Amanda Knox Trial Update: Knox Writes 'What It's Like to Be Wrongly Accused' as She Waits for Italian Court Verdict
Amanda Knox continues to maintain her innocence on the murder of Meredith Kercher as she has written an essay for her blog, which was published by the Seattle Met on its October issue, describing what it's like to be falsely accused of a crime.
In the article titled "What It's Like to be Wrongly Accused," the 27-year old explained what its like to be accused of murder.
"When you're accused of a horrific act you didn't do, you inevitably experience shock, disorientation, confusion. There's a pinpoint knot that spasms between your shoulder blades, behind your heart, making it hard to sit still. There's pressure that squeezes your temples and tingles on the edges of your eyeballs, making it hard to concentrate," she wrote.
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Knox also detailed the trauma that she still goes through as she tries to have a semblance of a normal life.
"All of it, even years later, can transform into a full-blown panic attack—triggered by a ghost of a memory, or by a casual and unrelated event," she continued. "Walking the streets of Seattle, my heart races whenever I pass a person who even remotely resembles an ex-cellmate or guard … The stress of keeping pace with normal life, of something as simple as responding to emails on time, becomes associated with the stress of defending myself."
The Belfast Telegraph counts the article as part of Knox's pitch to portray her as a wholesome and innocent girl, and for people to consider her as much as a victim as the slain British student. The website also divulged that since she was first arrested, an "impressive and costly" PR campaign has been organized on her behalf.
Meanwhile, the Italian court which has reconvicted Knox is about to rule in the latest stage of the appeal process in her trial next year. The murder case will be heard in Italy's highest court of appeal on March 25 next year. If the verdict is upheld, Italian officials will start the process of extraditing Knox from the U.S.
