amanda knox

amanda knox
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.
She was found dead on the floor of her bedroom with stab wounds to the
throat. Some of her belongings were missing, including cash, two credit
cards, two cell phones, and her house keys.^[1]

Rudy Guede, an Ivory Coast native raised in Perugia, was convicted in
October 2008 of having sexually assaulted and murdered Kercher, and was
sentenced to 30 years, reduced on appeal to 16 years in December 2009.
Also charged were Amanda Knox,
an American exchange student and flatmate of Kercher, and Knox's
then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, an Italian student. Knox and
Sollecito were convicted of sexual assault and murder in December 2009,
and sentenced to 26 and 25 years respectively. Their convictions were
overturned on appeal in October 2011, when a jury found them innocent of
the sexual assault and murder of Kercher.^[2]

The murder and subsequent events, especially Knox's arrest and trial,
became the subject of intense media interest around the world, and
often salacious tabloid
coverage, particularly in Italy and England. The coverage was
criticized for having failed to describe the case accurately and
dispassionately, and for having contributed to an atmosphere that made
wrongful convictions more likely to occur.^[3]