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Amanda Knox Trial: Witness Gives Conflicting Testimony
By not in system - AOL NewsPERUGIA, Italy - A key prosecution witness testifying in Amanda Knox's appeals trial gave conflicting reports Saturday about whether he saw the American near the crime scene the night her British roommate was murdered. The contradicting testimony and confused dates offered by Antonio Curatolo, a self-described drug addict and homeless man now in prison for an unrelated conviction, cast doubts on his credibility. The defense called him flat-out unreliable, while the prosecution maintained that, despite some lack of precision, the witness was lucid and clear in what he remembered. Knox, 23, ...
Graphic Scene Reportedly Pulled From Lifetime's Amanda Knox Movie
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsA Lifetime TV movie based on the trial of American student Amanda Knox, convicted of murdering her roommate in Italy, is scheduled to air Monday -- reportedly without a graphic scene of the victim in her bra, pinned down and screaming for help. The scene, which had been featured in the video trailer for "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" on Lifetime's website, has been cut from the final version, according to the U.K.'s The Sunday Telegraph, which screened the film. Lifetime publicity managers did not immediately respond to AOL News to confirm whether the scene had been cut from the ...
Amanda Knox Lawyers Seek to Stop Lifetime Film
By not in system - AOL NewsROME - Lawyers for U.S. student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, who were found guilty of killing Knox's British roommate in Italy, have formally demanded that U.S. television channel Lifetime scrap a planned film about their trial. Attornies Carlo Dalla Vedova and Luca Maori said Saturday they had sent letters to Lifetime warning they would go to U.S. court to try to sequester the film if it isn't canceled and a trailer removed from Lifetime's website. ...
Knox's Mom Says Murder Appeal Taking Its Toll
By Lisa Flam - AOL News
(Nov. 24) -- The case against Amanda Knox, imprisoned in Italy for the death of her British roommate, is taking its toll on the young American, her mother said today as the 23-year-old's high-stakes appeal of her murder conviction began in a Perugia courtroom. Her daughter puts on a "brave face" but is worried about her future, Edda Mellas said this morning on NBC's "Today" show. The appeals proceedings were adjourned until Dec. 11 after a 15-minute procedural hearing. In a trial that's drawn worldwide attention, Knox, of Seattle, was convicted in December of murder and sexual assault in ...
Stakes High as Amanda Knox Murder Appeal Starts
By Dana Kennedy - AOL News
(Nov. 23) -- Former Seattle college student Amanda Knox, the center of one of Europe's most sensational murder trials, will return to an Italian court Wednesday in a high-stakes appeal of her conviction and 26-year prison sentence for the sex killing of her British housemate. Knox's legal team includes a high-powered Philadelphia attorney who specializes in international law, as well as one of Italy's toughest lawyers. In asking for a complete review of the case, her lawyers plan to argue that the forensic and DNA evidence was mishandled and inconclusive. They also contend that the original ...
Court Mulls Slander Charges for 'Less Serene' Amanda Knox
By Dana Kennedy - AOL News(Oct. 1) -- Amanda Knox, the American college student convicted of killing her British roommate in Italy in 2007, went back to court today for a hearing on whether she will stand trial for slandering the police who investigated her case. Her brief foray from the Italian prison that's been her home for three years came as her lawyers say she is depressed and her father said she's turned down tranquilizers offered to her by prison doctors. Knox, 23, who is serving 26 years in prison for the sensational murder of Meredith Kercher, said during the 2009 trial that police roughed her up when they ...
Reports: Italian Police Also Want Knox's Parents Jailed
By Lisa Flam - AOL News(July 6) -- Italian police have launched slander proceedings against the parents of an American college student imprisoned for murder, charges her father believes will be dropped, according to reports. Exchange student Amanda Knox, 22, was convicted of killing her British roommate Meredith Kercher, 21, who was found in 2007 with her throat slit. Two years later, Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison for murder and sexual assault. She is also facing slander charges for insisting that Italian police beat her when she was being interrogated, a charge police in Perugia have denied. ...
Convict's Testimony in Knox Case Blames Mystery Man
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(March 6) -- Yet another twist has emerged in the sensational Amanda Knox murder case, with a convict testifying that a mystery man was responsible for the death of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, and claiming Knox and her former boyfriend were not present at the time of the slaying. Knox, 22, and her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, 25, were convicted in December of sexually assaulting and killing Kercher in November 2007 in what prosecutors called a "brutal sex game." The trial sparked a media frenzy in Italy, while Knox supporters in the U.S. questioned whether she received a fair ...
Amanda Knox: 'She-Devil' or Victim of Anti-Americanism?
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailyPerugia is quite a beautiful Umbrian college town, birthplace of Perugino – duh – and home to Pinturicchio. It's where they make those little individually wrapped chocolates called "Baci,'' which means "kisses" in Italian. Just like bubble gum that comes wrapped in a comic, every candy comes wrapped in a smoochy quote. I bought my husband his wedding ring there, on our honeymoon, which is a whole other story. ...
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