CBS to Bare Amanda Knox Jail 'Sex Talks'

Ex-inmate's memoir offers glimpse of world behind bars

(NEWSER) - Prison has been no party for Amanda Knox , claims a new memoir written by a woman incarcerated with the killer. The book, Passeggiando con Amanda—'Walking with Amanda' —chronicles Knox's transformation from fresh-faced undergraduate to hardened prison vet over the course of her trial for the death of Meredith Kercher, reports the Daily News . The book also notes that Knox was pressured by prison guards to take tranquilizers, but she refused. More»

Raffaele Sollecito says their ordeal was '4 years in a circle of hell'

(NEWSER) - Amanda Knox's Italian ex-boyfriend has spoken out for the first time since their murder convictions were overturned , saying "we need each other," and that they talk every day and he cannot wait to see her again, reports the Daily Mail . "We spent four years in a circle of hell, we suffered unspeakably, and it ruined our lives," said Raffaele Sollecito. "I really want to see her again, to speak with her and look into her eyes." More»

Judge who oversaw appeal says Knox 'could be responsible'

(NEWSER) - One of the two judges who oversaw the Amanda Knox appeal has spoken out, and his comments are hardly a resounding confirmation of her innocence. In remarks the Telegraph describes as "surprisingly frank," Claudio Pratillo Hellmann said in a TV interview yesterday that Knox and then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito "maybe know" how Meredith Kercher died, and could actually be the killers. More»

Case 'was always too far-fetched'

(NEWSER) - Amanda Knox has been freed and while the case may continue to be hotly debated in the Italian press, commentators in the US and Britain are overwhelmingly of the opinion that justice has been done.

• The Knox case, "was a textbook example of our never-ending fascination with the supposed femme fatale," Nina Burleigh writes at the Los Angeles Times . Knox became a scapegoat and was subjected to "all manner of outlandish, misogynistic behavior" because of the focus on Knox herself—"her femaleness, her American-ness, her beauty"—instead of the facts.

She addresses court in advance of verdict expected tonight

(NEWSER) - Amanda Knox gave an emotional appeal to an Italian court today, insisting, "I did not kill, I did not rape" Meredith Kercher. "I am paying with my life for things that I did not commit," said a shaking and tearful Knox in fluent Italian. "I am not who they say I am. The perversion, the violence, the lack of respect for life—I did not do the things they are saying I did. I did not kill, I did not rape, I did not steal. I was not there." She worked on the speech for three months, her father tells the BBC , and the Telegraph adds that she did not use any notes while speaking. A verdict is expected late today, Reuters reports. More»