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22 Shocking Quotes From The Amanda Knox Controversy That Will Change Everything You Thought You Knew About Innocence

Whether you believe she was wrongly accused or completely guilty, everything surrounding Amanda Knox is sure to change what you thought you knew about guilt, the justice system, and innocence. 
Kendra Syrdal
September 30, 2016
“If I'm guilty, it means that I am the ultimate figure to fear. Because I'm not the obvious one.”
— Amanda Knox, Amanda Knox
Tagged: guilty, Crime, Amanda Knox
“There are those who believe my innocence and there are those who believe in my guilt. There's no in between - either I'm a psychopath in sheep's clothing or I am you.”
— Amanda Knox, Amanda Knox
Tagged: Crime, guilty, innocent, Amanda Knox
“I was young enough to think that insecurity disappeared with maturity.”
— Amanda Knox, Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir
Tagged: Amanda Knox, maturity
“I want you to know that I'm OK because I'm not dead inside, I promise, and I don't want you to be dead inside.”
— Amanda Knox, Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir
Tagged: Amanda Knox, guilty, innocent
“First I showed not enough emotion; then I showed too much.”
— Amanda Knox, Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir
Tagged: Emotion, Feelings, Amanda Knox
“You're trying to find the answer in my eyes when the answer is right over there. You're looking at me. Why? These are my eyes - they're not objective evidence”
— Amanda Knox, Amanda Knox
Tagged: Amanda Knox, guilty, innocent
“If they're guilty and earthly justice didn't get to them, I hope they own their guilt because I know that life ends with a final trial.”
— Guiliano Mignini, Amanda Knox
Tagged: Guilt, Amanda Knox, Verdict
“The victim is Meredith Kercher, but there are other two victims who are alive.”
— Raffaele Sollecito, BBC Newsnight
Tagged: Victims, Amanda Knox, guilty, innocent
“I don't think about my future, my life, anymore.

"I just think about what I have to do next month. For me, whatever happens after next month, even the world can be destroyed, but I don't think about next year or anything.”
— Raffaele Sollecito, BBC Newsnight
Tagged: Amanda Knox, Life, Verdict, Guilt, guilty, innocent
“I think I'm trying to explain what it feels like to be wrongfully convicted - to either be this terrible monster or to be this regular person who is vulnerable.”
— Amanda Knox, Amanda Knox
Tagged: Convictions, Amanda Knox, guilty, innocent
“Suddenly, I found myself tossed into this dark place. I thought about suicide. I thought about all the ways that I could do it. Me not coming home again until I'm in my 50s, until members of my family have died - I was poisoned.”
— Amanda Knox, Amanda Knox
Tagged: Sentencing, Amanda Knox, guilty, innocent
“No one will get off Scott free. Their lives have been disrupted as well.”
— Arline Kercher, The Telegraph
Tagged: Amanda Knox, Meredith Kercher, Aquittal
“It is very upsetting either way. Last year we were pleased but not celebrating. This time it is the same. We don’t have any answers.”
— Stephanie Kercher, The Telegraph
Tagged: Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox
“When the other prisoners said well done to her, she started jumping for joy.”
— Rocco Girlanda, The Telegraph
Tagged: Amanda Knox, Aquital, guilty, innocent
“She went to Italy to learn the language. Well, she learned the language.”
— Donald Trump, The Telegraph
Tagged: Amanda Knox, Aquital
“If I'm innocent, it means that everyone is vulnerable. And that's everyone's nightmare.”
— Amanda Knox, Amanda Knox
Tagged: guilty, Amanda Knox, Innocence
“I didn't realize in the beginning how much attention was being put on me, and how very intensely I was being scrutinized. I thought that being myself was enough.”
— Amanda Knox, ABC News
Tagged: Amanda Knox, Self Image, Trial
“This is impossible, this is impossible, this is a nightmare, this can't be true, it's not fair, it's not fair.”
— Amanda Knox, Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir
Tagged: guilty, Innocnet, Verdict, Amanda Knox
“I think everyone’s reaction to something horrible is different.”
— Amanda Knox, ABC News
Tagged: Shock, Amanda Knox
“I would like to be reconsidered as a person.”
— Amanda Knox, ABC News
Tagged: Amanda Knox, innocent
“This is a failure to find justice for Meredith.”
— Francesco Maresca, CNN
Tagged: Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox, Justice
“She deserved so much in this life. I'm the lucky one.”
— Amanda Knox, CNN
Tagged: Amanda Knox, Meredith Kercher, Verdict, innocent, guilty