Amanda Knox was a foreign exchange student from Seattle, Washington studying abroad in Italy. She went to Italy to explore new opportunities, but the exciting new experience abruptly came to an end. She was accused of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher with the help of Raffaele Sollecito, her boyfriend at the time. Amanda Knox had returned to her apartment the next morning and found her roommate brutally murdered. She was quickly accused and later convicted. She was acquitted once before she was convicted again for the same crime. She spent roughly four years in jail before she was acquitted of both charges. The Netflix original documentary Amanda Knox, directed by Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn, effectively humanizes Amanda Knox,
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There are many different indications of how she could be seen as innocent. One of the ways the documentary shows how Amanda Knox could be seen as innocent is that it proves how the evidence could have been contaminated. The forensic analysts and investigators were very unorganized when gathering their evidence for the investigation. They rarely changed gloves or followed other parts of their protocol to ensure that everything was sterile, and to reduce the risk of contaminating evidence. The neglect of protocol could have caused contamination of Raffaele Sollecito’s DNA resulting in his DNA being found on Meredith Kercher’s broken bra clasp. The documentary also reveals some of the information that was not included in the media such as how there were two unidentified DNA samples on the bra clasp. This discovery raises the question of could one of those DNA samples be from the killer of Meredith Kercher proving that it was not Amanda Knox? The documentary also effectively indicates how Amanda Knox could be seen as guilty. Raffaele Sollecito’s original statement stated that he and Amanda Knox were both at his house the entire night of the murder, but at the station he changes his statement and says that Amanda Knox was not at his house all night although he was at his house the entire night. The change in statement …show more content…
The documentary makes viewers feel for what Amanda Knox went through for being wrongly accused and spending roughly four years in jail. Amanda Knox also effectively advocates for Amanda Knox’s innocence and guilt by showing sufficient evidence of how Amanda Knox could be seen as both innocent and as guilty. It also shows compelling evidence of how the frantic search created by the press affected Amanda Knox’s investigation and trial by influencing the authorities. The frantic search caused by the press and authorities led many people to see her as a monster rather than someone who had been wrongly accused. It also caused her to live in jail for roughly four years for being wrongly accused of brutally killing her roommate Meredith Kercher with the help of Raffaele
There are many different indications of how she could be seen as innocent. One of the ways the documentary shows how Amanda Knox could be seen as innocent is that it proves how the evidence could have been contaminated. The forensic analysts and investigators were very unorganized when gathering their evidence for the investigation. They rarely changed gloves or followed other parts of their protocol to ensure that everything was sterile, and to reduce the risk of contaminating evidence. The neglect of protocol could have caused contamination of Raffaele Sollecito’s DNA resulting in his DNA being found on Meredith Kercher’s broken bra clasp. The documentary also reveals some of the information that was not included in the media such as how there were two unidentified DNA samples on the bra clasp. This discovery raises the question of could one of those DNA samples be from the killer of Meredith Kercher proving that it was not Amanda Knox? The documentary also effectively indicates how Amanda Knox could be seen as guilty. Raffaele Sollecito’s original statement stated that he and Amanda Knox were both at his house the entire night of the murder, but at the station he changes his statement and says that Amanda Knox was not at his house all night although he was at his house the entire night. The change in statement …show more content…
The documentary makes viewers feel for what Amanda Knox went through for being wrongly accused and spending roughly four years in jail. Amanda Knox also effectively advocates for Amanda Knox’s innocence and guilt by showing sufficient evidence of how Amanda Knox could be seen as both innocent and as guilty. It also shows compelling evidence of how the frantic search created by the press affected Amanda Knox’s investigation and trial by influencing the authorities. The frantic search caused by the press and authorities led many people to see her as a monster rather than someone who had been wrongly accused. It also caused her to live in jail for roughly four years for being wrongly accused of brutally killing her roommate Meredith Kercher with the help of Raffaele