"Free the Knox"

For those of you who have been following the Amanda Knox trial, I'm hoping you're as upset about the guilty verdict as I am. I was utterly convinced they were going to let her go free, and finally go home. Maybe I'm blindly prejudiced, also being a 22-year-old American girl from Seattle, having studied abroad in Central Italy. But I'm fairly certain that this case comes within the realms of "reasonable doubt."

As for other Italians... pretty much everyone I talk to about it is either apathetic or pretty sure she's guilty. And then I throw a fit and fling facts about the case around until they waver, and then I bash the Italian justice system in respect to the American one until they ponder, and then I lament her abuse through the Italian media until they agree with me. I was so upset about it yesterday, I think I spent a total of an hour complaining about it to Angelo and his friend Davide. By 3am I had Davide agreeing that she was most likely innocent and deserved to be set free, and Angelo was ready to start a campaign called "Free the Knox" and march on Perugia.

I found an article in the back of a newspaper in the corner of a pub last night which talked about how upset the Americans are getting about this whole thing, and now Italians must fear the wrath of God because Obama and Cantwell are sending in Hillary Clinton. Don't know if it's true, but I hope it is. If Bill can argue two journalists out from under Kim Jung Il, I'm pretty sure Hillary can destroy these faulty allegations.

I will only feel satisfied about this whole thing when I see an army of American lawyers fly over and completely squash this whole thing, throwing shame and humility on the Italian media and justice system. Only then will I be able to let this go. And woe unto him who utters the phrase "Foxy Knoxy" in my vicinity.