The problem is Amanda actually said she saw Patrick killing Meredith which is pretty specific. Another story was she wasnt at home that night and that she was at her boyfriends. ANOTHER story was that she could have been home. I think there was also a version that she dreamed what happened. IIRC there was ctv cameras showing her walking towards her own home that night shortly before the murder. Some months LATER she then claimed all her stories had been under duress because she had been hit on the head.
The problem is that multiple accounts can be a sign of a guilty perp who's a lousy liar, but it can also be a sign of an innocent person under duress and trying to give her interrogators what they want to hear. In the cases of coerced confessions I've encountered, the confessor almost always gives conflicting accounts because
he or she doesn't know the truth and is trying to find the "magic words" to end the ordeal.
FWIW, the program I saw said the idea to accuse PL came from the police because of a text message AK had sent him, saying "See you later." If true, that is consistent with a false confession trying to accommodate what the interrogators say they already know.
Ok so..if this was true why did she not report it at the time so a investigation could be made? If she was abused why did she not ask her solicitor to take photos or ask to see a Dr? Simple because in my opinion its no more truthful than any other story she had come out with.
There are reasonable (and innocent) answers to your questions. She didn't know she could file a complaint or didn't know how or didn't believe it would do any good. (There's a considerable history in the U.S. of such complaints merely resulting in a department cover-up and whitewash.) She was afraid of the police and unwilling to further antagonize them.
She claims she was hit in the head and it
frightened her into compliance. In the brief tape of her testimony I saw last night, she did not claim she was badly injured or that she was left with visible wounds.
Certainly your questions are fair ones and, yes, it's very easy to confess and then later claim you were intimidated into telling falsehoods.
But the lack of an official complaint isn't proof the incident didn't happen, nor more than the lack of an arrest is proof that so-and-so is innocent of a crime.
Also for the record she had in fact been in trouble with the American police before going to Italy so yes she was used to dealing with them.
Thanks. Like so many aspects of this case, I didn't know that. Do you know what sort of trouble was she in?
As for how the Prosecutors are picked..apparently lawyers are promoted after recieving a indictment from the Grand Jury..so i guess lawyers who have good reputations and track records.
Got it. Obviously, somebody has to make the decision to promote, but your point is that the job isn't a casual political appointment handed out to relatives and cronies.
Thanks for that info, too, and for all your very informative posts.
