Fragments of a blog
Fragments of a blog
In the Stasi (Garlasco) case, Italy’s supreme court (the Cassazione) opined: [I]t is not possible to come to a result, be it conviction or acquittal, characterized by coherence, believability and reason. When the prosecution’s case does not make sense, reasonable…
Italy’s much-criticized calumny laws can be ruinous: Amanda Knox was convicted of calumny after Perugian cops had asked her to “imagine” being present at the scene of crime with her employer and she had dutifully complied. Although Italy’s supreme court…
Rudy Guede, the man who in all likelihood killed Meredith Kercher alone, was convicted of “receiving stolen goods” by an appeals court in Milan a few days ago and was sentenced to 16 months in prison, subject to confirmation by…
While debating the Meredith Kercher murder case on discussion boards and in comments sections, I came to believe that most pro-guilt, anti-Knox posters were arguing in bad faith. Rather, they are propagandists using a variety of tools: lies, half-truths, misconceptions,…
The trial of eight people charged with attacking police during the mass protest on May 6, 2011, has been going on for months in Moscow. The prosecution’s version of the events was largely discredited during the hearing. For the most…
As expected, the Florence court confirmed the ridiculous “guilty” verdict rendered by the Massei court in 2009. What scumbags. It was made obvious to the judge and jury that Knox and Sollecito were innocent, and yet they refused to acquit.…
As I’ve said before, I don’t trust the Florence court to acquit Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito. They were directed by Italy’s so-called supreme court to find the defendants guilty and it would take too much courage and independence for…
The appeals court in Florence is scheduled to return a verdict tomorrow, that is Thursday, in the retrial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito. I believe Knox and Sollecito are innocent in a strong sense of the word: in all…
The third trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito continues in Florence. Back in 2011, the defense and the independent experts demolished every bit of the prosecution’s “evidence”. The judge wrote a motivations report that addressed all the relevant issues…
In December 2012 judge Tatiana Neverova acquitted a senior prison official accused of causing the death of Sergei Magnitsky.* In December 2013, she was asked to transfer from jail to house arrest a paralyzed man accused of a non-violent crime, fraud.…
Putin has commuted Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s sentence. According to the Russian prison service, he has been freed. Putin toadies say Khodorkovsky’s clemency petition implies admission of guilt. Of course it doesn’t. His mother is reported to be seriously ill – she’s…
An interview with the partner of a Greenpeace activist. There are images of cells, painted in a very particular Soviet green, with underwear hanging on string between the sink and the grey bars of the bunk beds, a small table…