Claudio pratillo hellmann biography definitions

Text of interview with judge in Amanda Knox appeals court trial

This is a transcript of the interview with Judge Claudio Pratillo Hellman, who presided over the appeals court murders trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaelle Sollecito in Perugia, Italy. Both the Italian text and the translation of his responses are provided.

(JUDGE HELLMAN) Certamente Rudy Guede &#; non posso dire che sia l&#;unico&#;.

Claudio pratillo hellmann biography definitions and facts Accusing him could have seemed to her a way out to escape from that tight spot. Kercher was found half-naked with her throat slit in the apartment they shared in Perugia in central Italy. ROME - An Italian judge who was part of the jury that acquitted Amanda Knox said Wednesday that she and her ex-boyfriend were cleared of murder based on the evidence, but the "real truth" could be different. Guede, of the Ivory Coast, has denied wrongdoing but has acknowledged being in the house when Kercher was slain.

Certamente Rudy Guede lo sa, ma non l&#;ha detto. E forse lo sanno anche i due imputati, perch&#; la nostra pronuncia di assoluzione &#; il risultato della verit&#; che si &#; creata nel processo ma la verit&#; reale pu&#; essere diversa. Loro possono anche essere responsabili, ma non ci sono le prove. Quindi forse lo sanno anche loro a noi non risulta.

Certainly Rudy Guede&#; I can&#;t say he was alone&#; Certainly Rudy Guede knows, but he hasn&#;t said.

And maybe the two defendants know too, because our decision to find not guilty is the result of the truth created within the context of the trial, but the real truth may be different.

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They may be responsible, but there is no proof. So maybe they know too, but we don&#;t have anything to go on.

(REPORTER) Before closing the debate, you referred to the victim and said we all ought to remember that a young girl, Meredith Kercher, is dead. As a judge you made your decision, but as a man what do you have to say to the Kercher family?

(JUDGE HELLMAN) Alla famiglia Kercher naturalmente io non posso dire nulla diciamo nel mio ruolo di giudice e perch&#; l&#;ho gi&#; detto nella sentenza, l&#;ho detto nella premessa in cui ho detto che tutti devono ricordarsi&#;..

umanamente devo dire che essendo a mia volta genitore, mi rendo conto dello strazio che loro provano per la morte, per quel tipo di morte per&#; debbo anche dire che non &#; che una sentenza di condanna ingiusta comunque non sopportata da prove possa restituire loro la serenit&#; e tantomeno restituire la vita della loro figlia&#; no?

&#; quindi direi che il primo pensiero deve essere per i vivi, e certo con tutto il rispetto possibile e partecipazione per la famiglia della morta.

Obviously I can&#;t say anything, let&#;s say, in my role as a judge because I have already said so in the sentence, and I already said in the preamble that we all have to remember&#; As a person I have to say that, being a father myself, I realize the pain that they feel for the death, for that kind of death, but I have to say that an unjust guilty verdict, or a verdict not supported by proof can restore peace, nor even less the life of their daughter&#; no?&#; so I&#;d say that the first thought should be for the living, certainly with all the respect and condolence with the family of the victim

(REPORTER) Apart from remembering Meredith before retiring (with the jury).

You also said that the lives of two kids were also at stake, two kids you have had in front of you for a long time.

Claudio pratillo hellmann biography definitions and quotes The Judge of the first trial had not considered necessary a technical evaluation [of the genetic evidence]. In convicting Knox of slander, we explained that the girl was put under a hard interrogation by the Police. Judge Hellmann added:'I went to bed serene, that's for sure but I didn't sleep very much as I was so tired, it was a late night. In an unusual move judge Claudio Pratillo Hellmann, 68, gave an interview to a local newspaper in which he explained why Knox, 24, and Sollecito, 27, were declared not guilty after more than ten hours of deliberations.

What will you take away with you of these two people?

(JUDGE HELLMAN) Mi rimane l&#;immagine di due ragazzi, due ragazzi di poco pi&#; di vent&#;anni, eh, niente di pi&#;, non &#; che ho potuto fare un&#;introspezione psicologica di quei due, posso avere avuto delle impressioni cos&#; data da immagini e da qualche parola che hanno pronunciato, per&#; mi sono sembrato due ragazzi normali, normali come tanti dei giorni di oggi, anzi ragazzi ben eduicati composti provati e forgiati e maturati da un&#;esperienza di questo genere solo questo.

I am left with the image of two kids, two kids little more than twenty years old, nothing more.

It&#;s not that I was able to get into the psyche of those two, my impressions were based on the images I saw and a few words that they spoke, but they seemed normal kids, as normal as many today, well behaved, composed, tested and forged and matured by this experience. That&#;s all.

from the original audio

Translated by Andrea Vogt