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Italian court upholds Amanda Knox slander conviction

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Amanda Knox has been reconvicted of slander for wrongly accusing an innocent man of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007. This conviction is a setback for Knox, who had hoped to remove the last legal stain against her during a recent appearance at an Italian tribunal. According to reports, Knox was 20 years old when she and her then-boyfriend were arrested for Kercher's murder, and a long legal saga followed, with the pair being found guilty, acquitted, found guilty again, and finally cleared. Knox has argued that her statements to police during questioning were forced, leading to her wrongful accusations. Despite this conviction, Knox will not serve any additional jail time, as her three-year sentence counts as time already served.

  1. IT
    Carlo Della Vedova
    1. We are all very surprised at the outcome of the decision.
    2. Amanda is very upset at the outcome of this hearing, she was looking to have a final point after 17 years of judicial procedure.
  2. IT
    Carlo Pacelli
    1. Patrick has always been dutiful to all of the court decisions, and all the courts up until today have affirmed that Amanda Knox was a slanderer.
    2. When he was accused by Amanda he became universally considered the monster of Perugia.
    3. Patrick went to prison because Amanda was in prison.
    4. He lost his job, had his bar seized for months, and had to return to Poland, because his wife was Polish.
    5. She tried to play the victim here but in the end the court convicted her.
  3. US
    Amanda Knox
    1. The police threatened me with 30 years in prison, an officer slapped me three times saying 'Remember, remember'.
    2. They told me I had witnessed something so horrible that my mind had blocked it out.
    3. I never wanted to slander Patrick [Lumumba, the bar owner]; he was my friend.
    4. 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.
    5. I was scared, tricked and mistreated. I gave the testimony in a moment of existential crisis.
    6. I didn't know who the killer was ... They refused to believe me.
    7. I couldn't be the witness they wanted against Patrick. I didn't know who the murderer was. I was exhausted, confused and forced to submit.
    8. In the end ... I was forced to submit. I was too exhausted and confused to resist.

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sources

  1. 1.CTV News
  2. 2.ABC News (Australia)
  3. 3.CNA News
  4. 4.The Guardian
  5. 5.BBC
  6. 6.ANSA
  7. 7.Guardian
  8. 8.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Crimes
  2. 2.Homicide

countries

  1. 1.Congo, The Democratic Republic of theCD
  2. 2.Côte d'IvoireCI
  3. 3.GermanyDE
  4. 4.United KingdomGB
  5. 5.ItalyIT
  6. 6.PolandPL
  7. 7.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.European Union
  2. 2.Court of Cassation
  3. 3.NetflixUS
  4. 4.University of Leeds

persons

  1. 1.Amanda KnoxUS
  2. 2.Meredith Kercher
  3. 3.Patrick LumumbaIT
  4. 4.Raffaele Sollecito
  5. 5.Rudy Hermann Guede
  6. 6.Carlo Della VedovaIT
  7. 7.Carlo PacelliIT
  8. 8.Christopher Robinson
  9. 9.Luca Luparia Donati
Italian court upholds Amanda Knox slander conviction