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Hard Knox with Amanda Knox

#03 - Living in the Gray (Tarra Simmons)

Hard Knox with Amanda Knox

Knox Robinson Productions

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, True Crime, Mental Health

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

What would you do with a second chance, especially if you never had a first one? Amanda and Chris connect with Tarra Simmons, who clawed her way out of poverty and prison, and never stopped climbing. She's now trying to pull the rest of us up with her. Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon. www.patreon.com/knoxrobinson www.knoxrobinson.com Twitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridge IG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.2

hard to get that. But how do you provide for a family on that kind of income?

1:12.1

The thinking I started to have around, well maybe this time I can sell

1:16.8

drugs and I just won't use them because I have to get my son some new shoes and I can't afford this.

1:23.4

So when I started to think that way, I said,

1:27.4

oh no, I've got to do something.

1:29.2

I've got to think higher because I have to get out of this maze. This cannot be my destiny. This cannot be the end. Feeling lost? Then you're in the right place. I'm Amanda Knox and I'm

1:52.1

Christopher Robinson and this is Labyrinth

1:58.8

I remember the first time I ever committed a crime is for stealing food from the store because my parents would sell

2:07.5

their food stamps for drugs.

2:10.8

That's Tara Simmons.

2:12.3

We heard about her through our friend Jason Flom, one of the founding board members of the Innocence Project.

2:17.0

Flom routinely walks innocent people out of prison.

2:21.0

I walked Andy Kreeback out of jail this morning.

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