Amanda Knox: What's in a face?

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"Amanda Knox was convicted of murder and her reputation sullied around the world, in large part because of her facial expressions and demeanour. Her story reveals how our instincts about others can be dangerously superficial"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oc ... xpressions

Wow that expression does look evil, something I'd see in movies when a character is up to no good.

I always hate it when experts appear on TV to analyze the non-verbal cues of alleged criminals. I always think to myself, "Oh Crap, if they were analyzing me, then I'd be in deep doodoo!"

I'm glad she ended up not being guilty after all. But that it took four years to get to that point... it's sad. I can't imagine being imprisoned for many years for a crime I was innocent of.

One of the reasons I was obsessed with her case (which I was, I was obsessed) was because of the guilt they were saying was evident in her demeanor/expressions. People VERY often misunderstand my own expressions. In all the pictures I've seen she is making expressions I feel are very similar to the ones I make. So I guess I myself judge her guilt by her face but I judged that if she was guilty her face was showing NO signs of it and it really bothered me that people think they can categorize that kind of expression as evil.

someone else already posted this and got less replies:(

Oh my rice-a-roni, it's a popularity contest!

She was suspected because of her manner and behaviour, but she was convicted because many strands of evidence, witness statements and logical reasoning pointed to her and Raffaele having played a part in the murder. Most journalists do not seem to have read the Micheli and Massei reports at all.

Maybe in the court of public opinion this kind of sensationalist journalism might hold true, but the near 500 page judgement of the original trial demonstrates that it was the evidence and multiple contrary statements of the three suspects that led to their unanimous conviction.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

stop stalking me lecks. it's so uncool

I think she was lucky she only got four years because some people are locked away for years and are innocent so it's that many years they have lost. At least she still has time to date and find a man and marry and have kids because she is still young. Imagine being put away for twenty years or forty or fifteen years before their innocence is finally proven?

I never understood what the hell they were talking about. To think she was suspected and then convicted on such craziness...

~Kate

I've had people absolutely hate me and make up ridiuculous lies for nothing more than my expression.

Don't think I have either.

The point isn't really whether she's guilty or not (I have no idea)

It seems that if an accused person sits still, pays attention, and acts respectful to the court, then he or she is guilty because he or she is obviously just trying to make a good impression.

It seems that if an accused person fidgets, seems distracted, and acts disrespectful to the court, then he or she is guilty because he or she obviously has no respect for good order and discipline.

It seems that if an accused person is pale, seems nervous, and acts intimidated by the court, then he or she is guilty because he or she is obviously aware of the sentence that he or she deserves.

It seems that if an accused person is relaxed, seems confident, and cooperates fully with the court, then he or she is guilty because he or she obviously thinks that everyone is fooled by the case the defense is presenting.

No matter what, it seems that once an accused person is targeted by the media, then he or she is "obviously" guilty for some reason other than actually having committed the crime.

"Her Italian, at the time of the murder, was poor"

Wait a minute... did they interrogate her through an interpreter? Cause I'd love to know how they thought they knew which words went with which facial expressions in that case.

Or maybe she just had to wing it in Italian, or listen to her interrogators ask questions in heavily accented English... suuurely that wouldn't have any effect on her demeanor or body language......