Jurors 'Drained' By Knox Decision

In the wake of 22-year-old Amanda Knox’s conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher, the mood surrounding the trial is a somber one. Kercher’s brother recently described the conviction as “not a time for celebration… not a moment of triumph,” and jurors on the case are now talking to the press about the difficulty of their decision. “No one slept the night before the verdict was handed down, and I think we were all—judges included—in tears before the verdict was announced,” said one juror, adding that everyone involved was “emotionally drained” by the process. “Knowing what happened to Meredith, combined with having Knox and Sollecito sit in front of us every day made this psychologically tough,” said another juror. “I don’t see them as evil people, not like some of the Mafia killers on trial for massacring people. What mattered was the evidence, which you can’t ignore.”