tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post15223096158630730..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Nick Green: Murder, he (tried to) wroteKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-11617977504917400472014-03-04T09:21:37.230+00:002014-03-04T09:21:37.230+00:00As a final comment: I would just urge anyone who s...As a final comment: I would just urge anyone who still has doubts over Knox's and Sollecito's innocence, or who holds the view "We'll probably never know what really happened," simply to read the analyses on the Injustice In Perugia site.<br /><br />There you will find the true facts of the case - facts which not even the prosecution dispute - and if you do not end up shocked to the core by how the injustice has been allowed to drag on, I will be surprised. You will see there in black and white why it is simply impossible for those two people to have played any part in that crime.<br /><br />Right, crusade over. Back to the funny stuff next month, I promise. Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-58489375286577967002014-03-03T21:38:37.392+00:002014-03-03T21:38:37.392+00:00That people will commit brutal, stupid murders, I ...That people will commit brutal, stupid murders, I don't doubt. There are no lack of cases to demonstrate that. It's also quite easy to find cases that show that many of these stupid, brutal acts are committed with little forethought, and a conviction on the part of the guilty that they are far too clever to be caught, or are somehow untouchable ('psychopathic immunity.')<br /><br />Investigation, backed up by good forensics, quite often catches them out.<br /><br />What makes the Kercher/Knox case so tragic is that a girl was murdered, and the forensic examination of the scene was inept and compromised;and the police investigation seems to have been prejudiced from the start.<br /><br />That a young woman COULD be callous and stupid (in the sense of unempathic) enough to commit a vicious murder for fun, I don't doubt - for example, see the other case in the UK news at the moment.<br /><br />It's the bungled investigation which makes me doubt Knox's guilt in this case. - "Oops! Here's a bra clasp, with just the DNA we want to find on it, only we didn't find it for four weeks. What silly doughnuts we are, to miss it lying on the floor of the crime scene - but never mind, we can enter it into evidence now we have found it..." This one piece of 'evidence' alone makes the whole case fall.<br />Meredith Kercher deserved much better.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-12926031426254184752014-03-03T19:31:06.197+00:002014-03-03T19:31:06.197+00:00in a real life case of a kind of folie a deux, two...in a real life case of a kind of folie a deux, two very bright young men decided to commit the perfect murder cos they were so clever they'd never be caught. they murdered some poor soul just for that reason - and one of them left his spectacles on the corpse. see also the 'heavenly creatures' who horribly murdered the mother of one of them because they feared being split up by one of them moving away - truly brutal and dreadful premeditated killing, yet they clearly didn't properly think ahead to what would happen once she was dead. people do stupid things. you can't assume they'd only do logical things. not commenting on this particular case but in general, it's not a good argument to say 'well somebody wouldn't... it doesn't make sense'... people who brutalise their children until they die, clearly don't think ahead to what happens when the child is dead - they get caught. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-28603433064330082112014-03-03T18:06:56.490+00:002014-03-03T18:06:56.490+00:00Silly me! My brothers, sons, partner spend their l...Silly me! My brothers, sons, partner spend their lives suckering me in and here I go again, heigh-ho But you MIGHT have been playing with a change of genre Nick ... and I really was.<br />julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-5490546670484821932014-03-03T16:44:54.016+00:002014-03-03T16:44:54.016+00:00Lydia, that's one reason why I prefer fiction ...Lydia, that's one reason why I prefer fiction to be a bit messy (not as messy as my own, admittedly). McEwan's Amsterdam, for example, has always irritated me exceedingly. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-3925753072623373922014-03-03T16:32:39.783+00:002014-03-03T16:32:39.783+00:00yes it's a very messy 'plot' but murde...yes it's a very messy 'plot' but murder in real life often is -unlike plots in murder novels. I was reading how dna, street cameras etc have made crime writing so difficult now as everyone up to no good can be immediately detected, yet in real life, are all murders solved? I think not.Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-18143899548309157272014-03-03T16:23:38.537+00:002014-03-03T16:23:38.537+00:00Hi Julia,
Don't worry - I'm not really wri...Hi Julia,<br />Don't worry - I'm not really writing a murder mystery. That was just my roundabout way of trying to make a point... :-)<br /><br />Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-17828222573431233692014-03-03T16:05:33.011+00:002014-03-03T16:05:33.011+00:00Can't really comment Nick. I think most murder...Can't really comment Nick. I think most murder plots look pretty unlikely when you look at them bare. On the other hand it all depends how convincing you are when you write it up. Oddly enough I was thinking slightly along the same lines - trying a murder mystery for a change but I discover that I really dislike writing about killing no matter how willingly I read it. So I think if you are ENJOYING this writing challenge you should go ahead, if not, not.julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-8757743717039544902014-03-03T11:43:46.241+00:002014-03-03T11:43:46.241+00:00Jo - yes, it's true that 'Annabel' has...Jo - yes, it's true that 'Annabel' has a wealthy family who step in to safeguard her interests - but the media were gleefully ready to spread photos of her without much encouragement (A woman! Accused of murder!) - and provided plenty of coverage slanted against her, portraying her as conniving, sluttish and evil as well as miserable.<br />And neither her family's assistance nor the media coverage (of either slant) make up for the weakness of the prosecution case. Such as a piece of 'vital' evidence discovered at the crime scene, but weeks after the initial examination - where had it been until then?Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-57575776616161432832014-03-03T10:50:57.976+00:002014-03-03T10:50:57.976+00:00Nick, you'll have to do better. People will be...Nick, you'll have to do better. People will believe any manner of improbabilities - even impossibilities - in the real world. Readers are a lot more sceptical when it comes to fiction. (Just read some of the comments at The Guardian, for example.)<br /><br />;-)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-11188034110343950182014-03-03T09:26:43.579+00:002014-03-03T09:26:43.579+00:00I feel sorriest for Meredith Kercher's family ...I feel sorriest for Meredith Kercher's family - this has gone on and on for them.<br /><br />You've forgotten the bit where Annabel has a wealthy family who understand how the media works and makes sure there are plenty of photos of her looking miserable.<br /><br />There's something about the whole thing that simply doesn't make sense - and I wonder if we'll ever know the whole story.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-70842582463137252012014-03-03T00:10:22.582+00:002014-03-03T00:10:22.582+00:00I agree, Nick. I feel desperately sorry for Meredi...I agree, Nick. I feel desperately sorry for Meredith Kercher's family, and everything they've gone through, and are still going through - but find it impossible to believe the prosecution case against Knox for a moment.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com