The Joe Rogan Experience: Amanda Knox Speaks on Her Wrongful Imprisonment

Amanda Knox recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience to discuss her time being wrongfully imprisoned in Italy for four years for the 2007  murder of Meredith Kercher. Knox, who was an American student studying in Italy on a Visa, was convicted of murder along with her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. Their case became a global sensation and a year-long legal battle.

The Wrongful Conviction of Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox was 20 years old at the time of the murder. She had come home with her boyfriend after an evening out to find her roommate’s door locked and blood in the bathroom. The police interrogated her at which point she allegedly implicated herself and was arrested for the murder. 

Amanda Knox was convicted and sentenced to 26 years in prison for the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, a British student in Perugia, Italy. Her conviction was criticized, considering US forensic experts found inconsistencies within the evidence. She filed an appeal, went through a retrial, and was finally exonerated by Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation in 2015. She was fully cleared of all charges the following year.

The Joe Rogan Experience

During The Joe Rogan Experience, Amanda Knox described using psychological insight as a survival method for her time behind bars. She admitted to contacting the prosecutor who imprisoned her, Giuliano Mignini, to start a conversation. She was looking for a way to speak to him without becoming adversarial, and she described how challenging that was.

She said, “What could I and my prosecutor have in common? I didn’t know this man. I didn’t know what his history was, what his background was. But I did know that he, like me, people who have been hurt… the challenge is that people who hurt other people don’t like to be confronted with that fact. And so, how do you start a conversation that’s not going to immediately become adversarial?”

Life Now

When Amanda Knox returned to the United States in 2011, she began rebuilding her life as an activist, journalist, and author. She married a fellow author, Christopher Robinson, and together they have two kids. She has devoted her life to writing and advocating for the wrongfully accused. In 2018, she published her memoir Waiting to Be Heard, which details her global case and experience through it. 

Knox also continues to communicate with Mignini even after all this time. In a previous interview with NewsNation’s Banfield, Amanda Knox admitted that Mignini has reached out to her in hopes of forming a friendship. He showed genuine concern, and while he did not apologize for his role in wrongfully imprisoning her, he admitted, “You are not the person that I thought I was prosecuting.”