The Case of Amanda Knox

Her killer did a bad job. It was amateur work: There were bloody fingerprints and footprints all over the apartment, and the killer even defecated in the toilet and forgot to flush. But that wasn’t the worst of it. Whoever murdered Meredith Kercher didn’t know how to use a knife.

Nathaniel Rich’s take on Amanda Knox for Rolling Stone is a long and excellent read, as well as a strong argument for never getting involved with any sort of crime in Italy, ever. (Related: Knox wins “a big legal victory” in the ongoing appeal of her conviction.)