The Trial Of Amanda Knox

My interest in the murder trial of Amanda Knox began not with the news or in the blogosphere, but with a conversation I had with a complete stranger in a London coffee shop. The bespectacled man of approximately twice my years asked in an American accent if I had been following the case of Meredith Kercher, the British exchange student tragically raped and murdered in Perugia a year prior. I responded I had been following the reports a little but could not recall the exact details of the case. The American, it turns out, was interested in gauging the British public’s attitudes towards Knox, to which I responded the general consensus was foggy but she appeared to be guilty. Read Full