Amanda Knox Case

A knife, the so called murder weapon did have limited amounts of DNA from both Knox and the victim , but was found to not be compatible with the wounds on the body and contained no trace of blood. A bra clasp belonging to the bra cut off of the victim during the murder had such trace amounts of Sollecito’s DNA that it could only be tested once. It wasn’t until a week after the crime that the clasp was even found, by that time there had been so much activity at the crime scene cross contamination is a great possibility. Prosecutors also claim that a bloody footprint on a bathroom rug belonged to Sollecito, again it was so distorted it could not be confirmed to be a definite match. A majority of attention in the courtroom was place on the inappropriate, risqué, flirtatious behavior between Knox and Sollecito after the murder and at the time of questioning.

Amanda Knox was once an average, college student from Seattle before studying abroad in Perugia, Italy. However, on November 2, 2007 her life changed forever. Knox reported that she returned to her house, which she shared with three other women, to find one of her roommates, twenty-year old Meredith Kercher, dead from exsanguination, or severe blood loss. Knox was immediately a suspect due to her odd behavior before finding Kercher’s body; finding the door to her home open along with a broken window in one of the bedrooms, blood drops on the floor in the bathroom, but still Amanda decided to shower. When Knox was taken in for questioning her odd behavior continued when she reportedly did cartwheels in the hallway of the police station.

The defense attorney made a remark stating that there was no substantial evidence to convict his client as his DNA was not present. The prosecutor refuted this by saying “although the defense likes to claim there was no DNA evidence of Mr. Santillan, the tests relied on touch DNA that could have been wiped off”. This meant that there was no substantial DNA evidence that could directly correlate the defendant to the

The case I will be analyzing is the disappearance and murder of Caylee Anthony. On July 15, 2008, Cythina Anthony, Caylee´s grandmother, called 9-1-1 to report Caylee missing. In that same call, she also reported a smell to the 911 operator, ¨ And it smells like there´s been a dead body in the damn car¨. Cythina then handed the phone to her daughter, Casey Anthony, Caylee´s mother.

On the 02nd of November 2007, Meredith Kercher was found dead in a cottage in Italy. Kercher’s naked body was located partially covered with a bloody blanket in the house that she and Amanda Knox resided (Chan, 2016). Kercher died from suspected knife injuries to her face and throat (Timeline, 2016). Knox explains that she was at Raffaele Sollecito (who was Knox’s boyfriend at the time) house, during the murder (Chan, 2016). Knox returned to the cottage in the morning in order to shower and change her clothes.

In September of 1961, a woman from District of Columbia had an intruder break into her apartment. While the invader of the home was there, they had taken her wallet, and also raped the woman. During the investigation of the crime, the police had found some latent fingerprints in the apartment. The police then established and processed the prints. The prints were then connected back to 16 year old Morris A. Kent.

The documentary is about the erroneous incarceration and outcast of Amanda Knox, an American exchange student in Perugia. She is blamed for the murder of another exchange student named Meredith. Finding the door to Meredith's room locked after noticing blood splatters in the bathroom, Amanda gets her boyfriend to contact the police, who come and investigate. They find Meredith dead with her throat slashed. It is noted that Amanda breaks down several times throughout the documentary.

In the studies conducted by Appleby and Kassin, it was reported that conviction rate went up by 20-30% with a confession, exculpatory DNA, and theory that might seem plausible was told by prosecutors (Appleby & Kassin, 2016). So far there are 19 cases known of innocent defendants that were still convicted with the exculpatory DNA because of their confessions to the authorities (Appleby & Kassin, 2016). The purpose of the article was to demonstrate the degree to which a confession, and not DNA, may be

The police rinsed fingernails to trace evidence after which it was swabbed with the ligatures to obtain cellar materials. Considerably, sperm was found clinging on the pubic hairs of one of the

This paper is to serve as an in depth analysis of all aspects of the physical evidence found at the scene, and later at O.J.’s house. The origin of the evidence, relation to the crime scene, connection to O.J., and the legalities of the collection and handling of said evidence will all be examined. A sample of blood was discovered on a pair of O.J. Simpson's socks that were found in his bedroom; after a DNA analysis was conducted, the blood was identified it as Nicole Brown's. Although this seems like substantial evidence, the handling of the evidence comes into

In the case of Patty Hearst also known as Patricia Hearst was a victim of a crime from a kidnapping tragedy. She was a 19-year-old female who were born into a wealthy and well-known family in Los Angeles, California. Patty grew up with four other siblings and attended a catholic school. Her parents Randolph and Catherine Hearst were strict on their daughters, which caused Patty to detach herself from them. As she aged, Patty decided to attend a public school where she met the love of her life Steven Weed.

Orenthal James Simpson, also known as OJ Simpson, was born on July 9, 1947. Once in high school OJ Simpson didn't have very good grades but his football skills got him to play for the USC Trojans. OJ simpson ended up winning the heisman trophy in 1968. Once out of College OJ was drafted by the Buffalo Bills but did not show his talent until the team switched to a running styled offense. OJ then retired in 1979 after a legendary football career.

On November 2, 2007, the body of British college student, Meredith Kercher, was found in the Italian villa she shared with American college student, Amanda Knox. Kercher’s throat had been slashed and her body was only partially clothed. In the months that followed, Amanda Knox, her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, and a drifter, Rudy Guede, will all have been suspects in the murder of Meredith Kercher.

The neighbor heard Nicole dogs was barking in crying while they were watching television, and they ran out and saw 2 bodies were found lying at the floor and the stairs. O.J Simpson went back home and got ready to leave to Chicago. The F.B.I forensic team came to the crime scene and also went to O.J Simpsons house as he was the primary suspect of the murder. F.B.I forensic manage to find numerous evidence where the strongest evidence were the footprint which on the blood and also the 3 blood DNA matches the DNA found on O.J Simpson gloves and also the fibre that were found in his hat. However the trial took place for a long period and at the end of the trial O.J Simpson was found innocent.

On November 2, Meredith Kercher, a British study abroad student, was murdered brutally, her throat slashed under a ‘blood-soaked duvet cover” at Perguia in her shared cottage. Amanda Knox from Seattle, Washington, Kercher’s twenty-year old roommate was identified as a suspect. In 2009 the Italian court found Knox, her boyfriend Rafael Sollecito and Rudy Guede guilty of Kercher’s murder (Mirabella, 2014). Rudy Guede, a drifter, was the primary offender and led to the reversal of Knox and Sollecito’s prosecution which turned to favour Amanda and Soillecito. Rudy 's DNA was found in Kercher 's purse, sweatshirt and also touch DNA in her body.