Amanda Knox with Christopher Robinson
Amanda Knox is an exoneree, journalist, public speaker, and author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Waiting to Be Heard (HarperCollins, April 2013). Between 2007 and 2015, she spent nearly four years in an Italian prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn’t commit. Amanda hosted of The Scarlet Letter Reports, a VICE/Facebook series about the public vilification of women, and currently hosts The Truth About True Crime, a podcast series for Sundance/AMC that she produces and writes with Christopher.
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Christopher Robinson is a Boston University and Hunter College MFA graduate, a MacDowell Colony fellow, Yaddo fellow, and a Yale Younger Poets Prize finalist. He is the co-author, with Gavin Kovite, of War of the Encylopaedists (Scribner, 2015), which the New York Times called "captivating," and Deliver Us (Alephactory, 2018). He currently produces and writes The Truth About True Crime with Amanda.
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Amanda Knox: “How Could He Be Innocent?”: The Case of Daniel Holtzclaw
In 2016, Daniel Holtzclaw became a poster child for racism, sexism, and abuse of power when he was found guilty of sexually assaulting eight at-risk black women while on duty as an Oklahoma City police officer. Publicly disavowed by the police and protested against by Black Lives Matter, these interest groups which historically butted heads found a common enemy in Holtzclaw, and called for the full crushing force of the government to come down upon him. And it did: Holtzclaw was sentenced to 263 years in prison. But could these groups, each deeply invested in justice, have inadvertently bolstered an...
Amanda Knox Interview: “Thank Goodness We’re Not Inside Right Now”
An Interview with Heidi Goodwin In 2003, a jury convicted 24-year-old Heidi Fero of first-degree assault in connection to a 2002 incident that inflicted permanent brain damage on 15-month-old Brynn Ackley. Physicians diagnosed Ackley with the now discredited shaken-baby syndrome, and Fero was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, later reduced to 10 on appeal. Fero served her full sentence, but in 2016, her conviction was vacated when pediatric trauma experts debunked the faux science originally used to convict her. Heidi Fero, now Heidi Goodwin, serves on the advisory board of Healing Justice, an organization dedicated to bringing together victims of...
Amanda Knox on Tiger King: The Rush to Judgement of Carole Baskin
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ultimately come off as tragic or amusing, there’s been a more hateful response
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Amanda Knox Interview: “Incarceration as Buried Alive”
You can find more pieces by Amanda Knox with Christopher Robinson here. In 1990, 37-year-old nurse Ginny LeFever was convicted of murder after her husband committed suicide on the eve of their divorce. She spent 22 years in prison before her conviction was vacated and she was released. Today, she works as a nurse in an extended care facility in Ohio currently in lockdown due to the pandemic. I reached out to Ginny to learn how her experience of wrongful imprisonment has informed her work caring for the vulnerable, and uniquely prepared her for this time of crisis. Amanda Knox Thanks for...
Amanda Knox Interview: Netflix’s “The Innocence Files”: Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld
You can find more pieces by Amanda Knox with Christopher Robinson here. On April 15th, Netflix released The Innocence Files, a new docuseries covering eight wrongful convictions overturned by the Innocence Project and other organizations within the Innocence Network. Over the course of nine episodes, the series exposes flaws within our criminal justice system and points viewers towards tried and tested reforms that, if implemented, would make the system more fair and just. I reached out to Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, cofounders of the Innocence Project, to ask about their experience executive consulting for The Innocence Files. Amanda Knox How...
Amanda Knox Interview: An Exoneree’s Mission to Protect the Incarcerated
In 1997, Khalil Rushdan was convicted of murder and spent 15 years in prison before his conviction was overturned. He now works for the ACLU of Arizona, helping former prisoners with their re-entry into free society. I reached out to Khalil to discuss the reality of healthcare inside prison, the ACLU’s class action lawsuit against the Arizona Department of Corrections for their failure to provide adequate medical care, and his thoughts on how Governor Doug Ducey’s response to the pandemic has affected these already challenging conditions. Amanda Knox Hi, Khalil! Khalil Rushdan Good morning. Amanda Knox How are you doing? Khalil Rushdan I'm doing great. You know, considering...