Amanda Knox retrial over slander conviction begins in Italy
American appealed for conviction to be dropped after wrongly accusing Patrick Lumumba of murdering Meredith Kercher
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American appealed for conviction to be dropped after wrongly accusing Patrick Lumumba of murdering Meredith Kercher
A Florence appeals court on Wednesday opens a new slander trial against Amanda Knox based on a 2016 European Court of Human Rights decision that her rights were violated during a long night of questioning into the murder of her British roommate without a lawyer and official translator.
17 years after her roommate’s murder, Ms. Knox remains mired in legal controversies.
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox was back on trial for slander Wednesday for wrongly accusing a Congolese man of murdering her roommate while the young women were exchange students in Italy. Knox herself was convicted of the slaying before being exonerated in a case that grabbed the global spotlight. Knox was a 20-year-old student […]
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Amanda Knox was back on trial for slander Wednesday for wrongly accusing a Congolese man of murdering her roommate while the young women were exchange students in Italy. Knox herself was convicted of the slaying before being exonerated in a case that grabbed the global spotlight. Knox was a 20-year-old student […]