She did owe 3 of those years for the other charges. Although, giving her 3 years and a 22,000 euro fine for defamation when she was probably scared out of her wits by the police into condemning her old boss versus being in the hot seat herself seems a little extreme. Then again, her accusation could have had serious implications for the bar owner.... I'm glad I don't have to make these kind of decisions!
Considering how she was tricked into making that bogus confession, i wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't tricked into coming up with a name as to whom might have killed Meredith. No lawyer, no water, no food, detained for nearly 16 hours straight & told to come up with a possible scenario of what could have happened, etc....on top of that, she barely knew how to speak italian & the interrogators barely spoke english. Absolutely awful & the whole thing raised red flags as soon as i began finding out some of the details once i got interested in the case & researching it.
This was a set-up from the beginning. Amanda Knox & her young former italian boyfriend were railroaded from the beginning. The lead investigators, which i've nicknamed Abbot & Costello, falsely believed that she & her boyfriend were guilty from the moment they set their eyes on them & then slowly began making a case around them, no matter how foolish & unbelievable (or so i thought) the so-called evidence was. The sex orgy excuse that they used was absolutely mind-boggling & have no idea how they ever came up with that stuff. Maybe they watched too much porn, who knows. But am I surprised? Not after considering who their Prime Minister is (Berlusconi), himself the victim of allegations (which are likely true in his case) of sexual misconduct & stories of sex orgies with legions of prostitutes, etc.
How awful i found that someone like Casey Anthony was presently free while someone like Amanda Knox, who was obviously railroaded with flimsy evidence at best. There wasn't even a realistic motive for them to want Meredith dead. A sex-game gone wrong? Come on! She barely knew her boyfriend for a week & now they'd be into heavy sex games with a girl who wasn't even into that kind of stuff? Baloney!
The only person who murdered Meredith is behind bars: Rudy Guede. The only reason he ever named Amanda Knox & her then-boyfriend as co-conspirators was because the legal authorities told him they'd reduct his sentence in half (or nearly) if he implicated them. Normal people with a conscience likely wouldn't have done this. However, Rudy Guede is a convicted violent murderer & sex offender who has none. He had nothing to lose since he was already in prison for life.
Finally, justice was served!!!
