Emiliano PonziThe illustration to the left by Emiliano Ponzi designed for New York Times Op-Ed Contributor Sophie Egan’s piece Junior Fear Abroad first published Dec 5, 2007 initially drew me into this dark story surrounding the Seattle student, Amanda Knox, accused murderer of her roommate, Meredith Kercher in Peruglia, Italy. Now, exactly 2 years later, Knox and her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, are found guilty and will serve 26 years. But the controversy continues with Knox’s family defending Amanda’s innocence against the allegedly biased Italian judicial system influenced by salacious tabloids.
