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Knox Trial Is 'Poison' for All Involved

Fallout has ruined people's lives from Seattle to Perugia

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 12, 2009 6:44 PM CDT

(Newser) – Amanda Knox may be the one on trial for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, waiting it out in a sweltering Italian prison. But as Barbie Nadeau notes in Newsweek, Knox isn’t the only one suffering: “The Knox trial is poison,” Nadeau... Read full story »

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Knox Trial Is 'Poison' for All Involved

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