Did the Amanda Knox crime take place in Perugia, Italy?
“Case closed.” They are the words that almost came back to haunt the prosecution. Now they carry some truth. The conviction of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito is a vindication of the strategy of Giuliano Mignini, the chief prosecutor, who battled doubts about his reconstruction of the crime as they mounted during the 11-month trial. Mr Mignini’s supporters in Perugia said that he immediately saw beyond the obvious solution of a single killer and “thought the unthinkable”. His critics say that he constructed a case far too hastily, almost as soon as Knox and Sollecito were arrested, proclaiming that it was “case closed” — a sentiment echoed by Edgardo Giobbi, the chief police investigator, who declared at the start: “We were able to establish guilt by closely observing the suspects’ psychological and behavioural reactions during the interrogations.” A main thrust of the prosecution case was the DNA testing carried out by Patrizia Stefanoni, a police scientist. They had to overcome de
