We love you Amanda. Stay strong.

i would like to say this: much of what is in the news are only tidbits and half-truths that reporters have put together. they (the media) have ripped her life apart in their search for "dirt". they take things out of context and things that are truly harmless, and turn them into comments that have hurt her friends and family very deeply. the truth will come out eventually. i am confident everyone will find that Amanda was nothing more than a good person caught in an extremely unfortunate situation. She most certainly is not soul-less. she has the most soul of anyone i know.
-Someone who knows
p.s. what if this was your friend/daughter?

Those of you who know Amanda may find yourselves surprised in the end. Look at the evidence/facts (not the press/tabloid reports that twist things)and what she herself has said, and it is fairly obvious that she had something to do with that poor girl's death. And it was not just her sitting in the kitchen covering her ears. Thus, "good person in bad situation" is highly, highly unlikely in the case of Miss Knox.

RIP Meredith and peace to her family.

abc - "Look at the evidence/facts (not the press/tabloid reports that twist things)"
The truth is that Noboday can look at the facts right now.
Because everything we read is twisted by the press and tabloids. Why is it so obvious she had something to do with the girl's death? Because she does drugs and she sleeps around and she is a fun-seeker? You know so many college kids are like that. Not that I think they are great but it doesn't mean they will kill someone. There are NO, repeat, NO HARD EVIDENCE suggests she killed her.
Nobody clearly explained any real events that happened there that night. I don't even know this Seattle girl but I can see this witch hunting happening as it's exciting!
She was a rich kid and carefree (who isn't at 20yrs old?)
but look at her, she was an evil! Sure, Meredith should not die but I really don't think Amanda should be fried either.

Does anybody at UW know if Amanda is right or left handed? Has a defense fund been set up?

To sam klein and all those people that know Foxy Knoxy I say that you people are deluded. Regardless of the precise facts around this case it is clear that Foxy Knoxy was involved in the murder. It appears from what we know that she was involved in drug use and 'extreme' sex. If you (Foxy's friends) haven't noticed this isn't as uncommon as you think. Middle class (read: rich) white americans with a sense of entitlement going to foreign destinations with the single pursuit of pleasure...is that really such a hard concept to grasp. Just read your newspapers or watch your television or go to the cinema (see the popularity of horror porn). It is all around us. Moral depravity right there in the good old USA. I am incensed at how arrogant the people in the US appear to be about this girl. She is as Patrick says soulless. She doesn't give a toss about Meredith and from accounts she was jealous of her. I do not find it hard to believe that she wouldn't have cared if Meredith lived or died. I am extremely excited to see this girl go down and spend the rest of her life in a squalid italian jail.

Tough luck that Amanda didn't get the urge at UW...

Friends of Amanda - 12/02/07

Dearest Amanda,
We love you so much and hope you're okay. Sorry every one is making up stories about who you are - it's insane what people can make up by misinterpreting a photograph or a story, huh? Though I must say, it is pretty funny to imagine you as a drunken, slutty, pothead. Yeah - this is ridiculous. I'm not sure how you can take a beautiful, kind, energetic, loving, sensitive, outdoorsy, rock-climbing, yoga-doing, smiley, bouncy, academic, wonderful girl and portray her as a lunatic with no soul. Well dear, we've got your back, and we know who you really are. Love you so much,
-you know who we are

"What if you were in Amanda's shoes? You're in a foreign country and you come home to find your roommate murdered. You are taken in for questioning, and are held for 24+ hours without anything but cigarettes being offered. What would your reaction be?"

Finger a Congolese or some other convenient negro for the crime? That is what Ms Knox did.

It was so, well, it was so like WA really. It really was. True to her roots.

I an remember a black fellow being disciplined & walked across the yard for sexual abuse at Snohomish County Jail.

The white guards got away with it because they were white.

GREGORY CARLIN
Funny - none of us remember you hanging out with Amanda when she was here. It's so wonderful that you obviously knew her so well! At an end-of-the-year house party the cops showed up for a noise complaint, and she was the only one to talk to them because she was the only one not drunk. Therefore, she got the citation but every one paid for it (her only encounter with the cops) - but I'm sure you knew that because you were obviously so close to her. Just like how you mentioned her promiscuity - you are absolutely right! Three boyfriends in two years is just out of control! What was she thinking? Oh, and her drug problem! My goodness - going to a party once or twice a quarter? Now that is some one who obviously needs help. Just amazing that she was able to apparantly be so into drugs, yet still exercise on a daily basis and be in amazing physical health, while maining a good GPA and getting on the dean's list, and working two jobs. Based on all your statements, you must have known her, seeing as you are making claims about her character. Strange that I was with her on a daily basis and never met you. That's so weird that Amanda and I spent so much time together, and some how you know her so much better than I do. You know, I'd love to hear about how you two met!

