Amanda Knox, a victim of legal injustice, returns to court in Florence.
In 2007, the murder of a British citizen in Perugia, Italy, is still a mystery unsolved. Amanda Knox, the British woman accused of the crime, has recently returned to court in Italy to seek a total exoneration in the case. This time, Knox is challenging the legality of a second verdict in connection to the murder of a British exchange student that same year.
After nearly a decade of being free, the 36-year-old American Amanda Knox is now back in the Italian court in Florence. Her objective is to reverse a decision that continues to haunt her. Knox initially blamed a friend and clearly innocent bartender for the crime following her arrest. As a result, she was sentenced for defamation and served three years in prison. This verdict was also overturned by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in 2019.
Known as the "girl with the ice-blue eyes," Knox now resides in the United States. The case gained considerable attention around the world when 21-year-old Meredith Kercher was killed in the central Italian city of Perugia. Knox's fellow American roommate was instantly considered a suspect. Initially, Knox was found guilty and spent four years in prison.
In 2015, the murder verdict against her was overturned. However, she's not yet completely free from the accusations. Knox had once wrongly implicated a friend and seemingly innocent bartender in the crime, leading to a conviction for defamation and three years in prison. This verdict was also overturned by the European Court of Human Rights in 2019.
Knox's current goal is to achieve a complete acquittal from the defamation charges with the new trial she's initiating. The identity of the person who committed the crime against the young British woman in 2007 remains unknown. A 20-year-old man was found guilty of assisting in the murder as his fingerprints were at the scene. He is currently a free man. The Amanda Knox case later served as the basis for several books, films, and a television series.
