Analysis and implications of the miscarriages of justice of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito
Analysis and implications of the miscarriages of justice of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito
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10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.02.015
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发表时间：
2016-07-01
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3.1
通讯作者：
Gill, Peter
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作者：
Gill, Peter
自2007年犯罪发生以来，“梅雷迪思·克尔彻谋杀案”一直是媒体密切关注的焦点。三人被逮捕并被指控犯罪。阿曼达诺克斯和拉斐尔索莱西托于2015年3月被无罪释放。另一名被告Rudy Guede仍然被判为唯一的肇事者。从谋杀室和浴室里找到的多个DNA图谱都和他有关。然而，对盖德不利的证据与对两名同案被告阿曼达诺克斯和拉斐尔·索莱西托不利的有限证据形成强烈对比。在凶案现场并没有阿曼达·诺克斯的DNA图谱.她与一把在犯罪现场远处找到的刀（在Sollecito公寓的餐具抽屉里发现的）有牵连，沿着她与受害者共用的浴室里的DNA图谱。经过分析，在一把刀的刀刃上发现了少量属于谋杀受害者的DNA，沿着刀柄上的DNA图谱属于阿曼达诺克斯。但是，刀刃上却没有血迹。另一个关键的证据是从谋杀室发现的一个强行拆除的胸罩扣上发现的拉斐尔·索莱西托的DNA图谱。随后进行了一系列非同寻常的审判和重审，两人被定罪，无罪，重新定罪，最后，在2015年3月，他们最终被无罪释放（没有进一步的上诉是可能的）。由于诺克斯和Sollecito已被发现是无辜的，这是一个时机进行广泛的审查的情况下，发现错误，导致定罪，使类似的错误不会发生在未来。人们承认，归因于他们的DNA图谱是通过与犯罪事件本身无关的方法转移的。从判决书和其他报告中可以获得大量材料，可以对这些材料进行分析，以显示思维上的错误。案件的最终判决-马拉斯卡-布鲁诺动机报告-揭露了导致定罪的许多先前法庭程序的不合理性，并为法官提供了有用的指导。(C)2016作者出版社：Elsevier爱尔兰Ltd.
The case of the 'murder of Meredith Kercher' has been the subject of intense media scrutiny since 2007 when the offence was committed. Three individuals were arrested and accused of the crime. Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were exonerated in March 2015. Another defendant, Rudy Guede, remains convicted as the sole perpetrator. He was implicated by multiple DNA profiles recovered from the murder room and the bathroom. However, the evidence against Guede contrasted strongly with the limited evidence against two co-defendants, Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito. There were no DNA profiles pertaining to Amanda Knox in the murder room itself. She was separately implicated by a knife recovered remote from the crime scene (discovered in a cutlery drawer at Sollecito's apartment), along with DNA profiles in a bathroom that she had shared with the victim. Upon analysis a low level trace of DNA attributed to the murder victim was found on the blade of a knife, along with DNA profiles attributed to Amanda Knox from the handle. However, there was no evidence of blood on the knife blade itself. A separate key piece of evidence was a DNA profile attributed to Raffaele Sollecito recovered from a forcibly removed bra-clasp found in the murder room. There followed an extraordinary series of trials and retrials where the pair were convicted, exonerated, re-convicted and finally, in March 2015 they were finally exonerated (no further appeal is possible). Since Knox and Sollecito have been found innocent it is opportune to carry out an extensive review of the case to discover the errors that led to conviction so that similar mistakes do not occur in the future. It is accepted that the DNA profiles attributed to them were transferred by methods unrelated to the crime event itself. There is a wealth of material available from the judgements and other reports which can be analysed in order to show the errors of thinking. The final judgement of the case-the Marasca-Bruno motivation report-exposes the illogicality of much of the previous court proceedings that led to the convictions and provides useful guidance for judges to follow. (C) 2016 The Author. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.