It is difficult to get behind a figure like Amanda Knox in a defensive manner because she is an extremely polarizing personality. Those convinced of her guilt become incensed by those who champion her as an innocent and unfairly imprisoned woman. Still, it cannot be argued that her case (she was charged along with her Italian boyfriend and another man) was not the most sensationalized European murder case in recent memory. The tabloid press was fixated on this girl and for good reason: American exchange student nicknamed “Foxy Knoxy” was the sort of individual guaranteed to sell a vast number of papers. Her demeanor was examined and re-examined on television programs all across the globe, bloggers haven’t ceased typing. The factors which made her such a captivating subject were a strange concoction; a blend of strong stereotypes to which the media and masses could not help but to respond. There was quite literally something for everybody with topics which were disgusting, bizarre and which also strongly touched upon ideas about Americans abroad: There was a beautiful girl known for her scholastic integrity, a bloody murder of which she appeared guilty, purported stories of a heinous satanic sex orgy which resulted in the brutal murder of Knox’s roommate. Notions about the “Ugly American” became the broth in which all of the other ingredients in an unprecedented stew were to be suspended.

The consensus amongst Italians is that Amanda Knox is guilty and was fairly tried. This sentiment is mirrored in Britain, from where the victim hailed. The same is not necessarily so in the United States. Amanda Knox was a twenty year old college student from Seattle, Washington who was tried in a foreign nation. Could the contrast in reporting the details of her trial and between her characterization in the American and foreign press due simply because we must accept “ownership” of Knox? Are we apologetic for this child because she is one of ours? Are the forces of Nationalism to blame? Many Americans have been disturbed by the legal system through which she was processed and there exists a large degree of doubt in the United States about the fairness of this trial. Donald Trump has personally called for a boycott of Italian products based upon his own reaction to the Knox verdict. He urged the boycott in a post he made to his own blog. That an internationally recognized tycoon would react with such emotion, attempting to exert his power to punish the Italian economy speaks volumes about the passionate emotion the ultimate guilty verdict continues to exert. There is no middle ground.
Nationalism, hatred of strangers and love of countrymen were forces which were almost impossible to argue did not sabotage the trial of this particular woman. Xenophobia is of course, not peculiar to any one country. It exists, and we should monitor our own thoughts when it comes to how we feel about those amongst us who are not citizens. The most horrific example of the almost supernatural power which Nationalism wields is easily accomplished by remembering Germany under Hitler. Easily the wickedest man to have walked the earth, his understanding of Nationalism and Nationalistic fervor were the manner through which he accomplished his agenda. Hitler was evil and therefore, he used a power equivalent to that of religion as a weapon. We all know what religious fervor can cause. We all remember the attacks on NYC and at that time, we became intensely Nationalistic. Perhaps we needed to as we were dealing with great shock and concern that these events would be followed up by more domestic terror attacks. At the same time, some Americans became oriented against any person who they believed to be from the Middle East. This resulted in violent attacks against Americans citizens. There can be no doubt that when National Origin comes first as a matter of pride, visibility will grow weak and trouble will ensue.

As a psychic, writing this blog for my own website which focuses on my occupation as a psychic, I feel it necessary to go on the record and state why I am writing this blog. I did not sit down to write only about Nationalism and its hazards. I wanted to address the subject of Amanda Knox, herself. Neither may seem like appropriate material to be covered here, and so I offer up my explanation as to why I am using this venue to address these topics: .I do so because of my work. I am, in all instances, a person who is motivated by his psychic ability. I believe I must explain my thoughts on Amanda Knox because I believe her to be innocent. As a psychic, I am unable to see her as the ultimate, murdering force in this utterly sad case. As both a psychic and a human being I must mention that I have never lost sight of the fact that this was a murder case with a very lovely, very unfortunate young lady as victim. She cannot be brought back. Amanda Knox is also a victim in this horror show. Her life has been transfigured in ways we can barely imagine. Her family thousands of miles away, grieves as ardently as do the loved ones of the poor murdered girl. It is a different manner of grief, knowing that your daughter is alive but because of a convoluted investigation and a trial which could have been better orchestrated by middle-school students, you cannot properly enjoy that daughter. Life is sometimes as tragic and revolting as it is sublime and just.

It is not solely upon my psychic impression upon which I base my opinion. After arriving at that opinion via my psychic abilities, I still felt that a responsibility remained to examine whatever sources were available which would feature the evidence collected against Knox which would have been used to convict her of murder. It was while I conducted this research that I became both sickened and angered. I saw no damning evidence against Knox or Raffaelo Sollecito, who is the son of a physician and an Italian citizen. The case was tried vehemently by a rabid prosecutor who now faces two years for a number of legal infractions of which he has been accused. He is also a man who is an ardent devotee of conspiracy theories involving satanic ritualistic murder. He had initially included one hell of a fantasy about the 20 year old Knox and Sollecito being engaged in some sexual orgy which was of a satanic nature. He later changed his tune because it was just too far-fetched and some had noted that he was prosecuting people based upon suppositions made while examining the Myspace pages of both Knox and Sollecito, the content of which was horribly twisted.

