Italian High Court Annuls Amanda Knox's Murder Conviction

By Anna Merlan  |  March 27, 2015 | 10:05pm
Latest

Italy’s highest court has overturned the murder convictions of Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito in the 2007 death of Meredith Kercher. This latest acquittal appears to mean that the case is truly over after eight years in court. Both Knox and Sollecito have already spent four years in jail.

Knox and Sollecito were first tried in 2009 and found guilty, then acquitted in 2011. But the acquittal was overturned in 2013 and both were found guilty, sentenced to 28 and 25 years in prison respectively. Knox, now 27, refused to return to Italy for this latest trial. If convicted, she could have been extradited to Italy to serve her original 28 year sentence.

Knox is living in Seattle and is engaged to marry musician Colin Sutherland. Sollecito attended the trial with his family and new girlfriend. The Kercher family attorney told the BBC this week that they hoped this would bring an end to the legal wrangling: “They hope that this will be the final stage of this judicial process and they will at last… be able to remember Meredith outside of the court room [process].”

Photo via AP

 
Join the discussion...