AIBU to think an Edinburgh festival show about Meredith Kercher's murder should be stopped?

Literally see my post above. She's been exonerated of the crime. That means she's innocent of it.

Literally see my post above. She's been exonerated of the crime. That means she's innocent of it.

I have not thoughts whether AK is guilty or not guilty as. I don’t know enough about the case.

But to say the court used the words “innocent” when they did not…. Is not on

So the word “innocent” as put in quotation marks above was not used

No, because the judgment was in Italian.

But the court did not merely find that her guilt was not proven beyond reasonable doubt, but made the affirmative finding that she did not commit the crime.

Or, to paraphrase, she was found to be innocent.

So the word “innocent” as put in quotation marks above was not used

Absolutely this. Many years ago I knew a young man was was in a car accident where a motorcycle turned in front of him when it shouldn’t have. Tragically the motorcyclist died. Even though the reconstruction assigned the blame for the accident to the motorcyclist, the family insisted tge young man was a murderer. Of note, the rider was white, the driver was black. He was vilified in the press, but when the reconstruction was released, the press mentioned it in passing but very quietly. The police violated a number of rules to pressure him to admit guilt at first. Even after the findings, the family refused to admit he was innocent, and made it their mission to make his life miserable. They would show up to his jobs whenever he got one, and led to him losing multiple jobs. If he went somewhere with a friend, if one of them saw him, they would park outside (all the cars had massive in memory stickers) and hang around staring at him. He was 18 at the time of the accident, and this went on until he was able to move to another town at age 24.

Knox is going to be able to get away from this ever. So leaning in is her only choice really. I understand the family being in pain, but suspect any mention of Knox’s name would trigger that. And comedy is often a way to explore deeply traumatic events.

What people seem to be missing is that this isn't just one little event that happened to Amanda Knox many years ago - it was completely life-defining, and life-changing. She was also 20 years old when the murder happened, and 24 when she was released from prison, so some of her most formative years as a young adult.
Not only that, the whole thing had made her globally infamous.

I suspect for her, the trauma is far from over, and that she lives it again and again day after day, every day of her life.

People are saying again on this thread how unlikeably she comes across - that's exactly the point. She came across like that to the police, too, and it cost her four years of her life.

"assoluzione per non aver commesso il fatto"

(acquittal for not having committed the fact.)

From Wiki

Rather than merely declaring that there were errors in the earlier court cases or that there was not enough evidence to convict, the court ruled that Knox and Sollecito were innocent of involvement in the murder

The source is the economist, but you need to sign up to read it

https://www.economist.com/europe/2015/03/28/innocente

She is innocent.

I was curious about the exact wording the court used

Genuine question but did the judge / jury actually use the words “innocent” or “not guilty” @YoQuieroVino

I appreciate you saying that, thank you.

What people seem to be missing is that this isn't just one little event that happened to Amanda Knox many years ago - it was completely life-defining, and life-changing. She was also 20 years old when the murder happened, and 24 when she was released from prison, so some of her most formative years as a young adult.
Not only that, the whole thing had made her globally infamous.

I suspect for her, the trauma is far from over, and that she lives it again and again day after day, every day of her life.

People are saying again on this thread how unlikeably she comes across - that's exactly the point. She came across like that to the police, too, and it cost her four years of her life.

From Wiki

Rather than merely declaring that there were errors in the earlier court cases or that there was not enough evidence to convict, the court ruled that Knox and Sollecito were innocent of involvement in the murder

The source is the economist, but you need to sign up to read it

https://www.economist.com/europe/2015/03/28/innocente

She is innocent.

This is why I love MN, I opened the thread largely agreeing with the OP but now I've gained a better perspective.

Amanda Knox was the target of one of the clearest modern examples of how systemic misogyny and sensationalist media can distort the public discourse and prejudice the legal system against women.

Tens of thousands of articles simultaneously fetishised and vilified her, driven in part by a prosecutor with a dangerous obsession with occult‑themed theories and deeply conservative views about female sexuality. We witnessed a fantastical, modern‑age witch hunt.

She became the subject of countless true‑crime shows built on evidence that has since been discredited, long before she had any chance to tell her own story.

She was scapegoated for the actions of the man who actually murdered Meredith, and she received a harsher sentence than either him or her falsely accused co‑defendant - cast as the supposed seductress who “bewitched” the men.

Knox was wrongfully imprisoned for years, her life upended, her identity permanently damaged. Even after the Italian Supreme Court’s judgment - which fully exonerated her and condemned the investigation as incompetent, baseless, and fantastical, and the lower‑court decisions as illogical, arbitrary, and unsupported - millions still believe she is guilty.

None of this erases the tragedy of Meredith Kercher’s murder or the Kercher family’s grief, but Knox has every right to reclaim her narrative in whatever form she chooses, and as often as she chooses (not least given the overwhelming extent of outside commentary about it).

It is entirely understandable that she might use comedy to process what happened to her - and in any event, male comedians across the globe have made her a subject of their comedy for years (including on mainstream BBC shows with far greater reach than the Fringe).

If people don’t want to hear her, they can opt out. But attempts to silence her are a continuation of the misogynistic dynamics that harmed her in the first place and perpetuate her victimisation (and yes, I find that shameful).

Leveraging feminist concerns by accusing her of “normalising violence against women” is not only inaccurate, it adds insult to injury given the manner in which she was victimized. Her willingness to speak about what happened is something women broadly benefit from, not something to suppress.

Yeah cross border law enforcement doesn't work like that. Anyway back to Knox, maybe not the entire point but I have never seen or heard anyway from her that suggests she could be funny. She has been booked for her notoriety. All this stuff about giving a voice to new talent - come on!

Genuine question but did the judge / jury actually use the words “innocent” or “not guilty” @YoQuieroVino

Yeah cross border law enforcement doesn't work like that. Anyway back to Knox, maybe not the entire point but I have never seen or heard anyway from her that suggests she could be funny. She has been booked for her notoriety. All this stuff about giving a voice to new talent - come on!