Eventually, he withdrew this fabrication and concentrated on prosecuting Knox as the “mastermind” behind the murder of Merideth Kercher. This time, he explained the motive as having begun as a relatively normal feud between roommates which had accelerated to the point where Amanda orchestrated a violent sex game with Sollecito. His rationale was that Kercher had become upset with Amanda for bringing strange men into the flat at night. The press, already focused on the fresh-faced, attractive girl as being a sexual deviant of some sort, followed his lead. Amanda Knox who, as one paper printed had, “the face of an angel but the eyes of a killer,” stated in so many words that Knox had murdered Kercher because she was a prude.
This sort of story was printed frequently. In Italy, juries are not sequestered. The Knox jury ingested daily doses of printed and televised broadcasts sensationalizing Knox as a sinister femme-fatale. In Italy, juries need not be unanimous in their decisions.

The twenty year old Amanda Knox had once endured an interrogation for fourteen hours using extreme, sophisticated and aggressive techniques. One author has quipped that these techniques are meant “to break the mafia.” That she did not give a confession during that long interrogation is actually remarkable if you consider the confusion—the abject terror a young woman in a foreign country who had suddenly become a murder suspect. Since no evidence clearly points to her as being the killer, it can be assumed that she was so strong because she was confident she could never be found guilty. Reports that she had broken down and confessed were widely circulated. In fact, during a grueling fourteen hour interrogation all she did was change her story, after being coached to do so because she was told that she was having some sort of trauma-induced amnesia. So, her official statement that she had not been at home on the evening of the crime was replaced by a murky, meaningless “confession” that she may have been there and may have heard something.

The press was very concerned with her strange behavior as she became implicated. At various times she was reported as having turned cartwheels during a break in official police questioning. She was seen on television canoodling outside the villa where the murder occurred with her boyfriend. I have seen the video, and it looks to me that he is attempting to console her. I read about the cartwheels and this was something I did think strange. Until I remembered the way people deal with stress and stressful circumstances. They deal with them individually. They do not always act as others would expect. These were extreme circumstances and I believe that, if anything, she was trying to occupy herself and not think about the fact that she was going down the river. She probably knew she was, she stated at trial she was called “a stupid liar” during questioning. She has also alleged that she was hit in the back of the head by a female guard who told her she had struck her “to help you remember the truth.”

The press was concerned with more than her icy demeanor. I think it’s worth mentioning that the “Foxy Knoxy” nickname Amanda has been criticized for using on her Myspace page was not one she adopted as a young woman obsessed with sex. It had nothing to do with any reference to sex. It became her nickname at age eight while playing soccer, a game for which she had some talent and would continue to play as she grew up. The innocuous name, assigned to an eight year old was relentlessly exploited by the papers during the time leading up to her trial and as it was conducted. The readership bought the idea that the papers sold. Papers overly employed mention a silly nickname as an effective tactic by which to make her look like a party girl who was frigid emotionally… but not sexually.

A very different Amanda Knox is easily appreciated by watching videos of her family giving interviews on sites like Youtube. This other Knox emerges from the shadows of one very much engineered by the press in both Italy and the United Kingdom, where the victim, Merideth Kercher was from. The Amanda revealed is not only an intelligent and attractive woman, but one without any blemish on her record. She appears, by all means, to be the poster child for the “All American Girl.” She had a lifelong interest in learning and displayed an impressive aptitude for languages. An honors student at University, she took her interest in language seriously and eventually her study of Italian and German led her to the decision to study abroad.
She arrived in Italy and settled into a quaint villa in the old, quaint and provincial town of Perugia. Initially the student was utterly enthralled and constantly sent messages home about the happiness she had discovered. She was happy with her courses, her flat and with those she shared it. She was enjoying a new job at a bar… and falling rapidly in love with Sollecito. An exciting and fulfilling life and a new love with a young Italian man about her age, her life seemed like a dream. It soon became a nightmare. She would shortly end her career studying German and Italian in class only to become fluent in Italian during a two year stay in an Italian prison, awaiting trial. She never bargained she’d be in court there, representing herself in Italian.
She was arrested on the morning of November 6, 2007, following police questioning on the 5th and 6th of November. She was found guilty of murder on December 4, 2009.

From the Wikipedia article detailing the Kercher Murder, the following was taken. It is a bold statement about nature of the “evidence” used against Amanda Knox: “Apart from the alleged murder weapon, there was no forensic evidence such as DNA, hair, fibre, blood, skin or fingerprints, directly indicating that Knox had been in the bedroom where Meredith Kercher was sexually assaulted and murdered.”

Amanda Knox Before her Italian Nightmare