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Amanda Knox Revisited
By TIMOTHY EGAN
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Amanda Knox on Tuesday.
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Injust a few days, a verdict is expected in the trial of Amanda Knox, the22-year-old Seattle exchange student on trial in Italy for thethroat-slashing murder of her British roommate two years ago. Herex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, is also being tried.
The trialin the Umbrian college town of Perugia has dragged on just short of ayear. As this week’s closing arguments showed once again, the case hasvery little to do with actual evidence and much to do with the ancientItalian code of saving face.
In closing arguments, Knox wasdescribed as a “Luciferina