Meredith Kercher Murder Case -
Prosecution Summation: Were there
any surprises? Yes, there was one at the end.
But let's start at the beginning . . .
Amanda Knox was nursing a seething resentment toward her roommate, Meredith Kercher, for making demeaning comments about her uncouth habits. Kercher's fancy Masterpiece Theater accent may have made the comments seem even more snooty and hurtful. The holiday period during which everyone else was away from the cottage, leaving Meredith alone there, presented an opportunity for Knox to strike back.
An animated film reconstruction: "also showed the staging of the crime scene, with Knox and Sollecito's avatars returning to the scene, taking off their shoes, bringing a lamp from Knox's room into Kercher's room, undressing Kercher to make it look like she had been raped, putting a blanket over the body and cleaning up some of the apartment with a mop." [Vogt]
The surprise: At the end of the prosecution's summation, the prosecutor asked for Knox to serve the first nine months of her sentence in solitary confinement during daylight hours.
I don't know what to make of this; I can only conjecture that they expect her to violently freak out when she realizes she is incarcerated and they want to take precautionary measures to protect the other inmates or prison personnel from harm.
What are her chances? I don't think they look very good at the moment. Despite her supporters' protests, there is forensic evidence. Or maybe werewolves did it.
:: Friday: [Nick Pisa] - [Andrea Vogt at SPI]
:: Also: [Nick Squires] - [Richard Owen]
:: Saturday: [Pisa] - [Vogt] - [Tom Kington]
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Saturday, November 21
Friday, November 20
Book Fair & more (5#) -
Florida Book Review's live blogging compilation page
of the Miami Book Fair 2009, including the panel on
Urban Noir, which was the main focus of my interest:
-- Almost halfway down the page at the Sunday, Nov. 15, 12: 28 PM timestamp, the Urban Noir material begins with Jamie May's account. Just below May's account in the same block, Lynne Barrett adds a brief note.
-- Keep scrolling down the page. About two-thirds down, Jamie May again at timestamp Sunday, Nov. 15, 10:50 AM about John Dufresne and Dan Chaon.
-- And there are some photos there, too.
-- Chauncey Mabe's blog entry dated
November 16th puts the cherry on top.
# Mike Stotter reports news of mystery meister Otto Penzler who is creating his own imprint under the banner of Corvus with Anthony Cheetham at Atlantic.
# The New York Sun may be
coming back as an online publication.
# Independent bookshops:
the Daunt and the Persephone
compared by Johanna Smith.
...
of the Miami Book Fair 2009, including the panel on
Urban Noir, which was the main focus of my interest:
-- Almost halfway down the page at the Sunday, Nov. 15, 12: 28 PM timestamp, the Urban Noir material begins with Jamie May's account. Just below May's account in the same block, Lynne Barrett adds a brief note.
-- Keep scrolling down the page. About two-thirds down, Jamie May again at timestamp Sunday, Nov. 15, 10:50 AM about John Dufresne and Dan Chaon.
-- And there are some photos there, too.
-- Chauncey Mabe's blog entry dated
November 16th puts the cherry on top.
# Mike Stotter reports news of mystery meister Otto Penzler who is creating his own imprint under the banner of Corvus with Anthony Cheetham at Atlantic.
# The New York Sun may be
coming back as an online publication.
# Independent bookshops:
the Daunt and the Persephone
compared by Johanna Smith.
...
Thursday, November 19
SoFlo: Buzzing & Biting (3#) -
Cigar Buddies, The Dead Lady Lawyer &
Something Gonna Bite You in the Butt . . .
Sigmund Freud once said:
"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
True enough, but sometimes
it isn't; and some folks live for that stuff.
Sports columnist Dave Hyde shares his cigar quaffing room memoirs, which include an interlude with Scott Rothstein and the police chief whose former wife nearly shot off his family jewels after he betrayed her. She's in jail now.
The Scott Rothstein story is still
the Big Buzz hereabouts, apart from
the piranha found in a nearby pond . . .
Sun-Sentinel columnist Michael Mayo takes another look at the Melissa Britt Lewis Murder Case. Perhaps a police officer with some knowledge of forensics could have staged this homicide. But the authorities claim they have solid DNA evidence and hair samples from the crime scene. Now that Rothstein & Co have imploded, there may be more scrutiny on this case.
What kind of pet does a pirhana make?
Painful, I'd guess. Brian Haas gives us the skinny.
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Something Gonna Bite You in the Butt . . .
Sigmund Freud once said:
"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
True enough, but sometimes
it isn't; and some folks live for that stuff.
Sports columnist Dave Hyde shares his cigar quaffing room memoirs, which include an interlude with Scott Rothstein and the police chief whose former wife nearly shot off his family jewels after he betrayed her. She's in jail now.
The Scott Rothstein story is still
the Big Buzz hereabouts, apart from
the piranha found in a nearby pond . . .
Sun-Sentinel columnist Michael Mayo takes another look at the Melissa Britt Lewis Murder Case. Perhaps a police officer with some knowledge of forensics could have staged this homicide. But the authorities claim they have solid DNA evidence and hair samples from the crime scene. Now that Rothstein & Co have imploded, there may be more scrutiny on this case.
What kind of pet does a pirhana make?
Painful, I'd guess. Brian Haas gives us the skinny.
...
