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In reply to the discussion: Knox's judge explains guilty verdict [View all]mainer
(12,381 posts)34. "truejustice.org" web guy stalks young women
Holy cow, this guy is a real freak. Many folks who believe Amanda Knox is guilty use "truejustice.org" as their source material. Maybe they should take a closer look at the sex-obsessed guy who runs that site:
Peter Quennell, has shown a disturbing obsession with Meredith Kercher. Not only does Quennell post many photos of Meredith on his website, he also writes creepy articles about Meredith, a complete stranger, imagining what she would be doing if she was still alive. Quennell also takes interest in several other young murdered women. Photos of Natalee Holloway, Elizabeth Mandala, Laci Peterson, and Sonia Marra are posted. Quennell limits his coverage to young women. No male victims are discussed.
Quennell's obsession with young women may seem harmless on his website but he took his obsession a step farther when he stalked a young woman looking to gain her trust and friendship. When she refused his advances, he attempted to extort money from her.
Quennell attempted to work his way into a young woman's life by luring her into a business deal in which he would create a promotional website to help build her career. She was new to the United States and Quennell's offer sounded pretty good in the beginning. Quennell proceeded to create a website telling the young woman that he was creating the site free of charge to show her the benefits of his promotional expertise. The site included many personal details of the young woman's life and she did not approve. The young woman was shocked at the website Quennell had created and also became concerned (and was warned by at least one friend) that his interest in her was not solely business-related. Quennell's emails were at times sexual in nature, repeatedly asking for her to take trips with him. He refused to cease communications with her when asked, and he appeared to her to be obsessed.
The young woman asked Quennell to take the website offline but he refused, demanding money to remove it. Quennell sent the young woman hundreds of emails encouraging (pressuring) her to work with him. This disturbing daily barrage of emails led the young woman to become afraid of Quennell. With the help of a private investigator she decided to go to the police. It was only after being contacted by detectives that Quennell finally removed the website ending this young woman's nightmare.
Quennell's obsession with young women may seem harmless on his website but he took his obsession a step farther when he stalked a young woman looking to gain her trust and friendship. When she refused his advances, he attempted to extort money from her.
Quennell attempted to work his way into a young woman's life by luring her into a business deal in which he would create a promotional website to help build her career. She was new to the United States and Quennell's offer sounded pretty good in the beginning. Quennell proceeded to create a website telling the young woman that he was creating the site free of charge to show her the benefits of his promotional expertise. The site included many personal details of the young woman's life and she did not approve. The young woman was shocked at the website Quennell had created and also became concerned (and was warned by at least one friend) that his interest in her was not solely business-related. Quennell's emails were at times sexual in nature, repeatedly asking for her to take trips with him. He refused to cease communications with her when asked, and he appeared to her to be obsessed.
The young woman asked Quennell to take the website offline but he refused, demanding money to remove it. Quennell sent the young woman hundreds of emails encouraging (pressuring) her to work with him. This disturbing daily barrage of emails led the young woman to become afraid of Quennell. With the help of a private investigator she decided to go to the police. It was only after being contacted by detectives that Quennell finally removed the website ending this young woman's nightmare.
http://injusticeinperugia.blogspot.com/2011/06/disturbing-emails-expose-anti-amanda.html
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Why would it take 3 months to come up with the explanation of the verdict?
lostincalifornia
Feb 2014
#1
I think you will find that the vast majority of DU people have no clue about Italian legal
Fred Sanders
Feb 2014
#14
Legal judgments are often reserved for periods of time. For the judges to explain in detail the
Fred Sanders
Feb 2014
#12
It's not just the time to write opinions & dissents, but also the process of reaching a decision in
24601
Feb 2014
#30
Italian law mandates that the detailed verdict must be delivered in 90 days, on the appeal side.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2014
#13
Both the defendant and the prosecutor can appeal against the judgement before the Corte d'Appello
Fred Sanders
Feb 2014
#16
I understand it is to allow for an appeal period.....apples and oranges legal systems.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2014
#36
Fred, you work too hard to educate people who have forgotten what education is...
Demenace
Feb 2014
#20
Fortunately there were no murders at the time. So they got a free ride on that one.
olegramps
Feb 2014
#53
Thank you for posting this. Yes, this persecutor of Amanda's is a sicko. And he's influenced
pnwmom
Feb 2014
#37