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more about #truecrime more comments → pesematology: What an insult to Amelie. more » Ipomoea: Ugh, I am so tired of this. The Italian justice system makes me want to tear my hair out, and the media coverage in both the States and Europe isn't ... more » Tchotchke: I'm not sure that I understand why the prosecution decided "lurid sex games" was the angle to use. It just seems so...bizarre. Am I missing something?... more » Jack_Burton: Has he even watched Amalie? Because there's like some pretty complex things going on behind the "naive" girl's eyes... more » sybann: This is disgustingly bad lawyering. more » mfnher: Does anyone have an update on when this is going to jury deliberation? It seems like she's been on trial forever. more » morninggloria: She and Jenny Sanford look like they could be related. Just me? more » LaFemme: "60 percent imagination and 40 percent reality." Not how I would want my mental state described if I were on trial. Yikes. more » rodmanstreet: Exhibit A: Her collection of torn photomaton scraps! more » slowpoke.r: The defense lawyer's quote doesn't really contradict the prosecution's case, or at least doesn't provide much of a defense. I mean, according to Heave... more » DexterHaven: I'm sorry, I really fail to understand why she should have to apologise for talking about her vibrator (~which was brought up by the prosecution to ta... more » pantsless economist...access RESTORED: Well, I can't imagine the attorneys defending Amanda Knox would want to make her out to be the cold hearted, vicious type... more » Penny: Yet another ridiculous dichotomy is spun. The ladies are either gamines or vamps, virgins or whores, sashaying or skipping. more » Kitty: As proud as I am of the girl it sort of makes me sad that something like this is to be so revered. I wish it was more of the norm for someone to call... more » maude_flanders: Sorry if this is off topic or has already been mentioned. Is it just a "no, duh" thing among the powers that be--lawmakers, school administrators, wh... more » -
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Amanda Knox: As Sweet And Innocent As A Montmartre Housebreaker
Defense: Amanda Knox isn't a cold-blooded killer with a penchant for sordid, Cruel Intentions-style sex games! Rather, she's an adorable gamine who skips around Paris to a whimsical accordion score! More » -
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In Richmond Rape, One Teen Did The Right Thing
"I'm like 'We should call the cops because that's the right thing to do.' I didn't think about it twice." — Margarita Vargas, 18, who reported the gang-rape in Richmond while others simply watched [Crimesider] -
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"Violence Is Always The Wrong Choice:" Richmond Rape Survivor Speaks Out
At a rally at Richmond High School yesterday, a pastor read a statement from the victim of last weekend's horrific gang rape — she acknowledged her community's anger, but cautioned against letting violence beget more violence. More » -
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Why Did No One Stop The Richmond Gang Rape?
Five suspects are in custody for the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl after her homecoming dance in Richmond, California, and police say more than twenty people may have witnessed the assault. So why didn't anyone help her? More » -
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Bay Area Homecoming Dance Becomes Scene Of Brutal Crime
Brace yourself for the most stomach-turning story in a long time: on Friday, a 15-year-old girl was brutally gang-raped after a homecoming dance in a suburb of San Francisco, while as many as 15 teenage boys stood around, doing nothing. More » -
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Lizzie Borden Took A Trademark...
The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast of Fall River, MA, has won the exclusive right to merch bearing the hometown alleged-axe-murderess's name. Yes, that Includes "Everything I Need to Know About Anger Management I Learned From Lizzie Borden" shirts. [Newser] -
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Deep Glamour
A new exhibit, "ICON: Life Style Love Sharon Tate," presents the actress, murdered 40 years ago by the Manson family, as "a style icon, not a tragic headline," says the curator. [LAT] -
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Stripper On Trial For Assaulting Best Man
An Australian stripper has pleaded not guilty to raping the best man at a bachelor party with a sex toy. Her lawyer claims that any penetration that may have occurred was... accidental. [APP via The Daily What] -
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The Under-Bed Burglar, 1909
"But, horrors! In the morning she discovered that the scratching must have been caused by a naughty man who...had hidden under the bed until the family were all wrapped in the arms of Morpheus." [StarTribune] -
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"Foxy Knoxy" Murder Trial Begins; Proceedings To Be Made Public
The murder trial of Amanda "Foxy Knoxy" Knox, the 21-year-old American student accused of murdering her study-abroad roommate in Perugia finally started this morning in Italy. More »
