MAMA MIA! ITALIAN COPS BOTCHED AMANDA KNOX CASE

ITALIAN FORENSIC cops made a staggering number of errors during the sensational Amanda Knox, left, investigation. Foxy Knoxy, her Italian boyfriend and another man were convicted of murdering British exchange student Meredith Kercher, right, during a sex game gone awry in November 2007.  The 24-year-old Seattle native was sentenced to 26 years in prison.
But now, experts testifying in her appeal say the Italian cops' findings were Bologna. Knox was convicted on two key pieces of evidence: a 30-centimeter (12-inch) kitchen knife and a clasp from Meredith's bloodied bra.
Two independent, court-appointed experts -- professors
Carla Vecchiotti and Stefano Conti -- were scathing of the methods used by Italian CSI. Conti even showed a clip of two cops collecting the bra clasp--six weeks after the murder and in a different place. You could hear the gasps in court.
Conti said even though gloves were worn, grubby dirt marks could clearly be seen on the thumb and forefinger of one of the cops. He testified: "We can see from these circumstances proper protocol was not followed." MORE ON FOXY KNOXY'S APPEAL

WESLEY SNIPES HAS TAX EVASION APPEAL THROWN OUT

LOSER

BLADE star Wesley Snipes has had his appeal regarding his conviction and prison sentence for tax evasion kicked out by the supreme court.
The one time Hollywood bigwig was convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file income tax returns during 1999-2001and began his three year sentence in December at a federal minimum security prison.
It was alleged that he earned in the region of $40 million and paid no income tax during the six year period in question. 
Eddie Kahn and Douglas Rosile, the men who reportedly told Snipes he didn't have to file tax returns from 1999 to 2005, were also convicted of felony tax fraud and conspiracy in 2008. 

The pair's advice helped the Hollywood actor file false refund claims for millions of dollars.
Charges were brought against Snipes in Florida where he held his driver's license, rather than New York City where the actor says he lived.
Now for the foreseeable future his home will be jail, as this appears to have been his last chance to secure early release.    

KILLER COP SUSPECT DREW PETERSON WANTS OUT

RELEASE?

DIRTY cop Drew Peterson, who is suspected of killing his third and fourth wives has asked to be released from jail while a court considers his case. 

The one time "Police Officer of the Year" award winner's third wife Kathleen Savio was found drowned in a bathtub in their Bollingbrook home and was initially ruled accidental until further examination cast doubt on that. 

Will County State Attorney James Glasgow told the said that after examining evidence in the case, he believed that the death was a "homicide staged to look like an accident.

His fourth wife Stacey Peterson disappeared in October 2007. 

Her body has never been found and Peterson maintains that she called to say she was leaving him for another man.  

Peterson, 57, has been jailed since May 2009, with his bail set at $20 million.

But in a new request filed Monday Peterson’s attorneys argue he should be released on electronic monitoring or placed under house arrest because the appeal delaying his trial was launched last year by prosecutors.

He defense attorney Joel Brodsky said: “It’s not an unreasonable request, given the appeal." 

The Illinois Supreme Court earlier had declined to hear a defense request seeking his release.

Glasgow opposes any effort to release Peterson or lower his bail, his spokesman Charles Pelkie said.