Just as I was about to completely lose interest in the sempiternal case of Amanda Knox, I came across this detail:

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...Yes, sunshine between her shoulder blades. We not only see a reference to John Denver but also to Black Star: "[K]eep it blacker than the back of your neck." The sun which makes people black (or black people) is on the back of her neck. "Black [people] star keep shining."


But what is truly amazing about this tattoo is its absence from the stream of news reports that began to flow into the English-speaking world two years ago—the murder of Meredith Kercher happened in Perugia on November 2, 2007. This sun, this descendant of spectacular stars that exploded and spread the heavy stuff of their guts into deep space—this of all things is on the top of her back. (Yes, just what I was thinking...if only it were a black spider.)

As for her being lynched by the Italian public, as a crazed lawyer recently stated on Larry King Live: if this is the case, if the evidence against Amanda is so weak, why doesn't Meredith Kercher's parents side with the Knoxes? Really, it's as simple as that. If Rudy Guede is without a doubt the only killer, why can't the Kerchers see this as clearly as the Knoxes? Are the Kerchers just blind? Plain/playing dumb? Downright criminal—they want to keep a harmless Bambi in prison? When I see the Kerchers defending Amanda, and not some nutty lawyer who basically calls the Italians a bunch of baboons, I will be convinced of Amanda's innocence.

EDITOR'S NOTE: On October 3, 2011, Amanda Knox was acquitted of the murder of Meredith Kercher and released from prison.