Introduction and Premise On March 25, 2015, the case against Seattle native Amanda Knox and her one time Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, will be heard by the Italian Supreme Court in what may be the pair’s final attempt to set right a miscarriage of justice reminiscent of the infamous Dreyfus Affair of the nineteenth century. […]
Alan Dershowitz is mistaken about Amanda Knox evidence
In an interview earlier this month with CNN anchor/correspondent Max Foster, Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz said this: “The evidence against [Amanda Knox] is very, very considerable. You wouldn’t know that by listening to the American media that has been saying repeatedly that there’s no evidence against her. She falsely accused somebody of committing […]
Amanda Knox Case: What’s Wrong With a PR Supertanker?
Those familiar with the case of the Republic of Italy vs. Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito know that it has been the catalyst for a continuous war of words in cyberspace for nearly six years. An online pro-innocence community of the defendants’ supporters goes to battle daily with an online pro-guilt community of the defendants’ […]
Will Professor Lawrence Schiffman Become the Next Chancellor of Yeshiva University?
Recently, news has been trickling out that Rabbi Norman Lamm, the powerful former president of Yeshiva University, has resigned from the post he held as chancellor of that institution over the past decade. According to some reports, Lamm has been suffering from health problems for several years. In his resignation letter, written with help from his family, Lamm expresses regret for concealing certain allegations of sex abuse at Yeshiva—allegations […]