Writer and journalist Amanda Knox understands firsthand the injustices one can experience when roped into the criminal justice system — whether they’re innocent or not.
The 32-year-old became a public name — and media sensation — in 2007, when she was wrongfully convicted for the murder of a fellow exchange student.
After four years in an Italian prison and eight years on trial, she was finally acquitted in 2015. “I was redefined as something that I wasn't,” Knox tells ET’s Ash Crossan. “And I lost years of my life to prison for no reason.” In the years since, Knox has since reclaimed her narrative through various projects like appearing in the Netflix documentary about her case, leading the Vice and Facebook series about the vilification