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Amanda Knox Faces Slander Retrial in Italy

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Amanda Knox is set to appear in an Italian court for a slander conviction related to her accusation that her former boss, Patrick Lumumba, was involved in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The case stems from a European court ruling that Italy violated Knox's human rights during questioning after Kercher's 2007 murder. Knox was initially convicted of Kercher's murder but was later exonerated and acquitted. This latest trial is not related to her original conviction, but rather focuses on allegations she slandered Lumumba by accusing him of the crime.

  1. US
    Amanda Knox
    1. I hope to clear my name once and for all of the false charges against me. Wish me luck.
    2. I will walk into the very same courtroom where I was reconvicted of a crime I didn't commit, this time to defend myself yet again.
    3. In regards to this 'confession' that I made last night, I want to make clear that I'm very doubtful of the verity of my statements because they were made under the pressure of stress, shock and extreme exhaustion.

Amanda Knox Retrial

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sources

  1. 1.The New York Times
  2. 2.Le Monde
  3. 3.The Times
  4. 4.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.Crimes
  2. 2.Homicide

countries

  1. 1.United KingdomGB
  2. 2.ItalyIT
  3. 3.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.European Union
  2. 2.Court of Cassation

persons

  1. 1.Amanda KnoxUS
  2. 2.Meredith Kercher
  3. 3.Raffaele Sollecito
  4. 4.Elisabetta Povoledo
  5. 5.Patrick LumumbaIT