The case is almost beyond legal adjudication, no matter if Amanda Knox or Raffaele Sollecito are found guilty or not guilty, it has taken on an after-life of its own.' The protracted online battle took root in the Paleolithic era of social media, when tabloids plumbed Knox's MySpace page for early photos of a smiling and carefree student, wisps of hair blowing from beneath a rolled knit cap, picking up on the.