ordeal, accused of murdering her roommate, twice convicted, spent years in prison before being exonerated, and all the while pounded by sensational headlines that exploited every morsel of her existence. now, she's returned. and that's her right there, making a statement at a conference. and she is there to confront her terrible past and her trial by media, as she calls it. joining me from modena, italy, is cnn's melissa bell. she's covering the story. and what has amanda had to say, melissa? >> well, it's been fascinating listening, natalie, because she's been speaking now for about 35 minutes. and ever since she arrived in milan just a couple days ago, the press, of course, have been following her around. and really trying to figure out why exactly she's chosen to come back eight years after being let out of jail, and why she's has