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  • Amanda Knox: Convicted Murderer Is Now A Freelance Reporter

    Being a convicted felon in the United States can make it extremely hard to land a job. Not so for re-convicted murderer Amanda Knox.

    Knox became internationally infamous for the role she played in the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.

    Both Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, her former boyfriend, were convicted of killing Kercher in 2009.

    The two were then acquitted two years later, which allowed Knox to return to the United States. Her decision to leave the country helped her avoid prison when an Italian court upheld the original ruling.

    Amanda Knox, who maintains her innocence in the death of Meredith Kercher, fully intends to appeal and will likely fight attempts to extradite her.

    In the meantime, the 27-year-old is working as a freelance reporter for the West Seattle Herald.

    The best part? Apparently Knox never actually applied for the job.

    According to her editor Patrick Robinson, “We approached her originally to give her the opportunity of a normal life.”

    Robinson also seems to suggest that her notoriety had absolutely nothing to do with the decision.

    “We simply asked [Amanda] as we would ask anyone of that age and stage, if [she] would be interested in writing for us as a qualified writer.”

    Knox has been making the most of her time working for the small Seattle paper. She’s reportedly written human interest stories as well as reported on local theater events. Though Amanda Knox initially began her work under a pseudonym, stories were eventually published under her true name.

    Robinson had high praise for the controversial figure.

    “Amanda’s a very bright, very capable, highly qualified writer.”

    Earlier this year Knox returned to the University of Washington to complete her creative writing degree.

    It’s looking more and more like a best-selling novel may be on the way at some point. She did get a $4 million book deal.

    The question is as her case develops, will she be writing it from the comfort of her own home…or a not so cozy prison cell in Italy?

  • Amanda Knox Working As A Reporter In Seattle

    Amanda Knox has found a new life. It seemed impossible after her murder conviction earlier this year, but it’s happening.

    The 27-year-old scandal-ridden convicted murderer is now working as an Arts reporter for the West Seattle Herald.

    She began freelancing for them under a pseudonym, but eventually she proudly wrote under her real name.

    “She’s a good writer and always meets her deadlines,” Tim Robinson, the paper’s associate publisher, said of Amanda Knox.

    He added, “I’m glad to have her contribution, and I’m glad that she’s doing something in our community.”

    Amanda Knox‘s styling can be seen in a recent story of hers. She reviews a high school production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and displays some fairly impressive writing chops.

    “Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is notorious for turning Hamlet on its head and questioning everything one takes for granted: time, space, identity, reality, fate, freedom,” she writes.

    Amanda Knox is busy redefining herself.

    She told People in 2013, after her first conviction was overturned, “The freedom that I’m most grateful for has to do with reclaiming my identity: I’m not a murderer.”

    She seems to be doing a pretty good job, but can Amanda Knox truly escape from her past? Her appeal trial led to a second conviction and a 28 1/2 year sentence, but she has vowed to never return to Italy to serve her time.

    Amanda Knox deemed her second conviction “not right and not fair”, and she served four years in prison for the first one.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzup1BGDfjc

    If she is indeed innocent, then congratulations to Amanda Knox on creating a life for herself where she can begin a somewhat normal existence!