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Comment author: komponisto 04 October 2011 04:59:52AM *  13 points [-]

it's more comforting to believe Amanda Knox killed their daughter than some random stranger they know nothing about who may or may not ever be caught.

The random stranger was caught within a month: his name is Rudy Guédé, and he was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the crime.

Comment author: pedanterrific 04 October 2011 05:16:49AM 3 points [-]

Oh. Oops. (Reads up on trial.) In that case, the only vaguely credible hypothesis I can see is some kind of unconscious consistency effect / sunk costs fallacy thing, where recanting a belief that has been proven to be mistaken is perceived as tremendously more costly and difficult than it actually is. Or something. Maybe wedrifid could clarify what he meant?

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