Amanda Knox

It is very clear that the police wanted to solve the case quickly and the disgusting British press put all the wood in the fire as possible. Who says she's a liar has gone through something similar to know what her reaction would be like? Easy to judge, hard to be on the other side being judged by cretins who believe everything they read in tabloids.

Wow I am blown away by how bad this entire investigation was handled and how poor of a job that the investigator did by having blinders on and only looking at this "sex crazed woman" who he thinks that she raped and killed her roommate and somehow talked two men into taking part in the murder and then to have this "journalist" turn around and say how bad the cops screwed up the case only after he had personally wrote these sensationalized stories about Mrs Knox's sex life which even if he didn't mean to, his stories absolutely did sway the public's view as to her guilt even before the trial started.. I've read a few reviews saying that this is the Amanda Knox propaganda machine at work which might be true but from what I've seen there is no evidence pointing to Knox being guilty and had the detective spent less time focusing on her sex life and more time finding clues the day of the crime and not 46 days later (finding the bra strap) then we might have never even heard of the Amanda Knox murder trial.. One thing I've noticed about detectives and DA's is that whenever their found to have been chasing the wrong person they're never the type to offer an apology to the wrongly accused and unfortunately sometimes it's the wrongly convicted.. Thank God this wasn't one of those 20+ years later the truth comes out but even a day behind bars for an innocent person has to be hard and being wrongly convicted would really really suck..

A quick and concise retelling of the Amanda Knox story. The interviewees were relevant to the case and provided insight into the story. The level of information given is thought provoking but not overwhelming, a good middle ground. The timeline of the case is presented well and allows the documentary to have a good flow. Overall, a good documentary on a wild story.

Amanda Knox was an American student in Italy whose flatmate was murdered. On being questioned, Knox lied to the police. She was subsequnetly convicted of murder amid lurid press coverage. However, the DNA evidence was weak and (on the basis of this movie) the chief prosecutor was something of a fantastist, with a worrying tendency to infer beyond the evidence. Knox appealed; the American press took up her case, ridiculing Italian justice and making a defence of the investigation, ironically, a point of patriotism for some Italians. In the end, Knox was exonnerated, and if this documentary is to be believed, this was the correct verdict. The film features a self-incriminating interview with muck-raking journalist Nick Pisa, a man who seems utterly unwilling to accept that his job carries any level of moral responsibility. Otherwise, it's basically a very sad story, made worse by the years it took to reach the legal conclusion.

It is interesting to see how the media and journalists have reported false information and inflamed the public, but still exempt themselves from guilt. The journalist who was interviewed appears to have neither a sensitivity to the victim, nor to the accused falsely. And it is ridiculous how Americans want to intervene in everything, as if everyone depends on them. How superb.