Wednesday, November 18
Mez: Dark Contingency (5#) -
Meredith Kercher Case -
Rudy Guede has begun his appeal. Summations which will include the other two defendants, Knox and Sollecito, will begin Friday. This is the first time Guede has shared his story on the public record.
"there's a black man in the house" ::bbc::
[rather than: there's someone else here]
# Nick Pisa discloses more details
about the conversation Guede claims to
have had with Meredith about Amanda Knox.
# Ann Wise of ABC TV gives a coherent account.
# "When I close my eyes I still see red everywhere"
# Nick Squires for the UK Telegraph.
NB: Two reporters who have been working
on this case longterm have not filed stories yet:
Andrea Vogt and Barbie Nadeau.
...
Rudy Guede has begun his appeal. Summations which will include the other two defendants, Knox and Sollecito, will begin Friday. This is the first time Guede has shared his story on the public record.
"there's a black man in the house" ::bbc::
[rather than: there's someone else here]
# Nick Pisa discloses more details
about the conversation Guede claims to
have had with Meredith about Amanda Knox.
# Ann Wise of ABC TV gives a coherent account.
# "When I close my eyes I still see red everywhere"
# Nick Squires for the UK Telegraph.
NB: Two reporters who have been working
on this case longterm have not filed stories yet:
Andrea Vogt and Barbie Nadeau.
...
Tuesday, November 17
Fanciful News Alleged -
Too Much Pistachio in Their Rose Water ?
OFCOM is reportedly investigating Press TV, an overseas apparatus of Iran's current regime, which is based in an enchanted neighborhood of London, due to carping criticisms and finicky nitpicking by the British public about the channel "breaching accuracy and impartiality guidelines."
Press TV's master narrative is frequently self-referential, but is not explicitly identified as science fiction per se. For example, a news presenter there recently reported that Texas and Vermont are planning to secede from the Federal Union.
As a result of this kind of pistachio filler material, the British government's media watchdog has been inundated with many complaints.
...
OFCOM is reportedly investigating Press TV, an overseas apparatus of Iran's current regime, which is based in an enchanted neighborhood of London, due to carping criticisms and finicky nitpicking by the British public about the channel "breaching accuracy and impartiality guidelines."
Press TV's master narrative is frequently self-referential, but is not explicitly identified as science fiction per se. For example, a news presenter there recently reported that Texas and Vermont are planning to secede from the Federal Union.
As a result of this kind of pistachio filler material, the British government's media watchdog has been inundated with many complaints.
...
Monday, November 16
SoFlo: Press Clips (5#) -
True Crime & Samizdat . . .
An Intriguing Swap: A crime reporter from London is exchanging crime beats with a crime reporter from Baltimore, home of the hit TV show The Wire, according to reporter Dominic Ponsford.
In Cuban Samizdat this weekend, The Miami Herald took a commendable step forward on Saturday and published a piece by Yoani Sanchez in the online supplement to their Op-Ed section, which is called Other Voices, but they have since put it behind a registration wall.
It was entitled: 'Help, these men want to kidnap us!'
Meanwhile, Yoani seems to have found a new home at the Puff Toast, which I do not usually read. It looks like The Miami Herald is going to lose all that traffic to the Puff Toast, which does not require registration. Why would they want to do that to themselves? Will I become a regular reader of the Puff Toast? Probably not. I have my personal likes and dislikes, preferences and antipathies.
In a recent blog entry, Shadow Beings, Yoani is now photographing the men who have been performing surveillance on her, turning the tables on them. There may not be much other work available for these men on the island; their only source for most jobs is their government.
Incidentally, according to a trace I did today, Yoani's blog is hosted from Berlin, Germany. That means: if her blog annoys Raul Castro, he can declare war against Germany. Let's see how far that gets him.
Speaking of The Miami Herald, they have recently revised their User Agreement Terms. You are strongly encouraged to look at their new document.
You may come to discover that Gary Pruitt now owns the entire contents of your blog in perpetuity(!) plus your first-born son. I found it overly obscure, overly prolix, and overly tricky.
...
An Intriguing Swap: A crime reporter from London is exchanging crime beats with a crime reporter from Baltimore, home of the hit TV show The Wire, according to reporter Dominic Ponsford.
In Cuban Samizdat this weekend, The Miami Herald took a commendable step forward on Saturday and published a piece by Yoani Sanchez in the online supplement to their Op-Ed section, which is called Other Voices, but they have since put it behind a registration wall.
It was entitled: 'Help, these men want to kidnap us!'
Meanwhile, Yoani seems to have found a new home at the Puff Toast, which I do not usually read. It looks like The Miami Herald is going to lose all that traffic to the Puff Toast, which does not require registration. Why would they want to do that to themselves? Will I become a regular reader of the Puff Toast? Probably not. I have my personal likes and dislikes, preferences and antipathies.
In a recent blog entry, Shadow Beings, Yoani is now photographing the men who have been performing surveillance on her, turning the tables on them. There may not be much other work available for these men on the island; their only source for most jobs is their government.
Incidentally, according to a trace I did today, Yoani's blog is hosted from Berlin, Germany. That means: if her blog annoys Raul Castro, he can declare war against Germany. Let's see how far that gets him.
Speaking of The Miami Herald, they have recently revised their User Agreement Terms. You are strongly encouraged to look at their new document.
You may come to discover that Gary Pruitt now owns the entire contents of your blog in perpetuity(!) plus your first-born son. I found it overly obscure, overly prolix, and overly tricky.
...
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