Amanda Knox Verdict: Shaun Hautly

I don't know if Amanda Knox was guilty or not. The only reason we care about this is because Amanda Knox is an American and found guilty by a foreign court. They say the media had tried and convicted her before the trial began. I don't know what she did to get on the bad side of the media other than being an American. They said there wasn't substantial evidence. They said some crazy stories about a knife being taken back to someone's house. They said a lot, but before we get too upset about all this, let's take a little trip back in time.....

When two towers burned to the ground leaving no trace of planes, black boxes, or other standard artifacts, Americans wasted no time convicting the foreigner who's passport was found in the wreckage. A paper passport. We had a hunch, some evidence, and we never thought for a moment that maybe the foreigners weren't guilty, or at least AS guilty, as everyone was so determined. In many of the convictions, there was such little evidence it was astounding. However, Someone's DNA found on a knife and on someone's bra clasp? That's DNA. DNA doesn't assume. In fact, that's what it stands for: Does Not Assume.

After the 9/11 convictions, what did we do? We screened every middle eastern LOOKING person, and kept an eye open. Anyone from _______-istan was (and still is) treated like they were about to pull a trigger. All this considered, is it so hard to understand that when a foreigner is a suspect in a murder case, it's not so hard to assume the worst? Innocent until proven guilty? Innocent until proven foreign. It's standard psychology, and I never even took a psychology class. Someone looks different, or suspicious? Boom. Guilty. So take a page from OJ's book. If you're going to murder someone, do it on your native soil.

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