Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir (25 page)

My family leaves Capanne after visiting me.
From left:
my sisters Ashley and Deanna, my mom and dad, and my sister Delaney.

Don Saulo Scarabattoli, the Catholic chaplain for Capanne’s women’s ward, and my dear friend.
(Courtesy of Don Saulo Scarabattoli)

Being escorted by guards to Perugia’s courthouse during my pretrial in September 2008, after ten months in prison.
(AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Co-prosecutors Manuela Comodi and Giuliano Mignini.
(AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

Rudy Guede’s mug shot. He was convicted for his involvement in Meredith Kercher’s murder in a fast-track trial in September 2008.
(Source: Perugia Police Department)

Raffaele’s kitchen knife, which the prosecution alleged to be the murder weapon. Court-appointed experts cleared it in June 2011.
(Source: Perugia Police Department)

Wearing soiled gloves, members of the Polizia Scientifica hold a section of Meredith’s bra left at the crime scene for six weeks after her body was found. Raffaele’s DNA found on the dangling hook was the result of contamination.
(Source: Perugia Police Department)

My father retrieving my things from No. 7, Via della Pergola, nearly eighteen months after Meredith was found murdered and the villa was sealed.
(© Daniele La Monaca/Reuters/Corbis)

After a year and a half in prison, I took the witness stand during my trial, testifying in Italian, without an interpreter.
(Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

My mother arriving in court with my lawyers, Luciano Ghirga
(left)
and Carlo Dalla Vedova
(right)
.
(Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Chatting with my lawyers during a break at the courthouse. A guard is ever-present.
(Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Arriving at the courthouse during closing arguments days before my conviction in December 2009. Raffaele, behind me, let his hair grow out in prison.
(Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images)

My mom, Deanna, and my dad during closing arguments in December 2009. My entire family came to Perugia for the verdict.
(Giuseppe Bellini/Getty Images)