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L’Americana – a Cocktail for Amanda Knox
Oh, how I waited on this one. Don’t confuse this with the classic cocktail, The Americano. No, I did not misspell anything. For four years I have followed the saga of Amanda Knox, the young American student jailed in Perugia, Italy for the November 2007 murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher. I followed Amanda through her original trial, her incarceration and appeal, and finally through this last most excruciating weekend. I emailed with friends halfway across the globe. We agonized for Amanda, her co-defendant Rafaelle Sollecito and especially for the Kercher family. Lady Justice, as they say, grinds slowly, but she grinds finely, and she freed Amanda Knox. Even now, Amanda is most likely on her way back home. Amanda’s home now. Read the remainder of this entry »