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Amanda Knox Defense Challenges DNA
By Jim K
Amanda Knox is appealing her conviction based on DNA evidence.
The 24-year old who was convicted in 2009 of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, has called in forensic experts.
According to those experts, the DNA sample found on the knife and alleged to belong to Cox was too small to sample.
DNA played a significant role in her conviction in an Italian court.
The DNA on the victim’s...
Amanda Knox and Defense Team Experience Some Relief
Amanda Knox, her family and her defense team experienced some relief on Saturday, the day of Amanda’s appeal trial for her murder conviction of previous roommate, Meredith Kercher.
The homeless man, Antonio Curatolo, who testified in an earlier trial and who lives in Perugia close to where Meredith was murdered, convinced the jury that he was telling the truth. On Saturday; however, he was...
Amanda Knox is Back in Court To Respond To Slander Charges
Amanda Knox was back in court yesterday to respond to slander charges.
The American student was back in an Italian court yesterday to face slander charges due to her allegations that police officers beat her while she was questioned over the murder of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. Police have denied charges of abuse and have filed suit based on slander. This is the first time Knox, 22, has...
Amanda Knox May Get an Appeal
Convicted murderer Amanda Knox may get a chance to get out of the Italian prison she has been sentenced to for 26 years. Her family based in the United States has started the appeal process through their lawyers after the judge involved in the case released his reasons for the conviction this week.
Knox who is just 22 years old was accused of murdering her roommate in a violent act of rage. Knox has...
Amanda Knox Thinks Murder Trial Was “Correct”
An Italian judge last Friday sentenced the American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend to 26 and 25 years in prison for the 2007 murder of Knox’s roommate.
Knox, 22, Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, 25, were convicted of committing sexual assault and killing of British student Meredith Kercher in the university town of Perugia.
The indictment describes how they have dealt the fatal blow...
Amanda Knox Found Guilty – UPDATE
The headlines were all over Italy, “Amanda Knox Found Guilty.” Meredith Kercher, an British college student, shared a cottage with Amanda Knox, an American exchange student, in a small Italian town named Perugia. In November 2007, Meredith Kercher, was found naked and dead of an apparent stabbing. Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering Meredith Kercher by a jury and was sentenced to...
Amanda Knox Found Guilty, Plans Appeal
American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito have been sentenced to 26 and 25 years in prison in for the bloody murder of Meredith Kercher.
Already behind bars for two years, the Crown sought life imprisonment for the American and Italian, who deny having participated in the killing of Ms. Knox’s roommate in November 2007.
Meredith Kercher, a British student of 21 years,...
Closing Arguments In Amanda Knox Murder Trial
According to reports, the prosecutor in the Amanda Knox trail rested his case after seven hours of closing arguments, stating that he believes Knox and her ex-boyfrind, Rafael Sollecito should both spend the rest of their lives in prison.
The body of Meredith Kercher was discovered by Italian police at the cottage that she shared with other students in Perugia on November 2, 2007. The 21-year-old British...
The Amanda Knox Murder Trial Nearly Over
The Amanda Knox (shown in photo) murder trial is finally nearing an end in Italy.
The trial is expected to end with closing arguments November 20 and jury deliberations December 5.
“We can only hope now that a conclusion is reached in the next five weeks, so that we can finally dedicate ourselves to remember Meredith for the person that all of us knew and not as a victim or as a news item,”...