All you Knox apologists should perhaps start come to terms with the damning evidence deposited in court by the prosecutors. These are not tabloid speculations. A CCTV camera recorded Knox entering the house minutes before the murder. The victim's DNA and Knox's DNA were found on a knife at Sollecito's house, that had been cleaned with bleach. Knox was caught on tape admitting to her mother that she was in the house at the time of the murder.

You should also admit to yourself that Knox has lied repeatedly, she has accused an innocent man, and only when Lumumba was released for lack of evidence, she
"apologized". Is this the behavior of an innocent person? The day the body was found she gigglingly went shopping for lingerie with her boyfriend, as documented by the shop's camera. If you think this is an amazing person than you scare me.

Alexandra,
I, too, would love to see these sources. No one is citing anything they write, whether it is about Amanda's character or the trial itself. This seems like a case where people believe what they want to because. A story about sex, drugs, murder, betrayal - just too juicy to pass up. The whole thing is too ridiculous to believe, which is why I try to find sources, references, anything - but there's none. It would appear that most of what is written is made up or taken out of context. If it weren't, then we would be able to find the sources.

Alexandra
What? - the newspaper love a sensational story? ...it would appear that you are one of the few people to remember that.
If there's not enough evidence, what do we do? Bash the hell out of her character so we can still print something in the paper. Whatever sells, right? I have been following this story and cannot believe how many people are unwilling to see what the media is doing. Good person, bad person? - who knows. Murderer, innocent? Again, who knows? But it is so blatantly obvious that the media is turning her into whatever sales. Nice to see some one else realizes that. But, as for every one else, they'll believe what they read because it's so much easier than questioning things. I mean, goodness, if the media lied about this, then...then what does that mean about everything else they write?...no...it cannot be...

Madison,
do you think the police has released all the evidence they have? Why should they? At the last hearing they only had to present sufficient evidence to convince the judge to keep
the accused in jail. They presented the bugged conversation of Knox with her mother, which contradicted Knox's statement to the judge and that was enough. If there was any doubt as to what the phrase "I was there, I can't lie about it" meant in context, why did the judge keep them in jail? Why aren't the defense lawyers raising hell? They are keeping very quiet instead, a telling sign. And to think she was referring to Sollecito's house defies logic: why would she have to lie about being away from the murder scene?

I did read Knox's written statement and I find it both impossible to believe and quite revealing, these two passages for example:

"I stand by my statements that I made last night about events that could have taken place in my home with Patrik, but I want to make very clear that these events seem more unreal to me that what I said before, that I stayed at Raffaele's house."

"I'm trying, I really am, because I'm scared for myself. I know I didn't kill Meredith. That's all I know for sure. In these flashbacks that I'm having, I see Patrik as the murderer, but the way the truth feels in my mind, there is no way for me to have known because I don't remember FOR SURE if I was at my house that night"

So she doesn't clearly remember where she was but she remembers not having killed Kercher. Nobody can be that confused, to me this shows she either in denial of deliberately trying to mislead. Because of her proven lies, I don't believe her claim of police brutality either.
She did implicate Lumumba by the way, that's the only reason he was jailed. Her own words quoted above confirm this. All of the above is well documented, I would pause and think if I were you. And while you are so forcefully supporting your friend, a word of compassion for poor Meredith Kercher and her family wouldn't hurt.

As to the lingerie/underwear episode, it is not directly relevant but indicative of their state of mind a few hours after Knox's body was found. They seem relaxed, even happy, flirting, as testified by the shop owner and as evident in the video, of which you can see snapshots here:
http://www.corriere.it/cronache/07_no...

Snapshots of them buying underwear, yes. But once again, if they had really been talking about sex and making out, the video would be out publicly. And please don't presume to know about what I have or have not posted concerning Meredith's family. Many times I have expressed my sorrow for them and my hope that they can make it through this horrific time.

But I do not believe for one second that Amanda had anything to do with this. Just as Amanda wrote in her letter to the police, the police told Amanda there was evidence against her that they didn't actually have. She was in a state of shock, was exhausted, was emotionally drained, was yelled at, hit, and told that there was proof of something she did not remember. This would cause confusion in anybody. It is hard to imagine these circumstances, and so it's not surprising that people will not sympathize with Amanda concerning what the police did. Even Lumumba has voiced his anger over the way the police treated him - they did the same to Amanda. As Amanda said, she tried to construct a story that matched what the police told her there was evidence for (which was a lie - no testing had been done yet.) But even so, she told the police that what she saw in her head wasn't real. She told the police that anything she said about Patrick should not be considered in the case, because of the way in which they got this information.

