Amanda Knox's Emotional Journey Home

Hillary Clinton called to review alleged anti american sentiment in Amanda Know Italy murder trial.Presence of evidence negligent.

Murder appeal: Amanda Knox's supporters have arranged to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as they prepare to fight for her release. Found guitly prions sentence 26 years.Led to jail: Amanda Knox on Friday following her conviction for murder

Convicted: Rudy Guede (left) was jailed for Meredith's murder last October. Knox's former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito (right) was sentenced on Friday

Click to enlarge.Details witness of neighbour hearing scream of death from next door.



Disbelief: Knox's parents and sisters protesting her innocence, yesterday.'We'll appeal': The parents of Amanda Knox have vowed to fight to free her

Gruesome death: Sollecito (left) and Knox are said to have killed Kercher (right)

Meredith Kercher was stabbed to death in Perugia two years ago. Right, her killer Knox is pictured arriving at court to hear the verdict

Click to enlarge.List the reasons for appeal from DNA bad quality,questionable methodology of investigation,confession under duress,bad argument on murder weapon and others.



US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill.Said she will discuss with the Senator Cantwell whom said there was 'anti america' sentiment in the Italy trail tainted by evidence negligent.

Taking aim: Amanda Knox poses with a gun.Amanda Knox: Her mother had planned a trip to a spa and a Mexican meal for her homecoming.Jailed: Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison

guity for stabbing to death Meredith.

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A dramatic new photograph of the crime scene where Meredith was stabbed to death

Hillary Clinton has been drawn into the battle to overturn Amanda Knox's conviction.

Amid a growing U.S. backlash against the verdict, the American Secretary of State has agreed to meet a senator from 22-year-old Knox's home state of Washington.

On Friday night, Knox was found guilty of the drug-fuelled sex murder of British student Meredith Kercher and jailed for 26 years.

Her conviction, alongside her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, came in tense late-night scenes in the Italian town of Perugia at the end of a year-long trial. Sollecito, 25, was jailed for 25 years.

Last night, Miss Kercher's family told of their anguish for the first time since her killer was jailed.

Her mother Arline, 64, said the entire family had been given a 'life sentence' and were 'living in a nightmare' for the two years since she was slain.

She also revealed how they keep the 21-year-old's bedroom exactly as it was when she left in the vain hope she will one day come home.

Miss Kercher's semi-naked body was found in November 2007 in a pool of blood in the bedroom of the home she and Knox shared in Perugia.

The court heard that Miss Kercher, from Coulsdon, Surrey, was subjected to a terrifying ordeal when she returned to her Italian home after an evening with friends.

Knox, Sollecito and another man, drifter Rudy Guede, attempted to involve the Leeds University student in a sex game, cutting her throat when she refused and leaving her to die in 'slow agony'. Guede, 22, was convicted of murder and sexual assault last year and jailed for 30 years.
After the verdicts, Knox's furious father Curt Knox vowed to fight to clear his daughter's name and spoke of his 'anger and disbelief' at the Italian justice system.

His campaign seems to be gaining support on Capitol Hill. Senator Maria Cantwell, from Washington state, declared there were 'serious questions about the Italian justice system'.

She said she was concerned there had been an 'anti-American' feeling at the trial and said she would be raising her concerns with Mrs Clinton.

'The prosecution did not present enough evidence for an impartial jury to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Miss Knox was guilty,' she said. 'Italian jurors were allowed to view highly negative news coverage about Miss Knox.'

She said Knox, who called herself Foxy Knoxy on a web page, had been a victim of 'harsh treatment' and branded handling of evidence 'negligent'.

Mrs Clinton was asked about the trial in an appearance on a U.S. news programme.

She said: 'Of course I'll meet with Senator Cantwell or anyone who has a concern but I can't offer any opinion about that at this time.'

She said she had not expressed any concerns to the Italian government. Last night, Knox's Italian lawyer distanced himself from the senator's claims. Luciano Ghirga said: 'That's all we need, Hillary Clinton involved. I have the same political sympathies as Hillary but this sort of thing does not help us in any way.'

Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini said: 'This senator should not interfere in something she has no idea about. I am happy with how the trial went.'

Knox plans to appeal against her conviction, but if it is unsuccessful she is likely to have to serve the bulk of her 26-year sentence inside an Italian jail. As in Britain, prisoners can be released on licence, but Knox is unlikely to be eligible for even day release for at least 20 years.

She could make an application to serve her sentence in the U.S.

On Saturday, Knox's father, mother Edda Mellas, her sister and half-sisters visited her at Capanne prison, just outside Perugia.

