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Desrtopa comments on Amanda Knox: post mortem - Less Wrong
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Is this really true? It isn't reflected in the quotes that I've read so far.
I went and did a bit more reading on the Troy Davis case, and I don't think they're that comparable. In the evidentiary hearing, the court found that several of the alleged recantations by witnesses were not recantations at all; most of the witnesses were still claiming Davis's guilt. The murder weapon was never recovered, so they have no prints.
Considering the unreliability of eyewitnesses, especially when the police are encouraging a particular response, it's a lot less confidence than I'd want before applying the death penalty, setting aside the issue of whether it's ever an appropriate punishment, but I don't think it can reasonably be compared to the Knox and Sollecito trial, where the defendants were almost certainly innocent.
Indeed it isn't -- what they have said is that they plan to support the prosecution's appeal of the acquittal. (In fact, as the Italian system allows, they are actually a party to the case, seeking a monetary judgement against Knox and Sollecito. [This fact should not be confused with the recent false reports that they were planning to sue Knox in another jurisdiction.])