Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito have just had their convictions overturned after serving four years in jail for the murder of Meredith Kercher. Thank Dog for that given the apparent dubious quality of the evidence and ridiculous dependence on circumstantial evidence (how much "circumstantial" equals one "beyond reasonable doubt"??? - topic for another thread.)
Anyway, what I want to know is WHAT THE HELL WERE THE KERCHERS DOING IN COURT??? Apparently they had travelled all day from the UK just to be present at the verdict.
Were they just sufficiently interested in this news-worthy event that they fancied a ringside seat?
Were they hoping against hope that, irrespective of due-process and their respective guilt or otherwise, Knox and Sollecito would spend the rest of their lives (or large fraction there-of) behind bars?
Were they desperate that the unfortunate pair should see true justice and be freed so that they could celebrate alongside them?
Or were they, just like every other damn victim's family in the Western world, merely pawns of the fucked-up media?
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