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Review of Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox (2016)
7/10
A longer and more thorough documentary would've helped, but not bad!
22 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This is not as biased as some reviewers claim it is, just not as thorough as the base material's scope allows. It is now pretty much established that there isn't a single evidence in the crime scene connecting Knox to it. As for Sollecito's DNA on the bra clasp, it was most likely contaminated during evidence collection and analysis stage. Guede's DNA on the other hand is all over the crime scene, and his behaviour post the murder and relevant criminal past is frankly far more incriminating than Knox's ever was! Classic misdirection I suppose.

They also show the supposed murder weapon and explain the possible reason for it containing both knox's and kercher's dna, which was surprising but convincing nevertheless.

They do somewhat get their main point across of how an enthusiastic and sensationalist media combined with an incompetent but powerful and corrupt police/prosecution can send pretty much anyone to jail.

But frankly this could've been better. Maybe a 3 episode limited series would've done this case justice. You need to more thoroughly show how the initial investigators disturbed the crime scene, didn't follow established procedure, etc. Which is the primary cause for all the subsequent legal mess and intense media hounding of weird but ultimately innocent people. Don't know how persuasive this documentary is to people who've already made up their mind that Knox and Sollecito are involved in the crime but got away! Entertaining bits were the journalist's complete lack of moral compass and the soap-opera-loving, sherlock-pipe-smoking lead prosecutor.
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