I really think they were innocent. Everything that was presented to the public from the first headlines about 'foxy knoxy' was very very biased and sensational to sell newspapers - long before the trial. She was made out to be this man eater when she was treated absolutely atrociously, and because he was her boyfriend, RS got caught up in the media circus. The prosecution alleged stories about sexual deviants because there was no other motive to tie AK and RS to the murder, and the media were so enchanted by this, their stories were published along these lines and so a vicious circle was created. The published stories gave credibility to the prosecution etc etc. Remember that both AK and RS were subject to gagging orders and were given no opportunity to refute any such allegations against them for 4 years, (except when in trial). So all stories remained on record without being challenged.
AK was interrogated when she only knew a smattering of Italian, and when she couldn't satisfy police with her answers was asked to come up with theories of what might have happened. Because she had a call from PL that day, she was questioned in light of this, and the police asked her to speculate about PL which she did and then wanted to clarify later but was told she had made an official statement. Remember, she didn't speak the language fluently and could easily be led so I don't think any of her statements then should be held against her. There was no interpreter.
Red herrings off the top of my head include :
-10,000 pages of evidence - can we see them anywhere and who can testify as to their accuracy or credibility?
-RSs computer - its often mentioned it had been tampered with but how does that affect what happened?
-the fact that she did cartwheels - apparently she did some stretching at the station, and lecherous police were impressed and asked her to show them what she could do)
-the fact she wasn't grieving or checked MKs room .They weren't close - have any of you ever lived in a digs? I have in London years ago, and could go days without checking on, speaking to or having anything to do with some flatmates who could have been in the room next door. If one of them got murdered I'd be shocked but don't know about grieving. Very little of my DNA would be found in their room as I just never went in if they weren't friends.
It would be interesting if we could all just check our allegations against an official court record (has one been published?). At the moment, posters (including me) are just flinging facts around with no proof as to how accurate they are. Someone (I think Sassh) said that think they are guilty because of the evidence presented in court. How do any of us who weren't in court know what evidence was presented? The papers cannot be relied upon.
Someone else said that she named PL in the first hour, when I heard it was after hours of questioning, and being asked to come up with theories.
Again, so much dilution of the facts because everyone has their own set of facts. One thing that shocked me was AK was told by prison doctors that she had AIDS and so she compiled a list of the people she had slept with, presumably so they could be contacted, and this list was stolen and exploited by the media as a 'notch on the bedpost' brag and evidence of her sexual addiction - more proof that she would rape Meredith.
I feel so sorry for the Kerchers who are living a nightmare but putting two innocent people in prison will not balance out the loss of MK. She has not been forgotten about as many people state, it is just that if you believe AK and RS are not guilty as many people do, justice would be even less served by condemning them to prison for years.