How Would You React if Your Roommate Was Murdered?

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"We are pattern seekers where patterns don't actually are not reliable," she says. "Human beings react in all kinds of ways and their reactions to anything can change minute by minute" In the days leading up to her arrest, 'I called the police when I found out my, my home was turned into a crime scene' She adds that people look at crying as either crocodile tears or an sign of deep guilt coming out of me.

Amanda Knox spent four years in an Italian prison for a crime she did not commit. In the fall of 2007, the 20-year-old college coed left Seattle to study abroad in Italy, but her life was shattered when her roommate was murdered in their apartment. After a controversial trial, Amanda was convicted and imprisoned. But in 2011, an appeals court overturned the decision and vacated the murder charge. Free at last, she returned home to the U.S., where she remained silent until she released the memoir of her ordeal, Waiting to Be Heard. Unfortunately, after the publication of her book she was tried and convicted again in an Italian court, only to see that conviction overturned by the Italian Supreme Court. She cannot be tried again, but in the court of public opinion she has been on trial since that fatal day in 2007. Here she shares with listeners her story and all she has learned from her experiences and what lessons we can all take from adversity.