Amanda Knox 'Happy to Be Getting Her Way' Convicted Murderess' Stepfather Says

Italian police arrested three people for the brutal murder of Meredith Kercher in Perguia, Italy after the slaying that rocked the small community in 2007. By 2009 Amanda Knox and her lover Raffaele Sollecito joined Rudy Guede as convicted murderers in the killing of the 21-year-old British student who shared a residence with Knox.

Now Amanda Knox is seeking to appeal her conviction and gain her freedom despite evidence that links her to the murder.

According to the Daily Record, additional DNA tests to be conducted on the evidence by Amanda Knox's defense team will delay the trial by three months, dealing a blow to the American said to be "Happy it's going her way," according to her stepfather and a recent CNN article.

Amanda's and Meredith's DNA on murder weapon

Amanda Knox's and Meredith Kercher's DNA were both found on the murder weapon in the case and the evidence helped secure Knox's guilty verdict and 26 year sentence. However, Knox's sentence was also imposed in part due to false testimony she gave to police during the investigation--a testimony that implicated an innocent man.

Knox's accusations against the individual were eventually disproved and he was released from police custody. In addition to the false testimony against an innocent person, Amanda Knox made false allegations about the police and improper conduct toward her during the interview process.

An Italian court reviewed that allegation by Ms. Knox as well, eventually charging Amanda Knox with slander and implementing a fine for it. These two obvious false allegations do little to lend credibility to a claim of innocence by Ms. Knox. Hence, her defense attorneys seek to attack the credibility of others.

Drug dealer testimony

The supporters of Amanda Knox posit that she should be freed from her imprisonment in Italy because one of the witnesses who placed her at the scene of the crime the night Meredith Kercher was murdered is a known heroin dealer.

FBI in the U.S., along with many local and state law enforcement agencies have to use known criminals in some murder investigations to gain a conviction, but they only do so when their eye witness accounts substantiate other evidence in a crime.

Italy's willingness to allow the testimony of a drug dealer is no different and definitely not a departure from any other law enforcement agency in the U.S.; they had evidence linking Amanda Knox to the murder of Meredith Kercher--the eye witness account was just one component of it.

Forensic science credibility questioned

Amanda Knox's defense, however, is also attempting to paint a picture that the DNA found on the murder weapon knife was too small to be the result of contact with Meredith Kercher and stemmed from contamination during testing done previously.

Forensic science is fairly exact and the procedures followed by those who conduct the testing are generally very rigorous, to say the least.

In a murder investigation, it is highly more likely that a weapon confiscated at the home of one of the accused in the case has more bearing on DNA found on the weapon than any "contamination" theory a defense lawyer attempts to use to get their client freed.

Additionally, the "contamination" would be much less likely to be a factor with flesh than it would be with blood (if that were even a possibility), and it was DNA from Meredith Kercher's flesh found on the knife police collected at Raffaele Sollecito's residence--not DNA from Meredith's blood.

Defense lawyers always question valid evidence

Law enforcement in America are very familiar with the appeal process of convicted murderers and their defense attorneys. They know all too well the attempts made to discredit the forensic testing processes as well as the chain of custody followed for crime scene evidence collected.

Victim's families know all about these attempts by defense lawyers on behalf of their clients too, suffering even more at the hands of those who have already robbed them of a loved one. This is true whether the crime occurs in Perguia, Italy or the U.S.A.

Amanda Knox, if convicted for murdering her roommate in America, would undoubtedly face greater burdens in the judicial process here when it came to questioning the forensic evidence against her than she will in Italy, but hopefully the conviction and justice obtained in 2009 will hold up in Italy as it would in America.

Amanda Knox convicted by public, not just courts

The court of public opinion in America wouldn't sit too favorably with a convicted murderess like Amanda Knox any more than Italy did if they were provided the same glimpses of the murderess' behavior seen days following Meredith Kercher's murder.

Amanda Knox was smiling frequently, cuddling flagrantly with her potential co-conspirator during the investigation, and actually turning cartwheels in the police department shortly after her roommate Meredith Kercher had been brutally murdered.

Perguia, Italy didn't seem to like that picture of Amanda Knox and it is highly unlikely America would have welcomed it either when they couldn't even stand Ted Bundy's calm "Who, me?" demeanor.

References: CNN, Daily Record, Daily Mail, CBS, ABC, Fox News and TruTV