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they had his dna not only on her body, but actually inside of her. so this was a slam dunk case against rudy guede, and if this case were brought to justice in america, it s my suspicion that we would never be hearing about amanda or raffaele. the investigation would have begun and ended with rudy guede. but there may have been other reasons for granting rudy guede a quick trial. the prosecutor was convinced that this wasn t just rudy. that once rudy was found guilty, rude would come and cooperate, especially if he was offered certain reductions in his sentence. in the end, rudy guede s trial was simply a warm-up. the real show was the prosecution of amanda knox. she was voted over the first lady of france as the most popular in the press. in europe. think about it.
knife, allegedly meredith s, did not implicate amanda or raffaele. they actually had independent experts come in, and they were absolutely appalled by the way the dna was collected and tested. those independent experts said the evidence is contaminated. it s not admissible. it s compromised. what they thought was meredith s dna was not dna at all. it was nothing. it didn t match her in any way, shape, or form. the prosecutor trying to rebut that suggests somehow amanda went back and cleaned up the dna. it s a ridiculous notion. it s crazy. somehow they can have this special vision that allows them to see dna. so amanda can raffaele were able to go in, all night long they worked, and cleaned up only their dna and left rudy s dna all over the place. amanda and raffaele tried to remain hopeful about the second trial, but public opinion was still against them.
they belong to a man named rudy guede, an african immigrant s son. rudy guede was a drifter, originally from the ivory coast. he partied on the periphery of student life and was suspected of recent crimes around perugia. rudy had a history of knives and violence and break-in. he had blood, traces all over the crime scene, left his feces in the toilet. although that degrades dna very rapidly, there was dna out there as well. his blood and fingerprints are on her purse. and there are bloody hand prints and blood down the walls of her bedroom. he may have been surprised i don t know why he left. he didn t complete the act of rape. she had a tampon in at the time. maybe that s why. guede left for germany. he admitted to a friend he had been with meredith that night but claimed he didn t kill her. his connection with amanda, raffaele and meredith was thin at best. there s a question about whether amanda and meredith knew
the judge is a member of the jury. the judge actually leads the jury in it s its decision-making. in italy they take their time, and the case may start at one point and then adjourn for a couple of weeks. you ll have another day of testimony. a longer adjournment. so this keeps people on pins and needles for a lot longer. before trying amanda and raffaele, the italian court will prosecute the third suspect in the case, rudy guede, who has requested a separate fast-track trial. with rudy guede they had strong evidence. they had his dna not only on her body, but actually inside of her. so this was a slam dunk case against rudy guede, and if this case were brought to justice in america, it s my suspicion that we would never be hearing about amanda or raffaele. the investigation would have begun and ended with rudy guede.