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Amanda Knox Trial: Witness Gives Conflicting Testimony

PERUGIA, 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...

Graphic Scene Reportedly Pulled From Lifetime's Amanda Knox Movie

A 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:...

Amanda Knox Lawyers Seek to Stop Lifetime Film

ROME - 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...

Knox's Mom Says Murder Appeal Taking Its Toll

(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...

Stakes High as Amanda Knox Murder Appeal Starts

(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...

Raffaele Sollecito News From the Web

05/02/12 Prosecutors in Amanda Knox case face probe Source: New Zealand Herald Two prosecutors who called for Amanda Knox to spend the rest of her life in jail after claiming she killed Meredith Kercher are now themselves under investigation.
05/01/12 Amanda Knox prosecutors under investigation Source: Telegraph - London - UK Miss Kercher, from Surrey, was on a year-long course at Perugia's University for Foreigners when she was brutally murdered on the night of Nov 1, 2007.
04/21/12 The judge's verdict was a bombshell... if Knox hadn't... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK The judge's verdict was a bombshell... if Amanda Knox hadn't killed Meredith, who had?
04/17/12 UPDATE: Solecitto's book to be released before Knox... Source: West Seattle Herald According to CBS News , "Raffaele Sollecito will be the first to tell about the Italian murder case that made them famous worldwide. He has a deal with Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books for a book scheduled to come out this fall. Knox's memoir is due next year.
04/10/12 Father of student slain in Italy penning memoir Source: The Dispatch - Lexington NC Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy, in November 2007 at the age of 21.

Background on Raffaele Sollecito

The murder of Meredith Kercher occurred in Perugia, Italy, on 1 November 2007. Kercher, aged 21 at the time of her death, was a British university exchange student from Coulsdon, south London.

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