Amanda Knox: Victim or Perpetrator?

With the decision that Amanda Knox go free, lots of folks are celebrating, not the least of whom are the U.S. officials who undoubtedly convinced their Italian counterparts...You're Embarrassing Yourselves...Get It Done, Now.

It's a given that the Italian authorities blew the forensics. And hey, if Amanda's blood wasn't on the knife, she shouldn't get life. Right?

So why do I have a queasy feeling that a murderer is poised to return to the party circuit and in a major way?

My opinion? Knox was complicit in Meredith Kercher's murder.

I think she'll be carefully managed in the short run. Perhaps a few tearful words when she makes it back to America, a little careful video of her making good on her wish to "lie down in a green field."

Within a week or two, however, she'll make the rounds of the talk shows. If she listens to her parents and media advisors, her appearances will be cautious and scripted. If she's on her own, I think an innate desire for attention will lead her to display her wild side.

Then, we'll hear about the book deal, maybe a recording contract. A TV movie, followed by a reality show. A little Dancing With the Stars action?

Hell, maybe she and Casey Anthony will move into a gated community together.

Sooner or later, it'll be back to the party circuit. And the sex, drugs and rock 'n roll rumors will start. Think Lindsay Lohan.

Of course, I'm a cynical SOB. Who knows? Maybe she'll disappear behind a screen of Public Relations firms and bodyguards and dutifully show up in church every Sunday.

It won't last. I think she got away with murder. I think, eventually, she'll flaunt that.

If we're lucky, maybe that's when the truth will come out.