Mindhunters | 2014 January

The Disgrace of Italian Justice

By Mark Olshaker On January 31, 2014 · 12 Comments

Amanda Knox & Raffaele Sollecito

Now is not the time to present all of the evidence proving that Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are completely innocent in the brutal murder of Meredith Kercher and that Rudy Guede is the sole killer. Now is not the time to use logic and reason to convince the “guilters.” Now is not the time to give the police, investigators, prosecutors, judges and juries the benefit of the doubt as to motives and methods. We’ve tried all of that and it hasn’t worked.

Now is the time to tell it like it is, straight and unvarnished by niceties:

The conviction of Amanda and Raffaele at their retrial in Florence is a scandalous corruption of justice that should wrap the Italian nation in shame.

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Statement on the Verdict in the Knox-Sollecito Retrial

By mindhunters On January 31, 2014 · Add Comment

On January 30, following the guilty verdict in the retrial in Florence of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, this statement was released by the authors of The Forgotten Killer: Rudy Guede and the Murder of Meredith Kercher – John Douglas, Michael Heavy, Jim Lovering, Steve Moore, Mark Olshaker, Douglas Preston and Thomas Wright:

Statement on the Verdict

in the Amanda Knox-Raffaele Sollecito Re-Trial

We were shocked, saddened and angered to hear that Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of murder by an Italian court in yet another trial in the endless judicial proceedings in this case. They are the victims of no less than judicial persecution.

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“The Forgotten Killer: Rudy Guede and the Murder of Meredith Kercher”

By mindhunters On January 29, 2014 · 7 Comments

The Forgotten Killer

Our new e-book, written with Douglas Preston, Steve Moore, Judge Michael Heavey, Tom Wright and Jim Lovering, is now available at Amazon.com. All receipts are being donated to the Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito defense funds.

DESCRIPTION: “Amidst all the sound and fury surrounding the Italian murder trial of American student Amanda Knox, two people have been largely forgotten. One is the victim, Meredith Kercher, who was by all accounts a lovely, intelligent young woman full of great promise. Her murder was a terrible tragedy. The other is Rudy Guede—the actual murderer.

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He Overcame

By Mark Olshaker On January 28, 2014 · 4 Comments

Pete Seeger, singing “Little Boxes” for my PBS film.

Pete Seeger, who passed away yesterday at the age of 94, furnished the soundtrack of my formative years, a soundtrack that has continued to echo and reverberate throughout my life. I have so many memories of Pete (it seemed completely natural to call him by his first name as soon as you met him) both personal and collective.

And the reason I find it so appropriate to memorialize him in this space is because of all of the things he promoted and to which he dedicated his long and productive life, the main one could be summed up in one word:

Justice.

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The Trade-Off

By Mark Olshaker On January 27, 2014 · 6 Comments

Columbia Mall Shooting

So this week it’s the Mall in Columbia, Maryland, between Washington and Baltimore. Last week it was somewhere else. It’s become so common that unless there is a casualty count approaching Columbine or Sandy Hook, we hardly even pay attention anymore.

Which college campus was it this week?

What state was the shopping mall in?

It’s now part of everyday life. That’s just the way it is.

But let’s at least be clear: there is a trade-off involved, and we’ve already made the deal. Some would say it’s a deal with the devil.

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