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Amanda Knox gets emotional as she speaks at a Criminal Justice Festival at the University of Modena, Italy, Saturday, June 15, 2019. Knox, a former American exchange student who became the focus of a sensational murder case, arrived in Italy Thursday for the first time since an appeals court acquitted her in 2011 in the slaying of her British roommate. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Knox accuses media of having built false story around her

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

Court rejects grounds for new trial in Kercher murder

Associated Press

This image released by NBC shows Amanda Knox during an interview on the "Today" show in New York on Sept. 20, 2013. Knox defended her decision not to return to Italy for a new appeals trial over the 2007 killing of her British roommate, even as she acknowledged that "everything is at stake," insisting she is innocent. In March, Italy's supreme court ordered a new trial for Knox and her former Italian boyfriend. An appeals court in 2011 had acquitted both, overturning convictions by a lower court. Italian law cannot compel Knox to return for the new legal proceeding. (Associated Press/NBC, Peter Kramer) **FILE**

Amanda Knox murder conviction reversed by Italian court

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

FILE - This is an undated file photo released by the Italian Police of 22-year-old murdered British university student Meredith Kercher. An Italian court that convicted Amanda Knox in her roommate's 2007 murder says the wounds indicate multiple aggressors, and that the two exchange students fought over money the night of the murder. The appellate court in Florence on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, issued a 337-page explanation for its January guilty verdicts against the American and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. The release of the court's reasoning opens the verdict to an appeal back to the supreme Court of Cassation. If it confirms the convictions, a long extradition fight for Knox is expected. She has been in the United States since 2011 when her earlier conviction was overturned. British student Meredith Kercher, 21, was found dead in a pool of blood in the apartment she and Knox shared in the town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Italian Police, File)

For Kerchers, court reasoning a step toward truth

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, Amanda Knox gestures during a press conference, in Seattle. A court in Florence that convicted Amanda Knox in her British roommate's 2007 murder says the wounds indicate multiple aggressors, and that the two exchange students fought over money the night of the murder. The appellate court on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, issued a 337-page explanation for its January guilty verdicts against Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Knox, 26, was sentenced to 28 ½ years while Sollecito, 30, received 25 years. Knox has been in the United States since 2011, when an earlier appellate trial that overturned her lower court conviction. Sollecito remains in Italy. The release of the court's reasoning opens the verdict to an appeal back to the supreme Court of Cassation. If the high court confirms the convictions, a long extradition fight for Knox is expected. Kercher, 21, was found dead in a pool of blood in the apartment she and Knox shared in the town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Amanda Knox slams Italian court reasoning on guilt

Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, Amanda Knox gestures during a press conference, in Seattle. A court in Florence that convicted Amanda Knox in her British roommate's 2007 murder says the wounds indicate multiple aggressors, and that the two exchange students fought over money the night of the murder. The appellate court on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, issued a 337-page explanation for its January guilty verdicts against Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Knox, 26, was sentenced to 28 ½ years while Sollecito, 30, received 25 years. Knox has been in the United States since 2011, when an earlier appellate trial that overturned her lower court conviction. Sollecito remains in Italy. The release of the court's reasoning opens the verdict to an appeal back to the supreme Court of Cassation. If the high court confirms the convictions, a long extradition fight for Knox is expected. Kercher, 21, was found dead in a pool of blood in the apartment she and Knox shared in the town of Perugia. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Italian court: Amanda Knox, victim Meredith Kercher fought on day of murder

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

Italian Justice Ministry investigating Knox judge

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Amanda Knox bows her head during a television interview, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 in New York. Knox said she will fight the reinstated guilty verdict against her and an ex-boyfriend in the 2007 slaying of a British roommate in Italy and vowed to &quot;never go willingly&quot; to face her fate in that country's judicial system . &quot;I'm going to fight this to the very end,&quot; she said in an interview with Robin Roberts on ABC's &quot;Good Morning America.&quot; (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Differing perspectives fuel debate over Knox case

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Amanda Knox prepares to leave the set following a television interview, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ** FILE **

Amanda Knox’s judge says he suffered over guilty verdict

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Raffaele Sollecito, left, and his father Francesco leave after attending the final hearing before the third court verdict for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, in Florence, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. The first two trials produced flip-flop verdicts of guilty then innocent for Kercher former roommate, American student Amanda Knox, who is not attending the hearing, and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, and the case has produced harshly clashing versions of events. A Florence appeals panel designated by Italy's supreme court to address issues it raised about the acquittal is set to deliberate Thursday, with a verdict expected later in the day. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Knox co-defendant Sollecito travelled to Austria

By Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

FILE PHOTOS COMBO - File photos combo shows, from left; Italian student Raffaele Sollecito, slain 21-year-old British woman Meredith Kercher, her American roommate Amanda Knox. Few international criminal cases have cleaved along national biases as that of American student Amanda Knox, awaiting half world away her third Italian court verdict in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher. Whatever is decided this week, the protracted legal battle that has grabbed global headlines and polarized trial-watchers in three nations probably won't end in Florence. With the first two trials producing flip-flop guilty-then-innocent verdicts against Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, the case has produced harshly clashing versions of events. A Florence appeals panel designated by Italy's supreme court to address errors in the appeals acquittal is set to deliberate Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, with a verdict expected later in the day. (AP Photo/files)

Amanda Knox’s murder conviction reinstated

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

FILE PHOTOS COMBO - File photos combo shows, from left; Italian student Raffaele Sollecito, slain 21-year-old British woman Meredith Kercher, her American roommate Amanda Knox. Few international criminal cases have cleaved along national biases as that of American student Amanda Knox, awaiting half world away her third Italian court verdict in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher. Whatever is decided this week, the protracted legal battle that has grabbed global headlines and polarized trial-watchers in three nations probably won't end in Florence. With the first two trials producing flip-flop guilty-then-innocent verdicts against Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, the case has produced harshly clashing versions of events. A Florence appeals panel designated by Italy's supreme court to address errors in the appeals acquittal is set to deliberate Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, with a verdict expected later in the day. (AP Photo/files)

Amanda Knox trial nears 3rd verdict

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 2, 2007 file photo, Amanda Knox, left, and Raffaele Sollecito, are seen outside the rented house where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy. Defense lawyers for U.S. student Amanda Knox and her Italian former boyfriend will get their final say on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 in the defendants' third trial for the gruesome 2007 murder of Knox's British roommate. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici, File)

Knox lawyers to have last word before verdict

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

** FILE ** American exchange student Amanda Knox (left) and Raffaele Sollecito, her Italian boyfriend, stand outside the rented house in Perugia, Italy, where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead on Friday, Nov. 2, 2007. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

Italian prosecutor demands guilty verdict for Amanda Knox

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

** FILE ** Amanda Knox and then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are pictured in November 2007 outside the rented house in Perugia, Italy, where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

Amanda Knox’s second murder trial kicks off in Italy — without her

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Amanda Knox cries following the verdict on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, by a Perugia, Italy, court that overturned her conviction and acquitted her of murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, her acquittal was overturned by the Italian courts. (AP Photo/Lapresse)

Amanda Knox faces new murder trial; Italian high court overturns acquittal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Amanda Knox cries following the verdict on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, by a Perugia, Italy, court that overturned her conviction and acquitted her of murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, her acquittal was overturned by the Italian courts. (AP Photo/Lapresse)

Italy’s high court overturns Amanda Knox’s acquittal for murder

Associated Press

** FILE ** Amanda Knox and then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are pictured in November 2007 outside the rented house in Perugia, Italy, where 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found dead. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

American Amanda Knox awaits verdict from Italy’s highest court

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press