Amanda Knox

Cultural sexism: What if Amanda Knox had been Andrew Knox?

Barbara J. King — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:49:32 +0000

Sexual thrill-seeker. Sex-mad flatmate.

These phrases, as reported by ABC News's Diane Sawyer, have been used by the media to describe Amanda Knox, the American study abroad student who, while living in Perugia, Italy, in 2007, was charged with murder. Specifically, she was charged with killing her female roommate, who was found in their apartment in a state of partial undress with her throat slit. After four years in prison, Knox's conviction was overturned.

Amanda Knox sometimes 'paralyzed' with anxiety

The Associated Press — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:10:46 +0000

Amanda Knox says in a new interview that she's sometimes "paralyzed" with anxiety stemming from the death of her roommate in Italy and the trial that saw her convicted, then acquitted, in a case that made headlines across the globe.

Knox recently spoke to People magazine over several days at her mother's home in Seattle.

Italian appellate judge stands by Knox's acquittal 'without a doubt'

The Associated Press — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:54:36 +0000

The Italian presiding appellate judge who acquitted American student Amanda Knox in the murder of her British roommate says he remains certain there is no evidence of her guilt.

Now retired, Judge Pratillo Hellmann was quoted Thursday by Italian newspapers as saying the only evidence that tied Knox and co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito to the crime was refuted by new expert testimony entered on appeal.

Knox faces new murder trial, but doesn't have to return to Italy

The Associated Press — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:09:18 +0000

Italy's highest criminal court on Tuesday overturned Amanda Knox's acquittal in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial, prolonging a case that has become a cause celebre in the United States.

Knox called the decision "painful" but said she was confident in the truth.

Prosecutors target Amanda Knox again; family not worried

The Associated Press — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:20:26 +0000

Amanda Knox and her family say they're not worried about a decision by Italian prosecutors to appeal her acquittal on charges of killing her roommate in 2007.

Earlier today, Italian prosecutors appealed to Italy's highest criminal court to reinstate the murder convictions of Seattleite Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend in the brutal slaying of a British student.

Amanda Knox hires top literary agent

The Associated Press — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:30:35 +0000

Amanda Knox says she's hired a Washington, D.C., lawyer to help her land a book deal after an Italian court cleared her and her ex-boyfriend in the killing of her British roommate.

Amanda Knox won her life back, but not her story

Jake Ellison — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:15:24 +0000

With Amanda Knox back home in Seattle after four years in an Italian prison, the question is “when will she sell her story and how?”

But Knox, despite the fact that her conviction in the sexual assault and fatal stabbing of her British roommate Meredith Kercher was overturned, could find the media and movie markets crowded with others hawking her story, both in non-fiction and fictional form.

And, they can do so almost with impunity, according to one expert.

Amanda Knox returns to Seattle, thanks supporters

The Associated Press and Paula Wissel — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:56:09 +0000

SEATTLE — Amanda Knox has thanked all those who believed and defended her during her trial in Italy over the sexual assault and fatal stabbing of her British roommate.

"Thank you for being there with me," she said through tears Tuesday, shortly after the plane carrying her to freedom landed in her hometown of Seattle.

Idaho scientist helped free Amanda Knox

Northwest News Network — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:52:41 +0000

Boise, ID – A Boise State University professor can take some of the credit for American Amanda Knox going free from an Italian jail Monday.

Sea-Tac Airport braces for arrival of Amanda Knox

Jake Ellison and The Associated Press — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:08:20 +0000

As soon as the appeals court in Italy overturned Amanda Knox’s conviction of sexually assaulting and killing her British roommate, officials at Sea-Tac began to prepare for the onslaught of media from around the world.

As Amanda Knox Heads home, murdered girl's family seeks answers

Mark Memmott — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:32:28 +0000

Her murder conviction overturned by an Italian appeals court, American Amanda Knox has left Italy and is making her way home to Seattle, The Associated Press reports.

Now, the BCC writes:

"The search will go on to find out what reall

Seattle vigil for Amanda Knox supporters ends ecstatically

Tom Banse and Paula Wissel — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:13:12 +0000

SEATTLE – Hometown friends and supporters of Amanda Knox kept an early morning vigil at a Seattle hotel while awaiting the verdict from Italy. The group of about a dozen burst into applause and cheers when they got word that the murder charge against Knox was overturned.

Amanda Knox wins appeal, murder conviction overturned in Italy

Bill Chappell — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:06:07 +0000

Amanda Knox has won her freedom after appealing her murder conviction, for which the American had been serving a 26-year prison sentence. In 2009, Knox, who came to Perugia, Italy, as an exchange student, was found guilty in the November 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

But the appeals court cleared Knox of the murder Monday evening, reportedly deciding that she was guilty only of "defamation" in the case.