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Is Amanda Knox Guilty is a very detailed and thorough account of the Meredith Kercher murder, directed by journalist Andrea Vogt, who contrary to the claim of the other review, isn't a tabloid journalist, is fluent in Italian and who was one of the few journalists who attended the entire due process of a multi tiered judiciary, of the defendants Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito and the only definitively convicted defendant Rudy Guede.

The documentary highlights the evidence against all three and accurately reports the findings of the final Supreme court acquittal, such as its establishing that Amanda Knox was present at the murder, washed Meredith's blood off her hands and falsely accused an innocent man of the murder in order to protect defendant Rudy Guede.

It also gives equal coverage to both the prosecution, defence and supporters of Amanda Knox, and also shows respect to the victim Meredith Kercher.

Also, again contrary to what the other review claims, Knox & Sollecito were acquitted under article 530, paragraph 2 of the Italian Criminal Procedure Code, which is an insufficient evidence acquittal, as opposed to a definitive exoneration and the equivalent (like OJ Simpson) in the US or more accurately similar to the Scottish verdict of "not proven" and "did not commit the act" (not crime as claimed by the reviewer) is merely a boilerplate term in the Italian judiciary under said article 530.

Anyone seeking relevant, pertinent and accurate information on the case, should see this documentary as it does a very good job in counteracting a lot of the misinformation which unfortunately permeates this case.

The Monster of Florence case is one of the most bizarre, complex, convoluted and fascinating cases in the history of serial murder. Spanning at least 11 and possibly 17 years, it led to at least 14 and possibly 16 murders, four trials, one trial conviction, two definitive convictions and the trial convicted defendant, Pietro Pacciani, dying in mysterious circumstances before his due process could be completed. It also involved two targeted burglaries of the police evidence room, where several items of evidence were stolen and a string of collateral mysterious deaths and murders of several people involved in the case, as well as strange money transfers and threatening phone calls to various witnesses.

The official position of the Italian police is that an occult group of wealthy Italians commissioned the murders, hiring various low lives over the years to do the actual killings, in order to retrieve body parts, that would then be used in weird black magic rituals.

The problem with the Netflix Monster of Florence series is that it covers none of this at all. Instead it focuses on a clan of Sardinians who were initially suspected in being involved in the murders, but were later discounted as new developments arose.

It also consists of repetitive and rather pointless flashbacks and has a strange fixation with a 1968 double murder, which may not have even been perpetrated by the Monster of Florence.

For a series covering an absolutely fascinating and possibly unique serial murder case, it's surprisingly dull and kinda boring and focuses more on melodrama between the Sardinians, instead of the nuances and developments of the case.

The trial convicted defendant Pietro Paccianin is only barely mentioned at the end of the series.

Unless there's a planned second season which will cover the complete story, (and there hopefully will be, considering Pacciani's mention at the end), I'd say to anyone interested in the case to not bother with this one. Watch the feature length 2020 documentary, "The Monsters of Florence" by journalist Andrea Vogt instead. It's far more detailed and available on Netflix UK or Tubi for American viewers.

But as someone familiar with the Monster of Florence case and who has been fascinated by it for years, I found this series extremely disappointing to say the least.