Do Amanda Knox and her (x) boyfriend go free?

Rough summary: Knox and her b/f were convicted in an Italian court of sexually assaulting and killing Knox’s British room mate. The prosecution threw out claims of satanic rituals, sex games gone wrong, and cult sacrifice. The two are currently towards the end of an appeals trial.

But here’s some gorey details lost thanks to all the hub-ub about sex games and crap.

-Knox was interrogated for 14 hours while being denied food, water, bathroom breaks, a lawyer, and even a translator (she had only been studying Italian for about 2 months at the time). The prosecutor was allowed to participate in the interrogation though, and she was reportedly struck physically during the interrogation.

-The only evidence tying her to the scene of the crime is a knife found at her b/f’s apartment (where she claims to have been the entire night in question) that has her DNA and the victims DNA on it. The prosecution suggested this knife was probably the one used to cut the victims neck 3 times. The catch? Further analysis showed the knife doesn’t have the victims DNA on it at all, and a forensic expert said the knife couldn’t possibly be the one used to leave the marks on the victims neck (the blade was all wrong).

-The only evidence tying Knox’s former b/f to the scene of the crime is that his DNA was found on the victims bra clasp. Except the bra clasp was collected as evidence from the scene of the crime 46 days after the crime scene was first established. Way more than enough time for contamination, which is evidenced by the fact the clasp contained various other DNA samples.

-A third suspect, a man named Guede (who I believe was friends at least with everyone involved), opted for a “speedy” trial. Under Italian law this allows the court case to be closed from the media or public, and go very quickly (I believe his case was 3 months) and in exchange guilty parties are given more lenient sentences. He was convicted of murder, and his DNA was found all over the victim and the crime scene. He was sentenced to 30 years, and it was later reduced to 16 on appeal (Knox and her b/f were sentenced to 25 years).

Various forensic and crime offices here in the US have said they have incredible doubts about the way this investigation was carried out, and they do not believe Knox or the b/f are guilty. If this case had happened in the United States, it wouldn’t have even made it to trial, that’s how bad the evidence is. Supposedly there is such a strong anti-rich-american sentiment over there that she is just getting railroaded.

Do you think they walk, or not?