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18 Dec 2010 20:36

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World: Amanda Knox actually receives good news in her murder trial

  • Amanda is stunned. She is in shock but happy – this brings hope.
  • Amanda Knox’s mother, Edda Mellas • Describing her daughter’s reaction to the positive news that Knox’s request for an independent review of the DNA in her Italian murder case will be allowed. This is a big thing, largely because there’s a widespread belief that the DNA evidence in the case was tampered with and otherwise questionably acquired. Knox, who was convicted earlier this year in an insanely over-the-top trial in Italy, may still have a chance to clear her name yet. source

08 Nov 2010 09:28

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World: Italy can’t get enough poking, prodding out of Amanda Knox

  • then Amanda Knox went through an insanely overdramatic trial after some dude murdered her roommate. She was convicted and sentenced to 26 years in prison.
  • now She’s in court again, getting charged with – get this – slander. Why? Well, this “evil” woman claimed Italian police were abusive to her during interrogations.  source

03 Dec 2009 20:20

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World: Amanda Knox emotionally proclaims her innocence to Italian jury

  • They say that I am calm. I am not calm. I fear to lose myself, to have the mask of the assassin forced upon me. I fear to be defined as someone I am not.
  • American foreign exchange student and murder suspect Amanda Knox • Speaking in Italian at her trial on Thursday. Knox, often called “Foxy Knoxy” in the Italian press, is on trial in the 2007 knifing death of her roommate, Meredith Kercher. The jury deliberates this weekend. source