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Weird: Amanda Knox fools around with an antique machine gun


Journalists surround father of US student Amanda Knox, Curt (R), her sister Deanna (C) and step mother Casandra as they leave the prison where Knox is being held


Murdered British student Meredith Kercher's, from the left, father John, sister Stephanie brothers John and Lyle and mother Arlyne give a press conference this morning


Curt Knox, the father of Amanda Knox, is pursued by the media as he walks away from the Perugia's prison after a visit to the convicted killer


Devastated: Amanda Knox's father Curt clutches the hand of another of his daughters as he leaves the court


Raffaele Sollecito and Amanda Knox near the murder scene the day after the killing


Guilty: Amanda Knox leaves the court after she was found guilty at the end of an 11-month murder trial


Accomplice: Raffaele Sollecito is led away after being sentenced to 25 years for the murder


Victim: Meredith Kercher was stabbed to death in Perugia two years ago. Right, her killer Amanda Knox arrives at court last night to hear her verdict


Arline Kercher, mother of slain British student Meredith Kercher reacts during the press conference in Perugia,. The family said they were pleased with the murder conviction of American student Amanda Knox but said there was no sense of celebration


Face of a killer: Amanda Knox earlier yesterday. Knox's parents criticised the media for the way their daughter had been portrayed, alleging this swayed the judges and jurors


Italian murder suspect Raffaele Sollecito is accompanied by penitentiary police officers as he leaves the the court after a final hearing before the verdict


A dramatic new photograph of the crime scene where Kercher was stabbed to death



Jurors were shown a knife prosecutors claim might have killed Miss Kercher


Meredith Kercher left for Italy in August 2007


Accused: Rudy Guede (left), Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito




British student Meredith Kercher was found dead in Perugia, Italy , on 2 November 2007, the victim of a vicious attack.

The 21-year-old from Coulsdon, Surrey, had been sexually assaulted and her throat had been cut in a struggle. Three people, including her American flatmate Amanda Knox, were charged with her murder.


Rudy Guede, 22, from the Ivory Coast, admitted being at the flat but denied any wrongdoing. He was found guilty and jailed for 30 years for her murder in a fast-track trial behind closed doors last year.

Amanda Knox, 22, from Seattle, and her Italian former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 25, also denied charges of murder and sexual violence towards Miss Kercher.

Prosecution and defence lawyers disputed large parts of the case, from the whereabouts of the defendants to DNA evidence.


This was the prosecution case against Miss Knox and Mr Sollecito

1 November 2007

1630 Meredith Kercher visited another house in Perugia for a meal and to watch a DVD, according to witness statements from her friends.

2100 Miss Kercher left with a friend, who said the English woman made and received phone calls before returning home to the flat shared with Knox and two other students, Filomena Romanelli and Laura Mezzetti, who were both out.

2320 Knox, Sollecito and Guede arrived at the flat. The couple went into Miss Kercher's room while Guede went to the toilet.

An argument and a scuffle broke out between Miss Kercher and Knox, helped by Sollecito after the English student refused to take part in a drug-fuelled sex game. Guede entered the room and joined in.

Knox hit Miss Kercher's head against a wall, then tried to strangle her, as Sollecito threatened her and Guede sexually assaulted her.

Guede and Sollecito held Miss Kercher down while Knox fatally stabbed her in the neck.

The three then fled the flat before Knox and Sollecito returned to try to clear up and stage a fake robbery by breaking a window of a bedroom belonging to another flatmate.

They threw Miss Kercher's mobile phones into a nearby garden, where they were later discovered.

A duvet was placed over Miss Kercher's body.

2 November

The mobile phones were found in a nearby garden the following morning by a woman who called the police. The police traced the phones and visited the flat.

They found Knox, Sollecito and other friends gathering at the flat and broke down Miss Kercher's locked door where they discovered her body.

This was the defence case for Knox and Sollecito

Knox said she was told by her employer not to go to work and she spent the night at Sollecito's house, smoking cannabis and watching a film.

Sollecito said he stayed at home working on his computer and did not remember whether Miss Knox spent the whole night with him or just part of it. Police told the jury that tests showed no-one used Sollecito's computer during the time Kercher died.

Knox said she returned home after being at Sollecito's to find the door open and no answer when she called out.

She went to her room, changed, went to the bathroom and saw spots of blood. She had a shower then found more blood on the floor of the flat. Another flatmate, Filomena Romanelli, returned to the house to discover her window broken, before they noticed Miss Kercher's door was locked.

During his appeal, Rudy Guede told the court he had gone with Miss Kercher to the flat on 1 November, but had become ill and had gone to use the toilet.

He said he heard Miss Kercher and Knox arguing, then a scream. He rushed to the room and saw an unidentified man, who tried to attack him.

Guede said he found Miss Kercher lying in a pool of blood after her throat had been cut. He took her in his arms and tried to mop up the blood with towels, but panicked and left the house.

His fingerprint was found in bloodstains on Miss Kercher's pillow, and other DNA traces were recovered on toilet paper and on the victim's body.

Bloody footprint

As well as the whereabouts of the defendants at the time of the murder, other evidence was also disputed.

The prosecution said a knife with a 16.5cm (6.5 inch) blade was found at Sollecito's house and shown to have Miss Kercher's DNA on the blade and Knox's DNA on the handle.

The defence said the wounds and cuts on Miss Kercher's body suggested a smaller knife.

A bloody footprint at the crime scene was attributed to Sollecito, but a defence witness said the print was the wrong size.

The defence said DNA traces on Miss Kercher's bra linked to the defendants were either too small to be attributed with certainty or might have been inadvertently contaminated because the bra lay on the bedroom floor for weeks before it was found.



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