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Amanda Knox (1984–  ) is an American college student, serving a 26 year prison sentence in Perugia, Italy, for the murder of Meredith Kercher, an English university student who was attending the University of Perugia as an ERASMUS exchange student. She was found guilty of the murder, of sexual violence, and of other offences on 4 December 2009.

Knox had been an honors student at the University of Washington, in her sophmore year, then she moved to Italy on 20 September 2007, to attend language classes at the University for Foreigners, with money she had saved working multiple jobs around Seattle, WA. In June 2009, due to all her televised court hearings, an Italian television poll listed Knox as a bigger personality than Carla Bruni. In November 2007, she had been arrested as a suspect in the death of her roommate, then charged in October 2008, with slander against her former boss, and in January 2010 charged with defamation against the local Perugia police. Several investigators, such as Paul Ciolino or veteran FBI Agent Steve Moore, and several legal experts believe that those charges are unfounded. While in custody, Knox has continued to study Italian, German and other languages, with online college courses from Seattle University.

Student attending classes in Italy

Knox, when she moved to Italy, was a 20-year-old University of Washington language student from Seattle, Washington. She was in Perugia attending the University for Foreigners (known as Stranieri ) for one year, studying Italian, German and creative writing. On 20 September 2007, she moved into an upstairs apartment, on the edge of the hilltop town, with 3 other women, who were students at local institutions. She met Meredith Kercher, who had been in town a while longer and who showed Knox around town. In October 2007, Kercher accompanied Knox on a job interview, when she got hired at the Perugia pub Le Chic. On 25 October 2007, Kercher and Knox had attended a classical music concert at the university, and when Kercher left at intermission, Raffaele Sollecito first met Knox. Knox had both of Kercher's mobile phone numbers (for local and UK), and she had called her several times, such as on 31 October 2007, to discuss their Halloween costumes.

Conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher

Main article: Murder of Meredith Kercher

Amanda Knox first became known as housemate suspected in the murder of Meredith Kercher on All Saints Day (1 November 2007). Amanda Knox was charged with the murder (and stealing her flatmate's 300 euros and 2 credit cards). She was found guilty on 4 December 2009. In January 2010, Amanda Knox was charged with defamation against the local Perugia police officers for testifing they had beaten her. Knox's lawyers, seeking to overturn her December-2009 conviction, filed an appeal spanning more than 300 pages on 17 April 2010.

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References

  1. ^ "Deadly exchange" (Transcript of TV show), By Dennis Murphy, Correspondent, NBC News, Friday, 21 December 2007, Dateline NBC / Crime reports, MSNBC.com, webpage: Dateline-21Dec-page2.
  2. "Murder in Italy", Candice Dempsey (attended the trials), ISBN-13: 9780425230831, April 2010, pages 1-3.
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  5. "A Long Way from Home", CBS News ("48 Hours"), 12 April 2008, webpage: CBS48-08.
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  7. "A site detailing the wrongful conviction of Amanda Knox...", Steve Moore (veteran FBI agent), April 2010, webpage: Injustice-P.
  8. ^ "Knox appears in Italian court to face slander charges", CNN Wire Staff, 1 June 2010: CNN-T3.
  9. Nadeau, Barbie (2008-07-14), The Many Faces of Amanda, Newsweek, retrieved 2008-07-15
  10. The University for Foreigners Perugia (Italian: Università per Stranieri di Perugia) is known as Stranieri locally, as a short name.
  11. "Murder in Italy", Candice Dempsey (attended the trials), ISBN-13: 9780425230831, April 2010, pages 2-4.
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