Amanda Knox: ‘ I felt utterly ostracised by the rest of humanity’ | 7
How Do You Cope?
Wondery
5 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
How do you cope when you’re sentenced to life in prison for a crime you didn’t commit?
John speaks to writer and activist Amanda Knox, who was wrongfully incarcerated for the murder of Meredith Kercher at the age of just 22. Amanda spent a total of 4 years in an Italian jail before she was exonerated by Italy’s highest court in 2015.
In a wide-ranging and candid conversation, Amanda talks about the methods she used, and the hope she leaned on, in order to get through her time behind bars. She discusses the unacknowledged misogyny at the heart of her case, and reflects on the ways Meredith’s death haunts her to this day.
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| 1:03.4 | Hello and welcome to How Do You Cope with me, John Robbins. |
| 1:08.5 | Life throws up many challenges for us all, and on this podcast, I sit down with |
| 1:12.6 | special people to ask them the question, how do you cope? Because we all cope differently, |
| 1:17.3 | and we can all learn from each other's experiences. Today's guest is the author, activist and |
| 1:23.7 | journalist Amanda Knox. Amanda is known to the general public as someone who was twice |
| 1:28.9 | arrested for and twice acquitted of the murder of British student Meredith Kircher in 2007 in |
| 1:35.4 | Perugia, Italy. It was a horrific crime which dominated front pages and news coverage across the |
| 1:41.2 | world. Following the murder of her roommate Meredith, Amanda, a student, |
| 1:46.2 | and her boyfriend Raphaelie, were arrested and implicated along with another person, |
| 1:51.2 | local man, Rudy Gideh. Gadee was found guilty of the murder and has since served his sentence |
| 1:56.7 | and been released. However, following Gide's trial, Amanda and her boyfriend Rafaeli also went to court |
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