sutherland. but the criminal case in italy merely changed chapters. the acquittal overturned in 2014. the saga continuing. when i look at amanda knox, i see the victim of what i call the pagan scapegoating ritual. reporter: nina burly spent nearly a year investigating the case and has written a book. she says the salacious narrative took over the mundane looklihood that this was just a burglary gone wrong. it was a misarnlg of justice. there were mistakes made early on. like many prosecutors and many police around the world, not just in italy, when they make a mistake, they don t like to admit it. reporter: mistake or not, amanda knox continues to pay the legal price. the family of meredith kercher, an emotional one. the loss of a child and the questions they can t put to rest. kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. joining me now with insight on where this legal drama might
believed in me. reporter: knox attempted to fade into normal life in seattle. she s changed her appearance, keeps a low social profile. she calls herself a free throw lance writ freelance writer. but the case merely changed chapters. the acquittal overturned in 2014. the saga continuing. when i look at her, i see the victim of what i call the pagan scapegoating ritual. reporter: nina hurley spent a year investigating the case. she says the salacious narrative took over the mundane looklihood that this was just a burglary gone wrong. there were mistakes made early on. like many prosecutors and many police around the world, not just in italy, when they make a mistake, they don t like to admit it. reporter: mistake or not,
townspeople shouting assassina americana was the closest thing i will ever come to i think in my life witnessing an actual pagan scapegoating ritual. the prosecution and meredith kercher s family felt justice had been served. the kercher family is convinced that she killed their daughter, and they are behind the italian prosecutor 100%. but there were others who were outraged by the manipulation of evidence and the verdict. in any legitimate court of law that was looking at this dna evidence in the united states, in the u.k., in france, in any of these countries, this dna evidence would be absolutely thrown out. there s not a hair of amanda knox in there. there s not a fiber of amanda knox. there s not blood of amanda knox. there s not footprints of amanda knox. there s nothing. no one questioned rudy
americana was the closest thing i will ever come to i think in my life witnessing an actual pagan scapegoating ritual. the prosecution and meredith kercher s family felt justice had been served. convinced that she killed their daughter, and they are behind the italian prosecutor 100%. but there were others who were outraged by the manipulation of evidence and the verdict. in any legitimate court of law that was looking at this dna evidence in the united states, in the u.k., in france, in any of these countries, this dna evidence would be absolutely thrown out. there s not a hair of amanda knox in there. there s not a fiber of amanda knox. there s not blood of amanda knox. there s not footprints of amanda knox. there s nothing. no one questioned rudy guede s guilt. yet, two and a half weeks after amanda s trial ended, guede s
her former lover, 25 years for the brutal murder of meredith kercher. when the verdict came down, there were parties in the street. i mean, people seemed to be overjoyed with the fact of her conviction. as an american living in the 21st century, being present at the conviction, which was announced at midnight on a foggy night with a crowd of townspeople shouting assassina americana was the closest thing i will ever come to i think in my life witnessing an actual pagan scapegoating ritual. the prosecution and meredith kercher s family felt justice had been served. the kercher family is convinced that she killed their daughter, and they are behind the italian prosecutor 100%.