If anything, “trial by press” is an issue prior to the real trial. I don’t think there’s a so-called developed country today, where certain, upsetting crimes won’t make headlines. However, since in Italy they are really taking their time hearing witnesses and going through the evidence, it may be much less of a problem there it’s in many other coutries (including mine).

Why thank you, Kelley! appreciate your reading and taking time to leave your thoughtful remarks. Keep studying for best results!

The global atmosphere has been of a quirky sort of Piscean nature since Uranus entered the sign, hasn’t it? Sneaky subversions may lurk…the mutual reception of Uran in Pisc/Nept in AQ is in its third and final decan of the respective signs. Jupiter-Saturn-Uranus-Neptune are all involved with Jup/Sat (the societal planets) relating in part to financial cycles, w/ Uran and Nept from the Transpersonal (longer cycles), and this relates to the current Nep/Pluto septile (51 degr 26 mins when precise = H7, or 7th Harmonic charts) which is moving again into closer orb to 51:26.

Whew! You probably know this stuff already – didn’t mean to harp, just passin’ on some info in case someone may need it…you see, the transiting Jup/Uran midpoint is once again upon my natal Piscean Moon, a pleasant occurrence. Jup/Uran together can indicate a light bulb suddenly turning on over our noggins.

Even now I’ve succumbed to the entertainment industry’s promo and indulgently posted the interesting trailer for ‘Nine’, Rob Marshall’s new film in my Cosmic Persona Designs gallery…somehow my pencil figure studies of backstage and onstage ladies seem at home hosting the trailer of the ‘Nine’ ensemble of lovely dancing and singing actresses of such great beauty…quelle magnifique!

~Link leads to ‘Elsa Backstage’ a portrait for the 17+ers among us. She’s in costume. No photographs are involved.~

jc

The ‘trial by press’ seems a factor to me primarily because the Knox-Sollecito jury was not sequestered (which would be difficult or impossible for the judges involved, of course, and for expert jurors) so that they were constantly exposed to the press’ conclusions and unsubstantiated claims – which sold many newspapers certainly.

Wonder if any restraints are put on the press in Italy while a trial is going on? It’s that shaky line between free speech rights and trying someone in the press before all the facts of a case are known – which makes for sensational reading.

jc

It’s interesting how this point is raised again and again in the US press, without taking in account that Italy -as most of the Continental Europe – actually has a completely different judicial system than the US or Great Britain. Continental Europeans apply Civil Law, and the whole concept of the Jury is different than in the Common Law countries. It isn’t even necessarely used. In case it is, it may be an “Expert Jury” composed of judges only, or mixed, as the case in Italy, where the jury is composed by 6 common jurors and 2 expert jurors. In my country even the “common jurors” are elected rather than called randomly, and will become Lay Judges. And in most coutries, they are only used in the 1st degree of the legal system.

As i said to DD just now, i tried to reply to you when i found your comment at 2 am but WPress was busy tinkering with itself…wakeful me, busy WP.

Perhaps it’s unfair to write only what stands out imo and there’s So Much More to Say about the charts but an article would be endless if i did. Plus, i hope to scoot around later today and see what others are saying about their studies of the tragedy’s chart/s.

Didn’t like emphasizing the Mars/Pluto stuff for Amanda Knox but it seemed integral considering that violence was involved.

Not sure what sort of drugs they had that night but i hope they aren’t widely distributed.

Will try the refresh template thing and see if it helps – i much appreciate the clue!

Thanks for reading, Julie, and guess you got my email by now! Jude

Yes, with Sun in Scorpio Nov 1, 2007 i failed to mention my conclusion that Rafaelle seemed to be repped by the Sun that night. It was in one of the ‘disappeared’ paragraphs.

More study needed though! Thanks for reading, Jude

ps: am about to reply to Julie’s comment – WPress was offline at 2 am when i first tried. Y’all are probably correct about the template refresh. The odd message clued me to a viral infection which i (with the aid of MS OneCare) removed – thankfully! jc

Re wordpress, jd could be right.
Especially given the odd message you got recently.

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
DD

As to many of the features not working at WordPress: mine work fine, so I’m wondering if you’ve been using the same template for an extended time–you may need to refresh it so that the features can be updated.

Thanks for a very interesting read!
jd