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Amanda Knox Prosecutors: Don't Forget Meredith

Closing arguments under way in Italy

(Newser) - Two days of closing arguments have begun in the Amanda Knox appeal, and prosecutors urged jurors not to forget victim Meredith Kercher. One juxtaposed grisly photos from the murder scene with images of Knox and boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito huddling together the following day, reports AP . "The victim has sunk...

Amanda Knox Edges Closer to Freedom

Even prosecutor now thinks she may be released

(Newser) - Amanda Knox can almost see daylight. Court developments in her murder trial appeal are all falling her way, strongly indicating that she could soon be released. Even the once-confident prosecution is prepared for the case to go either way, reports ABC News . "The judge and his assistant are clearly...

Knox Judge Nixes New DNA Testing

That's good news for Foxy Knoxy

(Newser) - More good news for Amanda Knox: The judge in her Italian murder trial has rejected the prosecution’s request for new DNA testing, testimony from a new witness, and the introduction of newly discovered records of the original DNA testing. Knox’s defense had opposed all of the motions, CNN...

Knox's Mom Confident as Trial Recesses for Summer

Prosecutors try to salvage credibility of DNA evidence

(Newser) - Prosecutors at Amanda Knox's appeals trial battled it out today with independent forensic experts who say some of the key DNA evidence used to convict her of murder is bogus. Prosecutor Manuela Comodi sought to undermine the experts' conclusions and show that the forensic evidence used to convict Knox...

Forensic Expert Defends Knox DNA Analysis

DNA expert threatens to take critics to court

(Newser) - Amanda Knox's appeal of her murder conviction has just gotten harder: A forensic scientist involved in her conviction is promising to refute an independent report that declared the DNA evidence she gave was unreliable , reports the Guardian . "I am angry about the false statements in this report and...

DNA Experts: Knox Evidence 'Not Reliable'

Knox's defense gets boost from DNA report

(Newser) - Independent experts are disputing much of the forensic evidence collected against Amanda Knox, saying in a report today that some of the DNA traces used to convict Knox and Raffaele Sollecito may have been contaminated. Knox's defense had eagerly been awaiting the review's conclusions, and hope it boosts...

Amanda Knox 'Shocked' by Rudy Guede's Accusation

Fellow convict tells court Knox and her boyfriend are guilty

(Newser) - Amanda Knox was “shocked” that a fellow convict in the murder of Meredith Kercher accused her of the crime, she told the court today. Rudy Guede, a drifter from the Ivory Coast, today confirmed a letter he’d written to his lawyers last year blaming the crime on Knox...

Convicts: Knox Wasn't at Murder Scene

Say Rudy Guede told them in prison he and a friend killed Meredith Kercher

(Newser) - A parade of convicted criminals are today trying to do what Amanda Knox's defense could not: Convince a Perugia court that the American exchange student had nothing to do with the murder of British roommate Meredith Kercher. Mario Alessi today testified that another man convicted in Kercher's murder,...

DNA Results May Give Hope to Amanda Knox

There's not enough DNA on alleged murder weapon to test

(Newser) - Finally, some good news for Amanda Knox? Two forensic scientists have re-examined the alleged murder weapon and found that it doesn't have enough DNA on it even to conduct another test, report the Telegraph and Daily Mail . The knife was one of the key pieces of evidence used to tie...

Murder Scene Yanked From Knox Movie

Controversial film still criticized, despite edits

(Newser) - The Amanda Knox movie just got a last-second edit: The scene in which a screaming, half-dressed Meredith Kercher is stabbed to death has been cut from the final version of the controversial TV movie, reports the Telegraph . The movie does, however, still feature one of Kercher's assailants watching the killing....

Amanda Knox's Parents Ordered to Stand Trial

Edda Mellas and Curt Knox accused of libel

(Newser) - As Amanda Knox appeals her murder conviction, her parents must now also go on trial. An Italian judge today ordered Edda Mellas and Curt Knox to stand trial for libel, after they repeated in a newspaper interview Knox's claims that she was mistreated by police during her night-long interrogation after...

DNA Experts to Begin Review of Amanda Knox Evidence

It's a 'key moment,' says her attorney

(Newser) - Independent forensic experts will have 90 days starting next month to review crucial evidence linking American student Amanda Knox to the murder of her British roommate. The experts appointed by the appeals court, Stefano Conti and Carla Vecchiotti from Rome's Sapienza University, were formally sworn in at a hearing today,...

Hope for Amanda Knox: Court Grants DNA Review

Her appeal hinges on it

(Newser) - A rare bit of legal good news for Amanda Knox: An appeals court in Italy has agreed to allow an independent review of the DNA evidence used to convict her and Raffaele Sollecito, reports the Telegraph . The review is their best of hope of having their murder convictions overturned in...

Emotional Amanda Knox: I Am Not 'Diabolical'

Tells appeals court her conviction was a 'huge mistake'

(Newser) - Amanda Knox made a tearful plea to the Italian court hearing the appeal of her murder conviction today. "I am unjustly convicted," said the 23-year-old American serving a 26-year sentence. She called her conviction a "huge mistake" and said she's been "broken" by the three years...

Victim's Dad Furious at Knox Celebrity

John Kercher lashes parents for never expressing condolences

(Newser) - In all the hoopla surrounding killer Amanda Knox, one person is too often forgotten: her victim, complains the angry father of Meredith Kercher. ''Amanda Knox was found guilty of killing my daughter Meredith," fumes John Kercher in a letter to the Daily Mail . "Yet since that act of...

Amanda Knox Appeal Begins
 Amanda Knox Appeal Begins 
Nov 24, 2010 2:02 PM CST

Amanda Knox Appeal Begins

Defense to challenge conviction 'from A to Z'

(Newser) - Round 2 begins: Amanda Knox appeared back in court in Italy yesterday to begin her appeal of a murder conviction in the slaying of Meredith Kercher, the New York Times reports. By the looks of things, attention hasn't waned: “We have to get used to the idea that this...

Amanda Knox Indicted for Slandering Cops

Prosecutors say she lied when she said cops beat her in '07

(Newser) - Are you ready for a second Amanda Knox trial? Knox has been indicted on slander charges for saying she was beaten by police during her 2007 questioning. A judge indicted Knox after speaking with her in a closed-doors hearing, the AP reports. The trial is set to begin May 17....

Amanda Knox: I'm Trapped in 'Limbo'

New book dishes on her life behind bars

(Newser) - Excerpts from a new book provide a glimpse into Amanda Knox 's life "in limbo"—otherwise known as an Italian prison. The as-yet released book, Take Me With You, chronicles the convicted killer's life behind bars and her hopes for the future. "I miss my family. I...

Book: Prison Turns 'Angel Face' Knox Into Tough Con
Prison Turning 'Angel Face' Knox Into Tough Con
new book
Sep 27, 2010 4:24 AM CDT

Prison Turning 'Angel Face' Knox Into Tough Con

Ex-inmate's memoir offers glimpse of world behind bars

(Newser) - Prison has been no party for Amanda Knox , claims a new memoir written by a woman incarcerated with the killer. The book, Passeggiando con Amanda—'Walking with Amanda' —chronicles Knox's transformation from fresh-faced undergraduate to hardened prison vet over the course of her trial for the death of Meredith...

Ex FBI Agent: Amanda Knox Is Innocent

'If she needs a roommate, I'll send my daughter over'

(Newser) - A retired FBI agent says he’s so certain Amanda Knox is innocent, he’d stake his daughter’s life on it. “When Amanda Knox gets out, if she needs a roommate, I’ll send my daughter over,” ex-special agent Steve Moore tells Good Morning America . “The...

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