DOUBT: The case of Lucy Letby hosted by Amanda Knox

I am so stoked for this podcast... I am a big fan of Amanda Knox's work (as well as her standup comedy!), and I've been glued to the Letby case from the beginning. It is incredibly clear, given the findings of the neonatologist panel and the revised understanding of the statistics that were used to convict her, that Letby is the victim of a miscarriage of justice, and the fact that she's still behind bars is terrifying. I can't wait to hear what Knox has to say about this case... I hope her work will continue to wake people up to the reality of wrongful convictions.

This podcast holds no candle to the work of The Crime Desk’s Letby coverage. You do not need an American who was falsely accused of murder in Italy to provide amateur commentary on a trial in the UK - a country she has never lived in and who doesn’t care for her to begin with. This is just a foolish take on the case interviewing exclusively Conspiracy Theorist Letby supporters. As expected, she wastes no time trying to latch herself to the case on the basis of her own experiences facing accusations in a different country. What follows is 38 minutes of shameless self promotion and exaggeration with writing more in line with a high school newspaper than a professional. Knox holds no relevant expertise and her commentary is unnecessary. Some examples: She considers Letby “attractive” which holds no weight in the discussion, as killers have been both attractive and unattractive. She claims the evidence doesn’t stack up - but has no qualifications needed to reach that conclusion. She exaggerates the significance of this case in the British consciousness, implying that the day of the verdicts “Britain stopped” when this was not the monumental nation stopping news suggested (which would be more reflective of Lord Mandelson’s arrest and Andrew MountbattenWindsor having been stripped of his titles and arrested) She interviews know conspiracy theorists like Phil Hammond, a man with no credibility who whines on social media and in documentaries while spreading misinformation. She neglects to mention that he writes for Private Eye: a satirical rag which infamously co-signed the false signs of anti vaccine propaganda against MMR vaccines and which has a terrible record when it comes to factual science. The stakes feel personal for her yet she makes no effort to seek out actual facts on the case. She makes no references to the facts of the case and instead talks about herself more than the actual facts of the case. She also claims the prosecution had 7 experts - when they had 8. And neglects to mention that Letby had experts who backed the prosecution defense. There is no challenging Hammond’s lies - including the expertise and practicing status of Dr Sandie Bohin who was still practicing until 2025. Only blind, mindless praise for him and disgraced journalist John Sweeney - who was fired from the BBC - and mindless fool Peter Hitchens, whose takes are as idiotic as they are offensive. Then there’s Richard Gill, a man who was spreading misinformation about the trial to the point of receiving an official warning of being in contempt and who doesn’t believe nurse serial killers exist. Skip this podcast, it is a complete waste of time.