Reddit reviews Trial By Fury: Internet Savagery and the Amanda Knox Case (Kindle Single)
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I followed the Amanda Knox trial closely as the prosecutor was the same as in the Monster of Florence case. In fact I even wrote a couple of Kindle Singles about the Knox case...
https://www.amazon.com/Trial-Fury-Internet-Savagery-Amanda-ebook/dp/B00CDU1H98
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I've never considered a podcast, because I fear it might take time away from writing the Pendergast novels.
I've already been gifted by you, but to help push this towards lucky number 11, I'll submit this: Trial By Fury.
I think if you go to any discussion forum about a potential wrongful conviction, you will find the same seemingly mad dedication to arguing guilt.
The Amanda Knox guilters have been going for years. Online defenders of Knox have actually received death threats to themselves and their families.
Read Trial by Fury by Douglas Preston. It's free on Kindle
Trial By Fury explores this dark netherworld, identifying the people involved, and investigating their motives. It documents the real-world damage caused by these anonymous bloggers, including how they managed to get a much decorated ex-FBI agent fired from his job. It also recounts the story of the Wikipedia entry about the case, which triggered a spectacular brawl among top wiki-editors, leading to outings, rants, bannings-for-life, and death threats, requiring the intervention of Jimmy Wales himself
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trial-Fury-Internet-Savagery-Amanda-ebook/dp/B00CDU1H98
The bickering that we have on this forum is mild by comparison.
In short, murder cases bring out strong emotions, resulting in irrational behaviour.
No Russians needed.
Douglas Preston wrote a pretty convincing short book about this a few years ago called Trial by Fury. I think it's worth reading if you are interested in the case. Link if anybody is interested:
https://www.amazon.com/Trial-Fury-Internet-Savagery-Amanda-ebook/dp/B00CDU1H98