suspect this goes back to an earlier "story" about her supposedly performing cartwheels at the police station after the murder. A police officer walked in and saw her doing the what he thought was the "splits," but she was performing yoga to calm herself. The splits seemed too tame, so it became exagerrated in the media into the "splits. Or it could be blending with the story that she went back to the jail and played guitar in the prison churcher's chapel, something she did on a regular basis to calm herself.
The whole Knox family whooped and screamed with joy at the verdict. I think this was totally insensative to Merediths family.
I watched the verdict being read on T.V. They did not scream with joy; they started crying. The courtroom is in a very small, Medieval building, and because of close proximity, you could hear them crying. I don't think their reaction was out of proportion considering the circumstances.
Meanwhile, Merediths family are "back to square one" and have to once again live through the horror and accept the possibility their daughters killer could still be at large.
I think this is the oddest comment, and I was equally puzzled by hearing the Kircher family state the same sentiment. Meredith's killer has been in jail for quite some time. It is Rudy, and his semen and DNA was all over Meredith, and his DNA was all over Meredith's room.
Knox was seen winking at her solicitor.
WHAT THE HELL?! She dropped her head into her hands, almost fainted, then she burst into tears, and the police had to drag her from the courtroom because she could barely walk.
CONVERSELY, they found virtually none of Amanda's DNA in Meredith's room. People's confusion seems to stem from not undestanding DNA. A person can't walk into a room without leaving DNA, let alone commit a gruesome murder. Have you ever picked-up someone's cell phone? Their DNA transferred to you at that time. When they picked up the phone after you, your DNA transferred to them. But somehow, according to Italian police, Amanda was able to hold Meredith down while Rudy sexually assaulted her WITHOUT leaving any of her DNA.
I also thought it odd the family doesn't understand why the two courts came to different conclusions. Have they even bothered to pay attention to the case? You would think they would want their daughter's memory honored by making sure that only guilty people are convicted. The lower court would not allow Amanda's legal team to attack the DNA evidence. Can you imagine having to defend yourself, but you are restricted from attacking the government's evidence? How CAN you defend yourself? The higher court allowed her team to actually mount a defense, and that's when the DNA evidence crumbled. With no DNA, there is nothing to link Amanda to the murder, and it supported her contention that she was with her boyfriend and not at the scene.
Did she give conflicting statements? Yep. She was interrogated all day/all night, and by the end of such an experience, people will say anything to make it stop. That's why her statements would have automatically been thrown-out as evidence in a U.S. court; statements made under such duress are inherently suspect.
