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Daily Mail Publishes Wrong Knox Verdict

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Must have hit post when hearing 'guilty.'

Amanda Knox is guilty … of defamation. The Daily Mail, apparently, did not wait to hear the end of the translator’s statement before publishing. The Mail Online posted its pre-written story announcing that Knox was guilty of the murder of her British roommate. A screenshot of the article’s search result on Google has the news preview of the story: “Amanda Knox looked stunned this evening after she dramatically lost her prison appeal against her murder conviction.” The story even includes some other interesting paragraphs: “Prosecutors were delighted with the verdict and said that 'justice has been done' although they said on a 'human factor it was sad two young people would be spending years in jail.'”

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