Amanda Knox upset by early release of Rudy Guede
Rudy Guede has been given early release from prison to serve the remainder of his sentence performing public service.
Amanda Knox writes:
It has been my fate to bear the infamy of Meredith Kercher's tragic death, an infamy that belongs to her forgotten killer: Rudy Guede. Despite leaving his DNA on Meredith's body, despite leaving his fingerprints and footprints in her blood, Guede was never charged with murder. Instead, he was quietly convicted of a lesser charge long before my own trial ever reached a verdict.
Taking his cue from the prosecution and media, Guede has taken every opportunity to blame and accuse me. And he has never acknowledged his horrific crime, or faced appropriate consequences.
The night Guede raped and killed my 21-year-old roommate was the horrific climax of a burglary spree he had been on since his adoptive family had disowned him a couple months prior. Just days before killing Meredith, he was caught in Milan burglarizing a nursery school, and found to be carrying a knife. After he killed Meredith, he fled Italy for Germany. The evidence of Guede's guilt is overwhelming, as is the lack of evidence implicating any other suspect.
Had this crime occurred in the US, and had Guede been charged, convicted and sentenced for aggravated rape and 2nd degree murder, as he should have been, his sentence would likely have been life without parole, which is the federal mandatory minimum. As it is, this crime occurred in Italy, and Guede was charged, convicted and sentenced merely for sexual assault and conspiracy to commit murder. His sentence was sixteen years. After ten, he was allowed day release. After thirteen, he is being allowed to serve out the remainder of his sentence in freedom.
And, of course, Guede's name is not the one associated with his atrocity. Few people even know his name. Instead, they know mine. The only reason most people know I exist is because of what he did.
https://amandamarieknox.medium.com/he...
Amanda Knox writes:
It has been my fate to bear the infamy of Meredith Kercher's tragic death, an infamy that belongs to her forgotten killer: Rudy Guede. Despite leaving his DNA on Meredith's body, despite leaving his fingerprints and footprints in her blood, Guede was never charged with murder. Instead, he was quietly convicted of a lesser charge long before my own trial ever reached a verdict.
Taking his cue from the prosecution and media, Guede has taken every opportunity to blame and accuse me. And he has never acknowledged his horrific crime, or faced appropriate consequences.
The night Guede raped and killed my 21-year-old roommate was the horrific climax of a burglary spree he had been on since his adoptive family had disowned him a couple months prior. Just days before killing Meredith, he was caught in Milan burglarizing a nursery school, and found to be carrying a knife. After he killed Meredith, he fled Italy for Germany. The evidence of Guede's guilt is overwhelming, as is the lack of evidence implicating any other suspect.
Had this crime occurred in the US, and had Guede been charged, convicted and sentenced for aggravated rape and 2nd degree murder, as he should have been, his sentence would likely have been life without parole, which is the federal mandatory minimum. As it is, this crime occurred in Italy, and Guede was charged, convicted and sentenced merely for sexual assault and conspiracy to commit murder. His sentence was sixteen years. After ten, he was allowed day release. After thirteen, he is being allowed to serve out the remainder of his sentence in freedom.
And, of course, Guede's name is not the one associated with his atrocity. Few people even know his name. Instead, they know mine. The only reason most people know I exist is because of what he did.
https://amandamarieknox.medium.com/he...
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