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Amanda Knox: 'My Rights Were Respected'

In prison interview, says she still has faith in Italian justice

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 9, 2009 7:42 AM CST

(Newser) – Amanda Knox says her “rights were respected” in the murder trial that ended with a 26-year sentence for her, and that she expects to be freed on appeal. “I still have faith in Italian justice,” she told a Parliamentary deputy who visited her in prison, perhaps, the Times of London, suggests, worrying that the outcry against her conviction could damage her appeal in the eyes of Italian judges.

Though she says she’s “crazy to be freed,” she says she’s being patient. “There is only one road I have chosen to get out of here, and that is the appeal.” Asked about charges that she was a victim of Italian hostility to Americans, she said: "The days I spent at the court, it just seemed like a normal court. Even we were not exactly given special treatment so I can’t see how there was an anti-American thing." Knox is keeping herself busy in prison by writing. She won a prison writing contest for a short story featuring a drug-fueled sex scene titled, My Love.

Amanda Knox, left, and Raffaele Sollecito, background right, are accompanied by penitentiary police officers as they arrives at the court in Perugia, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
Amanda Knox, left, and Raffaele Sollecito, background right, are accompanied by penitentiary police officers as they arrives at the court in Perugia, Italy, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.   (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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bewilderbeast
Dec 11, 2009 7:31 AM CST
The only part I KNOW is that a younger girl ended up with a more wordly girl far from home, and the younger one ended up dead. That's really seriously bad news and I feel muchly for HER people (the more innocent kid). Also, it APPEARS to me that Knox is pretty resigned to her fate. Sure she's appealing, but the APPEARANCE is of some kinda acceptance of justice done.
bewilderbeast
Dec 11, 2009 7:26 AM CST
Say, what were your thoughts, MyMy?
weeb35
Dec 9, 2009 11:48 AM CST
You really don't believe that do you? absolutely is a very strong statement... you discredit your opinion

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