Meredith Kircher

Congratulations to Amanda Knox, Freed by an Italian Court

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Here is Matt Drudge’s pithy commentary:

Amanda Knox testified in her own defense in the appeal (which is allowed in Italy; the appellate court can revisit the facts). She told the eight-member jury, in Italian, “I’m not a promiscuous vamp. I’m not violent … I have not killed, I have not raped, I was not there, I was not present.”

After 11 hours of deliberation, the jury issued its verdict, overturning the convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito in the murder of Meredith Kircher, Knox’s former roommate. Congratulations to Knox and Sollecito, who now get to say ciao to prison.

Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned [MSNBC via Drudge Report]

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Non-Sequiturs: 09.29.11

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* You realize that if the general public could kill all the lawyers and replace them with robots, they’d do it in a second. [Slate]

* Dear career women: choice is an illusion. [The Careerist]

* Moms can’t complain without being sued for defamation? [Overlawyered]

* Why be small enough to fail when you can be so big that the government has to bail you out? [The Volokh Conspiracy]

* Age discrimination in this economy wouldn’t happen as much if older people lied about their age on Facebook and Twitter. [Huffington Post]

* An update on the appeal of Amanda Knox, who was previously convicted, together with ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, of killing her former roommate, Meredith Kircher. [CNN]

* You gotta be kidding me, these Occupy Wall Street protests are still going on? [Washington Post]

* At least the protesters are providing good training for cops who like to use excessive force. [Dealbreaker]