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. 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, rudy 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.
for the press in both america and italy, it wasn t just the story of the year. it was the story of the century. the amanda knox case had something for everybody. sex, drugs, international intrigue. if you re the prosecutor, it even had satanism. the italian press crafted a picture of this girl, this american girl, that was she s a sex maniac, she s a spoiled, rich american, and isn t she pretty? she had this uncanny ability to look straight into the camera no matter who was taking the picture in the paparazzi and look piercingly into that camera and the pictures were chilling. i would much rather suppress my emotion than have it be determined as insincere and affected. a broken back window. an unlocked front door. a mutilated corpse.
this is a case where there s dna evidence that shows that the murderer is in prison but yet there s this feeling that somehow justice hasn t been served. when i talk to people they don t understand that somebody else has already been convicted of this crime. not only that, but that all the evidence in the murder room points to rudy. just after her acquittal, amanda flew back to the u.s. she knew she had to face the press. but it was nothing like italy. when amanda came home, there was a huge crowd. my family s the most important thing to me right now and i just want to go and be with them. so, thank you for being there for me. all the tv stations, all the radio stations, all the print media, seattle times, everybody, they wrote a lot they sent a letter, which i think is unprecedented, together saying we will honor amanda knox s request to leave her alone.
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when fingerprint results came in, the case took a new turn. there was an african man at the scene of the crime, but it wasn t patrick lumumba. if you re an immigrant, you have that to check in once a year with the police, i believe. you are considered a guest. and the fingerprints are known to them. they happen to be on file in the police station. 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 several recent crimes around perugia. rudy had a history of knives and violence and break-in. he left blood and traces all over the crime scene, left his