91. Knox: Can translators make innocence look guilty?

Bad People

BBC

Society & Culture, True Crime, Unknown

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

It’s 2007 in Perugia Italy. A body has been found, but the American suspect maintains her innocence. Amanda Knox spent 7 years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit, but the long path from conviction to acquittal led to her fluency in Italian and defending herself in court. In this episode, can we ever defend ourselves when we don’t speak the language? And when does bad translation lead to bad justice? CREDITS Presenters: Dr Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen Produced by Kate White and Lauren Armstrong-Carter Editor: Anna Lacey Music: Matt Chandler Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland #BadPeople_BBC Bad People is a BBC Audio Science Production for BBC Sounds.

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0:48.6	from the area had gone missing.
0:50.4	They were heading to Syria to join the Islamic State Group.
0:53.7	Breaking news this morning, three British schoolgirls are reportedly missing.
0:57.6	The main thing at the moment was the only one of the girls to emerge from the ashes of
1:01.6	the so-called caliphate.
1:03.2	I've retraced her steps from the UK through Turkey and into Syria to find people who knew
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