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Title: Amanda Knox expected to get warm welcome in Seattle
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reuters.com
URL Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011 ... x-return-idUSTRE79367M20111004
Published: Oct 4, 2011
Author: Laura Myers
Post Date: 2011-10-04 15:50:08 by Ferret Mike
Keywords: None
Views: 14037
Comments: 23
(Reuters) - Amanda Knox was expected to get a warm welcome on her return to Seattle on Tuesday afternoon, one day after an Italian court cleared the 24-year-old college student of murder and freed her from prison. Knox, who grew up in the close-knit West Seattle neighborhood where both of her divorced parents still live, was expected to land at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport shortly after 5 p.m. local time. It was not immediately clear whether she would head directly home or would speak to reporters on her arrival. Knox's supporters cheered, cried and hugged on Monday at the news that she had been freed after nearly four years in an Italian prison for the November 1, 2007 murder of her British housemate, Meredith Kercher. Her home area, framed by Puget Sound waters on three sides, is one of Seattle's oldest neighborhoods and is known for its strong sense of community. Evan Hundley, head of the private Explorer Middle School, where Knox attended sixth, seventh and eighth grades, described West Seattle as "a city within a city. "When something happens here, it's big news," Hundley said. "We're a strong neighborhood." Hundley said students whooped with delight during the school's daily student assembly on Monday when the news of Knox's release was announced. Knox won the school's first Manvel Schauffler Award, named after a founder of the school, which has about 100 students who pay an annual average tuition of about $15,000, said Debbie Ehri, the school's business manager who knew Knox. 'MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT' "It was our first award for our most outstanding student. Amanda was an academically strong student. She was genuinely a lovely, kind and talented student. "Teachers absolutely adored her. She was just delightful to have in class," Ehri told Reuters. "She was caring, not only with her studies, but she was a kind, lovely girl." Knox also attended Seattle Preparatory School, a small Jesuit high school, graduating in 2005. The school organized letter-writing campaigns on her behalf and fund-raising efforts to help pay for her defense. Knox sobbed on hearing that the court had overturned her 2009 conviction for murdering 21-year-old Kercher, in what prosecutors had said was a drug-fueled sexual assault. The court also reversed the conviction of her former boyfriend, Rafaele Sollecito. "She should be free, it's really sad that she was in prison for four years," 47-year-old Cora Ploetz said at the Westwood Village shopping center, a few miles from the home of Curt Knox, Amanda's father. Ploetz's friend, Ken Iverson, said he felt relief for Knox. "I was under the impression it was like the Inquisition," Iverson, 63, said of the court proceedings against the college student. (Writing by Dan Whitcomb)
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#1. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
Innocent of murder ! Guilty of liberalism - bad morals - judgement !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys !
Boris, so you are for a life sentence for all liberals. I bet if that were the case, you would be screaming they were all on the dole getting free room and board and all. You just can't hang you with a new rope without hearing you complain, yes?
You might reconsider... Jesus - repentance - salvation --- liberation - moral righteousness - living ! C S Lewis ... we are souls --- with bodies !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys !
Thanks Boris, I'll remember that the next time I have soul food to feed that essential part of my being.
No soul - no revelation - no life !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys !
It's against my religion to change - control anybody ! You're free to remain the way you are !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys !
Likewise, I'm sure.
Am I ! White - Christian - heteorsexual - Evangelical ! Pulling the wool over my eyes !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys !
And you can play the banjo !
I think she knows exactly what happened that night.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Well, if she is as 'evil' as the prosecution contended, then she'll crash and burn in another mess much as O.J. did to finally get parked in a Navada prison.
On a drug - alcohol - pop culture black out like the rest of these idiots ! I doubt it ! How about denial ! OJ convinced himself he was innocent too !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys !
A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't." - Mark Twain
I'm a hate speech criminal according to your religion !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys !
Are you saying it was culture that made her life go to pot, Boris?
Nah Boris, you have a right to your opinions. ;-D And you are doing nothing that would make Wicca people come at you with the torches and pitch forks. I dno't know about 'evil' I just believe she's known all along exactly what took place, who killed that poor girl, and why. But yep, you might be right about something in the future. Then again, Patty Hearst got away with it, and kept her nose clean.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Funny how no one can escape the brave 6n6e6w6 world order ! Perry is being persecuted for an opt out vaccine !
If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys !
Actually, it's his 'Leave no immigrant child behind' policy that gets many righties up tighty. Perry was born with a silver foot in one mouth, just like his predecessor in the Governorship of Texas Jorge Boosh.
We should pass out fema cards for liberals only good in mexico - kenya !
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#2. To: BorisY (#1)
#3. To: Ferret Mike (#2)
#4. To: BorisY (#3)
"C S Lewis ... we are souls --- with bodies ! "
#5. To: Ferret Mike (#4)
#6. To: BorisY (#5)
#7. To: Ferret Mike (#6)
#8. To: BorisY (#7)
"You're free to remain the way you are !"
#9. To: Ferret Mike (#8)
Likewise, I'm sure.
#10. To: BorisY (#9)
#11. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
#12. To: Badeye (#11)
#13. To: BorisY (#9)
"White - Christian - heteorsexual - Evangelical !"
#14. To: Badeye (#11)
I think she knows exactly what happened that night.
#15. To: Fred Mertz (#10)
"And you can play the banjo !"
#16. To: Ferret Mike (#13)
#17. To: BorisY (#14)
"On a drug - alcohol - pop culture black out like the rest of these idiots ! "
#18. To: BorisY (#16)
"I'm a hate speech criminal according to your religion !"
#19. To: Ferret Mike (#12)
#20. To: Ferret Mike (#18)
#21. To: BorisY (#20)
"Perry is being persecuted for an opt out vaccine !"
#22. To: Ferret Mike (#21)
#23. To: BorisY (#22)
Knox flies home but prosecutors vow to appeal
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