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And she is serving a prison term. her parents were indicted tuesday charged with libelling police in italy. now they say they are going to fight back. in an interview youll see only on cnn, our drew griffin actually spoke with amanda knoxs mother and joins us live from seattle. what did amanda knoxs parents do to get this libel charge. >> reporter: as an american citizen you will ask yourself what this is about after i tell you. in 2009 the parents gave an interview to the sunday times in london...

Prosecutors have asked for the first time that jurors also consider the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. now, the judge told the jurors a conviction on that charge would mean they believe widmer assaulted his wife and caused her death without intending to kill her. now, experts are saying that prosecutors request for a lesser charge signals that they are willing to settle for any homicide-related conviction to avoid yet another trial which would be trial number four be. they also think...

This weekend marks -- there we go. this weekend marks a major turning point for amanda knox, the american student convicted of murdering her roommate while studying abroad in italy. her appeal is moving forward and now there is an independent team of forensic experts assigned to review all the dna evidence in this case. nbcs michelle kosinski is live for us in perugia, italy. michelle, with a good day to you, i know that knox has always proclaimed her innocence. how is this new trial going to be...

Called anybody for help. and then described the whole thing as an accident. but police say the evidence does not support that. youll recall back in 1994 susan smith, another south carolina mother rolled her car into a lake. at first she told police a black man car jacked her vehicle and kidnapped her two sons. that all unraveled as days later she confessed to drowning them. those boys were strapped in their car seats. smith is serving a life prison term. we have got a thing with china. we buy th...

Serve her prison term there. there it is. we did get sound here. i know you want to react to this, mika. this is the serve announcing the news. >> ladies and gentlemen, lindsay lohan was released from custody at 1:35 this morning and per a court order, she has been sent directly to her next destination which is a treatment center and she will now be under the supervision of the l.a. county probation department. >> so there you have it. that is the l.a. sheriff announcing the news to the throngs ...

Now texas and utah will have a conversation about what is the next case to go forward. and given the difficulty of asking her to testify again rgs and give tennessee fact the texas charges are more serious and potentially carry a longer prison term, i wouldnt be at all surprised to see the whole jeffs case moved to texas at this point. >> but in the meantime -- >> the gulf oil disaster reaches the 100 day mark. and the question of how much oil flow flowed into the water is critical. lisa sylvest...

That texas and utah will have to have a conversation about which is the next case to go forward and, given the difficulty of asking alyssa to testify again, and given the fact that the texas charges are actually more serious and potentially carry a longer prison term, i wouldnt be at all surprised to see the whole jeffs case move to texas at this point. >> but in the meantime he could get out. his conviction was overturned here and his defense attorneys could argue for bail on the texas case. >>...

For deployment to afghanistan. prosecutors in france want to put manuel noriega in prison for ten years. the former dictator is on trial in paris for money laundering. in closing arguments today prosecutors painted noriega as a head of state who put his personal interests ahead of his official responsibilities. noriega says he is innocent. his attorney says a ten-year prison term would be like a death sentence forthe 76-year-old noriega. super model naomi campbell may be forced to testify at t...

Qaeda. the kind that have been used to detonate bombs in prior attacks. but theres no specific plot that has been revealed here. both men are facing one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the maximum prison term, 15 years. theyll be arraigned here in manhattan before federal judge kimball wood. wolf? lets dig deeper with fran townsend, she was the homeland security secretary for president bush and she worked in the white house during the clinto...

Im wolf blitzer, we wants to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. youre in "the situation room." but first, this developing story just coming in. the u.s. launched an invasion to capture him, tried him, sentenced him to prison, and has continued to hold him since his prison term ended back in 2007. now, the former pan mania dictator, manuel noriega is being shipds shipped off to france. brian todd is working this story for us. hes aboard an air france jet liner right ...