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What Should Amanda Knox Do Now?

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comOctober 4, 2011 //
Amanda Knox Free
Amanda Knox's murder conviction is overturned. Read More »
Slut Shamed?
Was Amanda Knox slut-shamed into a conviction? Read More »
Defending Herself
Amanda Knox takes the stand. Read More »

Just two hours after seeing her conviction for murder overturned, Amanda Knox was released from prison in Perugia, Italy, after being held there since 2007. Upon her release, she thanked those “who shared my suffering and helped me survive with hope. Those who wrote, those who defended me, those who were close, those who prayed for me.” From there, she reportedly headed to Leonardo da Vinci airport, and is thought to be on a flight back to the United States via London. [CBS News]

Knox has of course expressed that she is anxious to get back home to her friends and family. As she reconnects with them, here are some things we’d suggest she do to reorient herself to normal life.

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Amanda Knox Cleared In Murder Of Meredith Kercher

Amelia McDonell-ParryOctober 3, 2011 //
Slut Shamed?
Was Amanda Knox slut-shamed into a conviction? Read More »
Defending Herself
Amanda Knox takes the stand. Read More »
Convicted
Amanda Knox found guilty of murder. Read More »

Amanda Knox, the college student studying abroad in Perugia, Italy who was convicted of murdering her roommate four years ago, was acquitted by a jury today and set free. Her boyfriend (at the time of their arrest), Raffaele Sollecito, who was also convicted of murdering college student Meredith Kercher, also saw his conviction overturned. Keep reading »

Amanda Knox Takes The Stand

Daniela GuernicaJune 12, 2009 //

While the rest of her friends will be graduating from the University of Washington this weekend, 21-year-old Amanda Knox will go over her testimony given earlier today in Italy defending her innocence in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Kercher was found dead — stabbed in the neck and strangled — half naked in a pool of blood on November 1, 2007 in the house she and Knox shared while studying abroad, beginning the murder trial that continues to shake the little town of Perugia, Italy. Five months into a case that has so many missing pieces and piles of misinformation, Knox took the stand today facing life imprisonment, in hopes to finally clear her name. Unfortunately for Knox, charged with murder and sexual violence along with ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, that is going to be a very hard thing to do. Keep reading »