Wrongful Convictions

British exchange student Meredith Kercher was murdered on November 1, 2007 in Perugia, Italy, the victim of a knife attack and a sexual assault. The case received widespread media coverage in both Europe and the United States largely because both the victim and one of the accused, Amanda Knox, were attractive young women.   Sexually motivate homicides of young women in …

Ardent followers of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are combing the Italian and British press for current information on the Meredith Kercher murder appeals trial. The appeals trial is set to resume on September 23rd in Perugia, Italy. The Italian and British presses were the first to spread the foul gossip and false information released by the Italian prosecution about Amanda …

Imagine that you are a foreign exchange student arrested in connection with a murder you had no part in. You are locked up in a prison thousands of miles from home and you don’t speak the language. You think surely the authorities will see their mistake. After all you’ve never been in trouble your whole life, and there is no …

Nick Pisa & Barbie Nadeau Freedom looks to be on the horizon for Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, in Perugia, Italy. Both were convicted in 2009 for the murder of Knox’s roommate Meredith Kercher. Both have adamantly denied any involvement in the murder. Where the original trial was a prosecutor’s dream come true, the appeal has been a complete disaster, where …

Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are truly Prisoners of War. Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini declared war on human decency, moral integrity and social values when he methodically incriminated two unsuspecting college kids of another man’s crime.  The appeals trail for Amanda will resume for the closing arguments on September 23rd, 2011. The Honorable Judge Claudio Pratillo Hellman has been assigned to …

                This is a difficult article to write. It’s kind of like being a cop and finding out that the burglar you’re looking for is your mom. You see, I’m a lifelong Republican. I tell you this not because I want to pick a political fight, argue ideology, make you like me, or certainly …