Mez: KNOXY BLOWBACK (5#) -

The Meredith Kercher Murder Case -

American Insurgents . . .

The campaign to support and advocate for Amanda Knox may have had some unintended consequences, as it has inflamed Italian public opinion.

La Stampa has characterized Supporters of Amanda Knox with a comparison to communist insurgents!

In The Story Behind The News, Francesco Semprini sends a dispatch from New York giving some background and context to the support campaign with a bit of biographical material on the more prominent figures orchestrating it.

:: La Stampa it :: --- :: Gtranslated ::

:: Italian indignation :: -- :: Prosecutors infuriated ::

# There is a report in Il Messaggero which seems to indicate that the presiding judge and the prosecution in this case have been assigned additional protection after the NBC video (which I did not see) was aired. I'm not sure that I understand this remark accurately or that it is founded on fact rather than rumor.

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