Amanda Knox To Pen Seattle Advice Column

SEATTLE, WA -- Amanda Knox, the Seattle native jailed for four years in Italy before being acquitted on murder charges, is launching an advice column. Knox will be writing for for the local news website Westside Seattle, a sister publication to the West Seattle Herald, where Knox has previously written. She recently married a man whose family publishes both outlets, alongside the Ballard News Tribune.

In 2007, Knox was arrested and convicted in the murder of a roommate while studying abroad in Italy. After a prolonged legal battle, she was released from prison, and in 2015 she was formally acquitted by Italy's highest court. In the years since, she has written several articles on issues like wrongful imprisonment and spoke at a criminal justice conference in Italy earlier this year.

Introducing the column on Westside Seattle, the editor said Knox's unique perspective on life would be well-suited to the project:

"Amanda Knox spent four years in an Italian prison for a murder she didn't commit and it's given her a unique perspective on life. Now fully exonerated, this best selling author and advocate for criminal justice reform offers her insights, such as they are, to reader questions about life, love, suffering, and meaning."