US EditionAmanda Knox slander conviction upheld by Italy’s high court
- Italy's highest court upheld the slander conviction of American defendant Amanda Knox for falsely accusing Patrick Lumumba of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in 2007.
- Knox's appeal was based on a European Court of Human Rights ruling that her rights were violated during police questioning.
- Lumumba expressed satisfaction with the verdict, stating that it will accompany Knox for the rest of her life.
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Amanda Knox slander conviction stands
Amanda Knox is currently facing the fallout from another setback in Italy. Amanda Knox has gone through yet another trial in Italy, where she has failed to overturn her slander conviction, adding another chapter to her tumultuous 17-year legal saga. The high-profile case, which has captivated the world, saw Knox once again in the headlines, this time accused of falsely implicating a Congolese… Source
Amanda Knox was falsely charged with murder. Italy calls her coerced confession 'slander.'
When Italy's highest court exonerated Amanda Knox of murder in 2015, the bulk of her adult life had been consumed by a legal saga that began during her time as a study abroad student in Perugia, Italy. That odyssey quietly continued, however, for yet another decade, culminating this week in that same court upholding her conviction—not for murder, but for slander. In 2007, Italian authorities accused Knox, a 20-year-old from Seattle, Washington, …
Amanda Knox was arrested with her boyfriend in 2007 for the murder of her roommate in Perugia. After they were acquitted in 2015, she accused the bar owner of the murder.
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