THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE was a book covering true events in Italy 30 or 40 years ago. There was a serial killer at work. A succession of innocent people were put on trial, based on absurd conspiracy theories, and sentenced to prison. The real killer was never found.
In recent years we have watched from afar as a similar pattern has dogged a young American tourist named Amanda Knox. While in Italy her roommate was stabbed to death by a third party, now in prison. Knox and her boyfriend at the time, Raffaele Sollecito, were convicted of some sort of conspiracy in the murder, based on DNA evidence later refuted. Their motive in the murder, according to the prosecutors, had something to do with their insistence on wild sexual excesses. A higher court threw out the case. Amanda Knox returned to the United States. Recently a new trial was held in Florence with Knox in absentia. This time she was accused of participating in the murder for an entirely new reason. A third party had left a toilet unflushed, so, the prosecutors argued, Knox had helped to kill her roommate. Knox, furnished with this compelling new motive, was found guilty again. The case will now go to a higher court, and Knox may face extradition (and our state department might give her up).
Here's what I think. You shouldn't leave a used toilet unflushed except in a drought. That is especially the case in Italy, where the Romans practically invented plumbing. If you don't flush, an American girl will stab you to death while having wild sex. Consider this a fair warning.
Gary
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