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The Case of Amanda Knox
📻 Episode #71
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Sep 17, 2018
About This Episode
It’s been over 10 years since the murder of Meredith Kercher, British exchange student killed while studying abroad in Italy. That crime sent an innocent American student named Amanda Knox to prison for four years. At just 20 years old Amanda Knox became embroiled in an international scandal that captivated the world. The guilty verdict…
The Case
It’s been over 10 years since the murder of Meredith Kercher, British exchange student killed while studying abroad in Italy. That crime sent an innocent American student named Amanda Knox to prison for four years. At just 20 years old Amanda Knox became embroiled in an international scandal that captivated the world. The guilty verdict at Amanda’s initial trial and her 26-year sentence caused international controversy, as U.S. forensic experts thought evidence at the crime scene didn’t make sense. After her eventual release, Amanda returned to the United States to rebuild her life. Amanda was the first guest on Season 2 of Wrongful Conviction as we begin this, our seventh season, we are looking back. Amanda Knox is currently a New York Times best-selling author, the host of The Scarlet Letter Reports on Broadly/Vice, and the host of The Truth About True Crime, a Sundance AMC podcast series.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:06:30“Speaker 4: She was studying at the University of Perusia, and I Speaker 4: was studying at the University of Prestranierti, so the university Speaker 4: for foreigners, because my Italian wasn't good enough yet to Speaker 4: actually go to the regular university. Speaker 1: Wow, that was just the way you said that words”
00:25:33“Speaker 4: by my boyfriend who was trying to comfort me. All Speaker 4: of it they just felt was inappropriate, and that made Speaker 4: me suspicious. We're better equipped to make, you know, decisions Speaker 4: about guilt and innocence, but we are also just flawed Speaker 4: human beings who should remember that when we're drawing conclusions”
00:45:05“Speaker 4: didn't do, and that could be the rest of my life. Speaker 4: That could be my life. I could be that person. Speaker 4: And you know, I faced another two years in prison Speaker 4: with the prospect of being that person, of living the Speaker 4: rest of my life in prison. No matter how innocent”
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