Please understand that I am not trying to blindly stand by my friend. I have looked at all the evidence and feel that this entire case has been handled very strangely. I believe that the police need Amanda to be guilty because they announced that the case was closed four days into the investigation, before DNA testing had even begun. This was not very wise on their part. Now they need her to be guilty or they look like incompetent fools. Please understand that her friends and family have been living an utter nightmare here as we have seen things said about Amanda that are not true. We have listened as she is called a slut, a drunk, a pothead, a person with no soul, a thief, and many other horrible things. This is one of our best friends - we know her. None of this is true. But to portray her this way makes for a great story, and the media has jumped on it. I guarantee you that some one could look at almost any one's myspace or facebook and portray them the way Amanda has been portrayed. That doesn't make it true though - you see a photograph how you want to see it, and when you take that photograph and write your own headlines to it, few people question that interpretation.

Amanda is an amazing student, one of the hardest workers I know, one of the few people I've met who can wake up at 5am every morning for her first job, go to school, go to her second job, then come home and study. It is comical to me that people call her a spoiled rich kid, when she held two jobs and never experienced a luxurious lifestyle at all. She is a beautiful person who is very spiritual, very active, and loves her family and friends. I have never heard her say an unkind word about anybody. She is my only friend I can say that about - probably every else I've ever met I have heard complain about some one, but it wasn't until this all happened that I realized I truly have not heard Amanda talk poorly of any one. We were in constant contact while she was in Italy, and no transformation occurred - she was still the wonderful Amanda that we love dearly. She was happy and excited, and spoke very fondly of her roommates. I know it would be hard for you to see this, as you did not know her, but I hope that people can realize that almost no one is as bad of a person as they are pretending Amanda is. It is ridiculous and unbelievable, yet so many people want to believe this. I stand behind Amanda, I support her, I miss and love her, and I want this all to end so she can come back home and we can have her back. I want the real killer to be brought to justice. What happened is horrible, heartbreaking, and impossible to understand. I wish for justice for Meredith, and hope daily that her killer will be brought to justice.

Madison,
I don't dispute that Knox might be all the things you say but the chances are overwhelming that she was involved. Bad things can happen to good people. You need to separate what the sensationalist media are saying from the hard evidence. If she is innocent she only needs to tell the truth, and there is only one truth. Knox's letter is not the letter of a an innocent person. It is a very calculated, albeit clumsy, letter intented to cover herself while hinting that Patrick or Sollecito might have done it. Lumumba hasn't claimed police brutality. Knox is being treated very well, much better than she would be in any US prison. The Italian judicial system is more protective of the rights of the accused and more lenient than the US system. The police are doing an excellent job, your claims of brutality are unsubstantiated. Her own lawyers praised the judge after the last hearing.

I was just wondering how Meredith Kerchner's DNA got on the tip of the steaknife found in Amanda's boyfriend's flat. Just wondering.

It was a letter to the police, of course it is calculated: the very purpose of it is to portray herself in a favorable light. She could have asked for a lawyer when she was first heard. She later declared she didn't ask for one because she didn't think she was a suspect. She was detained on Nov.6th, and got a lawyer on Nov.7th. She has had a month to come clean, yet she hasn't done it. If I was innocent and accused of a crime, I would be screaming the truth. There is no evidence at all that she was mistreated by the police, other than her own letter, which you will admit cannot be held as a standard of truth. And if she was mistreated, then why isn't she sueing the police? Her lawyer has had only words of praise for the work of law enforcement so far. Frankly, to think that the image of Patrick and herself covering her ears was somehow planted in her mind by the police is ludicrous. I think that precisely because the police is under intense international scrutiny, the last thing they want to do is mistreat a witness/accused or fabricate a case that will not stick in court. By the way, in the US she would be facing life imprisonment even if her role in the murder was secondary.

Alexandra.
Funny you say we should focus on the "true facts" and then you assert Knox was kept "days without food". Where did you get this information from? Let me help you: one of the main motivations the judge gave for keeping Knox and Sollecito in jail are the contradicting accounts of their whereabouts the night of the murder. The only interrogation that mattered in the decision is the one that was conducted the day after her arrest, at which the judge, the prosecutor, the police chief, and Knox's lawyers were all present. Knox is well fed, sees regularly a priest and a psychologists, has TV in her cell, and buys chocolated at the prison grocery's store. She even asked for a guitar.

The only thing we know with one hundred percent certainty is that Amanda Knox made up an elaborate story accusing an innocent man of killing her roommate. This woman who is being defended by people so vehemently almost sent a man to jail for the rest of his life. For this very reason alone I would shut my mouth about how great and sweet she is. She obviously has very little regard for the lives of other people.

"And I make no claims about the Italian prisons verses American prisons. But at least in the American legal system, you are given a lawyer immediately."

Madison

I don't think so.

With all due respect, that is not true. Even in death penalty cases and despite the VCCR requiring US police authorities to allow access to diplomatic legations. Ms Knox is being treated far better in Italy than many EU citizens are generally treated in the USA.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinion...

One of the things we have picked up on, is that the USA requires our countries to treat US citizens better than the USA treats ours. I don't really feel that manda Knox is going to lose weight in jail, nor do I expect electrical burns via torture to be an approaching issue.

Gregory