Waiting to Be Heard
“Wow. I can't imagine a more soul-killing experience than that which Amanda Knox went through. This kind of story has always boggled my mind: I have read Damien Echols' Life After Death; A Rip in Heaven, by Jeanine Cummins; The Innocent Man by John Grisham; Bloodsworth, by Tim Junkin, and others....”
“Wow. I can't imagine a more soul-killing experience than that which Amanda Knox went through. This kind of story has always boggled my mind: I have read Damien Echols' Life After Death; A Rip in Heaven, by Jeanine Cummins; The Innocent Man by John Grisham; Bloodsworth, by Tim Junkin, and others. Innocence in the face of an outraged community crying for the "killer's" blood seems like the ultimate in hell on earth. This book was even more chilling because of the global nature of the interest and the incredible depth of the animosity stirred up against Amanda Knox by the Italian police. What impressed me most about the account, however, was how strong she was, despite her naivete and conviction that she and Raffaele could not possibly be found guilty because they were innocent. Even now she claims that she is not afraid of a retrial because she knows the truth is on her side. But Ms. Knox is determined to be the model prisoner, to be of assistance to those around her in jail, to refuse to succumb to depression, to resist the offers of medicines which would help her through her ordeal, to set up a rigid schedule of physical exercise, reading, learning Italian, self-improvement of any kind, rather than to give in to the futility of her situation. That is what amazes me most about her experience.
The universal problem of police and prosecutors who make up their minds that a certain person is guilty and then proceed to frame of that individual is really evident on these pages. The blood-thirsty quality of the British press, especially, but other journalists as well, is at its most obvious here. The cohesiveness of family and the determination of parents to come through for their children is wonderfully illustrated in this story.
One can only devoutly hope that Amanda Knox continues to hold her chin up and survive the rest of this nightmare which is yet to come! ”
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