She appealed and had her murder conviction overturned on October 3, , now having served nearly two years in an Italian prison. By now, Amanda Knox was back in America and was not returned to Italy during her new appeal.
Any rational person would have to ask how this miscarriage of justice could possibly happen. The horrific Amanda Knox wrongful conviction story is best told by Amanda, herself.
An excellent article. As Lynn says, her peculiar behaviour in the police station handstands, cartwheels etc. I think Knox knows she perhaps put her metaphorical foot in it by exhibiting inappropriate behaviour on at least two occasions while the investigation was ongoing. I know I immediately started thinking she was involved when those stories about her weird behaviour started.
Her boyfriend was also very unusual. And he lied to the police on more than one occasion. He and Knox both exhibited a distinct lack of social awareness throughout the investigation — they came across as uncaring and a bit oblivious to the gravity of the situation they were in. And so does her boyfriend. Great comment, Anne! I truly appreciate folks like you reading and contributing to this blog site. Once I got a grip on this case, it was a hammer in the head about how innocent Amanda Knox was.
Thanks again for your thoughts, Anne, and I invite others to join in the comments. I can feel her anguish, and I do believe she deserves to have a private and full life. Part of the problem, as Lynn mentioned, was her behavior outside the crime scene.
Which only fed the news frenzy. Does that make her guilty? Absolutely not. Only young, immature, and foolish. But I gotta tell ya, it came across as cold-hearted at the time. That was that sex party college thing.
Then I started digging in. They spent close to four years in an Italian jail while the court proceedings unfolded. After the long judicial ordeal, which involved two appeal court trials and two Supreme Court decisions , Knox and Sollecito were finally acquitted of murder in Prosecutors had accused Knox and Sollecito of killing Kercher with the help of Guede, a young man from the Ivory Coast who had grown up in Perugia.
Guede, whose DNA was the only one found at the murder scene, was convicted of Kercher's murder in a separate trial in He was sentenced to 16 years in prison after a fast-track process resulted in less jail time.
Guede received a partial release in in order to attend school and has been working at a library in central Italy and as a volunteer for a Catholic charity. Italy's Court of Cassation reopens the case by overturning the acquittal. Knox, who had since returned to Seattle, Washington, and was set to release a book about her ordeal, decried such a ruling "when the prosecution's theory of my involvement in Meredith's murder has been repeatedly revealed to be completely unfounded and unfair.
Three months after the Court of Cassation issues its reasoning that criticized the "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions of the appeals court, a new trial opens in Florence without Knox and Sollecito present.
Sollecito is ordered to surrender his passport, while Knox, legally in Seattle, will not have to worry about extradition unless the ruling is upheld. Amanda Knox speaks to the media during a press conference in front of her parents' home on March 27, , in Seattle, Washington.
The Court of Cassation ends the long-running legal saga by overturning the convictions of Knox and Sollecito, save for the former's defamation of Lumumba. Knox released a statement describing her as "tremendously relieved and grateful" for the outcome. The young mother raised suspicions with her behavior after the disappearance of her daughter, Caylee, though prosecutors were unable to conclusively tie her to the toddler's death.
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September 20, Knox moves into her Perugia cottage The cottage, already occupied by Kercher and two Italian women in the upstairs apartment and four male students in the one below , is said to be in a " bad neighborhood ," with drug dealers lingering at the nearby basketball court.
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